Stash question

[mopl]

I remember being said here that when there are more than 2000 items on a level, a certain amount of them were destroyed...

My question is : how do we count items ? ie are 5 same potions one or 5 items ? Same thing for ammo...
I wouldn't like my stash to be cleared because of stashing bolts and arrows here !

[BlackSheep]

I think stacked items count as one, and use a quantity field to keep track of the amount.

[mopl]

I think stacked items count as one, and use a quantity field to keep track of the amount.

quantity field ?

[BlackSheep]

In game-internal-speak, the "item" is "arrow", and is one item. The quantity value associated with the "item" is what makes it a stack of 27 arrows. So to utilize your example, 5 same potions (in one place) should be one item. If you scatter the same potions in different squares, they'd count as more than one item.

[ontoclasm]

Also I'm pretty sure the removal of items is part of level generation - i.e. it only happens when you first step onto a floor. It's a mechanism to prevent levels from spawning with too many items, not a limit on how many items you can take there.

[Kate]

Also I'm pretty sure the removal of items is part of level generation - i.e. it only happens when you first step onto a floor. It's a mechanism to prevent levels from spawning with too many items, not a limit on how many items you can take there.

No, it's a limit on how many items can be on a level. If you hit the limit and try to drop an item, you'll be prevented from dropping it. If do something else that creates a new item then something might get culled to make room for it, with +0 weapons and ammo being removed first.

But yes BlackSheep is correct, it's not something you're ever going to actually run into unless you decide to drop a single arrow on every square on a level.

[mopl]

But yes BlackSheep is correct, it's not something you're ever going to actually run into unless you decide to drop a single arrow on every square on a level.

The only thing that made me afraid was stacks...
I have in a single game used almost every launcher... and this way it is easy to have 2000 'items' (500 bolts, 500 arrows...)