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Suggestion: Ideas to make Market Contracts easier to manage
Rusty Farmer (AU1)
AU1 Posts: 1,705
In the market contracts screen, here are some things I would like to see:
1) The word "NEW" on every contract that has not had anything put towards it; this is to make it stand out. Whenever we get new contracts, the order of the contracts shown change and we have to hunt around to see what the new contracts are.
2) Have the contracts in a fixed order on the screen and not reshuffle them with every new contract. What order are they in anyway? I haven't been able to figure it out.
3) Each time we enter the market contract screen, let it default to the contract we were last looking at. It's a hassle harvesting duck coops, for instance, and because of the warehouse limit, going back and forth to fill a contract for eggs and having to remember each time which one it was.
Finally, what I would really like to see to help with fulfilling contract orders, is new tabs for each unfulfilled contract requiring that item when we harvest and it hits the warehouse limit. We already have an option to sell the surplus and a tab to transfer to the bakery. As I said, extra tabs, one for each unfulfilled contract will make fillings orders a breeze.
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I edited this to say that of all the suggestions, the one I would really like to see first is the 4th one:
1) The word "NEW" on every contract that has not had anything put towards it; this is to make it stand out. Whenever we get new contracts, the order of the contracts shown change and we have to hunt around to see what the new contracts are.
Yes! Whenever we fill a contract(s) it goes to the bottom but when the new contract shows up, it can appear anywhere and we have to click through each contract to figure out what's new. Please give some indication about the new contract.
2) Have the contracts in a fixed order on the screen and not reshuffle them with every new contract. What order are they in anyway? I haven't been able to figure it out.
I totally agree!!!
3) Each time we enter the market contract screen, let it default to the contract we were last looking at. It's a hassle harvesting duck coops, for instance, and because of the warehouse limit, going back and forth to fill a contract for eggs and having to remember each time which one it was.
That would be nice.
Finally, what I would really like to see to help with fulfilling contract orders, is new tabs for each unfulfilled contract requiring that item when we harvest and it hits the warehouse limit. We already have an option to sell the surplus and a tab to transfer to the bakery. As I said, extra tabs, one for each unfulfilled contract will make fillings orders a breeze.
I agree with this and would also like to have the option to transfer the extras to the market.
Once you start getting contracts asking for up to 90,000 of something, harvesting that item becomes a real chore. For example with large numbers or apple orchards, chickens or ducks, you have to harvest a few until your storage is full, then click the market open, click to find your contract, click the donate button to open it, move the slider, click donate , click to close the market, go back & click to harvest a few more until storage is full again, rinse & repeat until they are all harvested & then you still have to click them all to restart them, it is TOO MUCH CLICKING!!
The suggestion of direct tabs is a good one or even making use of those crates that represent part filled contracts, maybe some way they could be clickable and a direct root to the donation screen, so that we fill storage, click the crate for the contract we are working on, slide the slider, click donate button to close the crate, making it just 2 clicks each time instead of a bazillion.
I also would like to see the new orders stay at the bottom after you have sent the truck off. When a new order comes in you have to search to find where & what the new one is.
A lot of great ideas Rusty Farmer.
In the meantime, on the subject of the order of the contracts, I think I've sussed it.
When you complete an order they all shuffle up and the timer for the new contract appears at the bottom.
When the time is up, they all shuffle back to where they were and the new contract appears in the place of the one you completed.
"New" contracts can stand out any other way for me too, just make them stand out.
Some sense to organising is highly desirable.
Not sure I would want extra tab for each contract........ Maybe just a tab for OM linked to order last supplied with the respective item.
On top of Rusty's suggestions I would also like is to see the individual items of the contract straight away on the thumbnail for easy skim check without further clicking.
So OM needs major reorganisation. If done well, some of the suggested changes might not be necessary. Like if orders will be organised, not just "random" and floating around, and if new orders always arrive at the same place, they don't necessarily need to stand out expressly etc.
I agree that managing the market isn't the easiest thing in the world and it is so time-consuming trying to find if our over-produced goods are required to fill a contract.
I made the suggestion of having a button to transfer excess goods direct to market late last year and started a thread on that subject. I have tried to post a link but my computer isn't completely awake yet (I haven't poured enough coffee into its tower lol) and refuses to comply - but the thread is titled Suggestion, Transfer of Goods to Organic Market, and is dated 12th December 2015.
On the topic of the market, am i right in thinking that stuff sold there does not presently count towards the tasks in the left hand task bar ?
Because i'm thinking it really should, right?
For example, If Daniel is asking for me to sell 2500 milk in the left hand task bar, surely selling that amount, or more, in the market should also count as selling in his book, and therefore mean that the left hand task bar task has been fulfilled.
That would be really helpful.
Here is the link to the thread @bdreish (GB1) is talking about:
https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/115075/suggestion-transferring-goods-to-organic-market