Most of you probably know this already but I missed these features somehow and only stumbled on them recently.

The freighter Manage Fleet interface (on the console opposite the captain) lets you put ships in “cold storage.” They retain their tech but you can’t use them until you pull them out into one of your 12 ship slots.

The same can be done for multitools with the buildable Weapons Rack base element.

You can archive 18 of each. I was excited to discover this as I totally missed the news in whatever update brought it.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

I'll be damned, TIL

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    This is so cool! I want to look up when it was added when I’m back at a full sized interface.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I knew about multitools, but not starships.

    TYVM!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Speaking of neat tricks you can also do color and images to text. Reddit link

    I really only have it on frieghter storage. Where storage 0 has the frieghter symbol with maroon text being fuel, then the backpack with light blue text for life support, the two ingot symbols with yellow text for materials and specials materials, white gear for crafting components, green for plants and food

    Really makes flipping through inventories quickly easier since their color coded and the image is a nice touch

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    This is why I like Lemmy. Thanks for sharing this really cool tip I knew nothing about.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh. Didn't know that one, useful to know.

    I wasn't even sure what the "normal" cap was, I just assumed there was one and I've rarely had more than 4 or 5 ships on a save. With one or two scrapfodder slots.

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