For legacy reasons. You have to use the Freight Containers in the freighters, not Standard Containers or Secure Containers.
I guess it avoids incentivizing players to go through the pain of filling hundreds of small magical ā30% bigger on the inside than on the outsideā containers as optimal gameplay to carry larger volumes, which I think is a healthy choice.
Letās assume freighters are already fully optimized for storing cargo and cannot benefit from this mechanic.
Some of the non-magical containers could be nice though to allow players to keep cargo structured. Are none of the containers allowed?
So its bad code? I did notice that the same container will go into other ship cargo but just simply not the freighter. eventually im going to test all the containers and report the findings here.
TO be clearā¦ the same assembled container should simply fit in any cargohold that has enough size for it. This container i am speaking of is not following the rules lol. more data soon.
The container code seems somewhat convoluted.
If you put fitted ships or filled containers in courier contracts and then try to recontract them it also breaks.
I donāt know all the specifics, but I suspect no-one does.
Speaking of putting things inside things:
The above snip^^ I bought some BPC packs that come in a container. This container can be placed inside my Astero cargoholdā¦ working as intended. Now look at the bottom pic and its the SAME container when I try to place it inside my Providence. Same character, nothing different but changed ships.
āThe cargo of this class of ship can onlyā¦ā Error message? WHY? Why can the same small container fit in an Astero but not be placed in a Providence? It will only go inside the freighter if I repackage it, which defeats the purpose of using a container for bpc packs in the first place. Labeling and logistics.
Freighters wonāt allow containers.
Itās also a better idea to move small stuff like containers with blueprints in a fast agile ship instead of a slow freighter.
That wasnt my question broskiā¦ you pointed out what I gave evidence for in the pics. but thx. I dont want to talk about work arounds or reasons asked the questionsā¦ I just want CCP to know this is a BUG and should be fixed. There is zero reason a 100m3 container can fit in a frigate but not a ship designed to carry other cargo with 450,000m3. Other containers fit inside the freighter when packagedā¦ why not small? There is no need to reply because its a bug. It doesnt need explained. It needs fixed. Im not even paid for this reportā¦ bye now.
You say bug, they say feature.
Letās call the whole thing off.
its not a bug..
Itās a featureā¦