Help Index → Working with inventories → Use case 34
Gather resource stacks from mobile inventories into Container 1 while leaving other categories and storage containers out of the collection.
Before you start
- Load the intended save and confirm its active Main or Expedition context. Make a full backup before changing data.
- Before sync, formatting or structured refresh, copy EACH pending Raw JSON pane to its own external file: one sync can overwrite all others. Reapply non-inventory edits one pane at a time, syncing and comparing exact values before the next. Parse errors can leave an old tree with green status; [] is ignored, and Pretty Print can erase invalid text.
- Do not sync/Pretty Print Inventory Raw JSON: dictionary assignment is defective. Use Organizer for supported moves or Replace Items from Backup for supported replacement.
Steps
- Preserve EACH pending pane externally before refresh: one sync can overwrite the others. Reapply non-inventory edits one pane at a time, syncing and verifying exact values. Stop after parse errors even if green; [] is ignored and Pretty Print may erase invalid text. Use structured tools, never defective Inventory Raw JSON sync/Pretty Print. (control reference)
- If Inventory Organizer is not already open, choose Inventory Processing → Node View → Inventory Organizer before using the dialog controls below. (control reference)
- Click Mobile Storages. Check Exosuit, Freighter, Fish Platform and each available starship you want included; leave every Container, Fish Bait Box and Cooking Ingredients unchecked. (control reference)
- Set Resources to Container 1. Set Crafted products, Technology, Consumables, Trade goods and Special items to Leave where they are. (control reference)
- Uncheck Overflow: if destination is full, overflow to other 'Container' type storages. Uncheck Expand all Destination storages to 120 cells. This keeps the operation within Container 1’s existing capacity. (control reference)
- Click Review Moves, read the proposal, then choose Apply to app data only if the destination and scope are correct. (control reference)
Expected result
- Whole Substance-category slot records can move to Container 1; amounts are not combined, split or increased.
- Records without room remain in their original inventories. Unrouted categories remain in place.
What changes, and when to save
Review Moves changes no inventory data. Apply to app data publishes the reviewed candidate in memory, marks it modified and closes the dialog. File → Save is separate and writes the loaded save target. Organizer preferences persist even when Close cancels the proposal; neither a review nor preferences create a save backup. Before a live write, compare every intended edit with its preserved copy; a refreshed pane can hide lost pending work.
Check the result
- Inspect Container 1 and the selected mobile inventories after applying. Check resource amounts and any resources left behind before saving.
Important details and recovery
- Mobile Storages replaces the entire source selection, including selecting Fish Platform; it does not merely add Exosuit and ships.
- Post-review rows require a positive transfer to the assigned destination. A missing retained-only row does not prove the source was empty.