collection stacking
It appears that they have some sort of base-256 issue in the chat codes, e.g 256 units are reported in chat as 1 unit. To fix it, they’d have to change the chat code formula, which currently allows only one byte (counting from 0 to 255) to describe the number of units of an item.
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I speculate that it’s almost trivial to create a new formula (the old one “assumed” that the game would never “stack” more than 250 units), but that replacing the old formula is a nightmare and it’s even worse when they attempt to put together a comprehensive script that covers every conceivable use of the code.
Since this bug is “just annoying” and can be worked around, I further speculate that it isn’t a top priority to resolve.
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