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Order of Consumption of Items from Chests

On 29 Nov 2019, Katzeus put filler language in the new article indicating (vaguely) a similarity between Workbench and Mini-Fridges in how items were consumed. No significant changes were made to that language until 22 July 2022 when User:FroggyMaybe made a series of edits claiming that the two things worked exactly alike. Unfortunately, Katzeus' language was interpreted mistakenly, and apparently that user did not check the accuracy of the details. Margotbean followed up on 23 July 2022 with some language improvement, basic wordsmithing, but also apparently not checked for accuracy, probably assuming that after 2.5 years that had been done. I find that the only similarity is that both items are capable of drawing on multiple containers to find items to use. But beyond that, the way they do that is different.

I noticed anomalies when using a Workbench recently (an object I had never used before - never seemed useful to me). So I ran a savepoint I have to create a test scenario, and tried a couple of things. I think I have an understanding of Workbenches now, and am fashioning the requisite corrections (pretty much a complete rewrite). So here's the warning that it's coming, and might be worth checking out in case I missed something. Thanks. Giles (talk) 18:56, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Word to the wise: You might want to hold off until v1.6 is released. Also, normally changes like this require a code reference. I know you won't have one of those, so perhaps one of us in the wiki community can find one. margotbean (talk) 19:32, 6 January 2024 (UTC)