Ghost-items removed in the hotbar for (most) non-buildings

[Lahaina]

Game mode: Online official
Type of issue: Bug
Server type: PvE
Region: America
Mods?: No
Edition: Steam

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Bug Description:

The patch notes noted the following:

• Removed ghost-items in the Hotbar for (most) non-buildings.

I liked the convenience of having the ghost items in the Hotbar queue to make another item if I needed one. But now, every time I place a chest, it is immediately removed from my Hotbar.

There were only two posts that I could find that complained about ghost items on the bar:

Cannot Reove Building Item from Hotbar

Game mode: Online official Issue: Bug Server: PVE-C Region: America I dragged a building item (sandstone wedge foundation) from my building menu to my hotbar. Now I cannot remove it, leaving me with only 7 usable spaces. How can I remove it? Please provide a step-by-step process of how the bug can be reproduced. The more details you provide us with the easier it will be for us to find and fix the bug: Drag an item from the building menu to the hotbar. Try to remove it.

Cannot remove items from hotbar

Game mode: [Online | Singleplayer] Problem: [Misc] Region: [EU] simply to clear items in hotbar I have to replace it with something else… but I cant just take off my weap from hotbar, for example. Thats very unconvinient. Very Steps on how to reproduce issue: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Both issues above were resolvable; you could SHIFT-CLICK to remove the ghost-item or swap the item with something else.

I honestly can’t think of a reason you wouldn’t want the option to have a ghost-item so that you can continue to create new items and place them. This was a very convenient feature and I don’t understand why it was removed except for building pieces. However, as @JJDancer points out below, not all building pieces leave ghost items. Please revert this change.

For reference:

PC Update 2.6 (21.10.2021) - AI, Environment and QoL improvements. People of the Dragon DLC pack now available!

[CE-2.6Final] [notes] [performance] Fixed a number of issues that would cause client instability when installing mods on the Windows Store version of the game. Addressed an issue with the decay system that would compromise server stability when large buildings decayed. Fixed a number of client and server crashes. Curbed down on more instances of Log Spam. It’s still quite spammy, though. Significantly improved loading times for clients and servers when playing with large numbers of mods en…

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Craft ( torch, chest, or window frame (rock) for the new DLC )
2. Put it on Hotbar
3. Place the item
4. Ghost item doesn’t remain.

[Vys]

Oh
They got removed?
They where really convenient.

Yet, sometimes they would result in me wasting material on an item I don’t need, because I clicked the wrong key.
But that’s on me and I never experienced them being bugged.

[Lahaina]

Torches are the same now. You have to either pre-make exactly what you want or put up with having to open your crafting queue each time you want another one.

[JJDancer]

Also the window frame (rock) for the new DLC build does not ghost, so annoying.

[Lahaina]

@Ignasi,

Has this been passed onto the developers? I don’t think this belongs in feedback since there are still bugs, and the implementation is very inconsistent.