VERY basic question: How to split stacked items?

Blackwater Park

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

Edit: Nevermind, I was looking at it wrong. The dye trader only buys 1 dye at a time, not in quantity.

Original message:
I'm trying to sell dye to the dye trader. There are six silver dyes in the stack, and that quantity is listed when I drag them over to the traders little sell box. However, there are no quantity arrows, and I only want to sell three (broke). I can't figure out how to split them in inventory. I've tried every key-click combination and am at a loss. Asked in-game, no replies. Any idea guys?

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

How did you get dye to stack in the first place???

Volarian

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

NOT-Nomads Of Turmoil

Umm they stack just like picking up multiple Charr Hides, or how your other crafting materials stack??? Heck if I had two green dye in a bag and picked one up off the group last nite but when I checked my pack it wasn't there...I was like huh?? The screen log showed "you picked up Green Dye", so at first I thought maybe I was getting a lil lag and checked my pack again....still not there..WTF. So I checked my bag, low n behold the spot where the 2 greens were now showed 3 greens.

Swampgirl Inez

Swampgirl Inez

"I love reading trash!"

Join Date: May 2005

Home Again

If for some reason you are stacking them manually, DO NOT double click them. Just drag and drop.

C-Tzar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

North AL, USA

E/Mo

To clarify, dyes of the SAME COLOR will stack.

Tarrant

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

As for splitting stacks in general, everything I've heard says it can't be done. Quite a significant oversight, in my opinion; that kind of capability should be a given. It's amazing all the features a monthly fee apparently buys you.

Cnegurozka

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

North Germany

Order of Phalanx

E/Mo

You can, but you'll need a friend:

1.) Give your friend as much as you want of the stack, either via trade or by dropping outside
2.) Put your the rest of your stack in your stash
3.) Let the friend give you your items back

They won't be added to the stack automaticly, so you'll now have to splitted stacks!

Kuku Monk

Kuku Monk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me/E

Hmm weird, my dyes haven't been stacking automatically... I'll try draggin them

Ardus Shadowmane

Ardus Shadowmane

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Guild of the Burning Tree

R/W

I don't understand why you would want to split up stacked items randomly anyway. Occasions when you would need to split them up already work to accomodate you. If you're trading with someone, it'll ask how many you want to put in the trade box.

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ardus Shadowmane
I don't understand why you would want to split up stacked items randomly anyway.
Transferring between characters.

Peace,
-CxE

Dazzler

Dazzler

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

E/Me

Whoa! Dyes stack?? My vault is full of individual dyes of the same color! How do you stack them? Just drag one on top of another (without doubleclicking?) How come they don't stack automatically?

Lord Drenth

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

GETEM

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzler
Whoa! Dyes stack?? My vault is full of individual dyes of the same color! How do you stack them? Just drag one on top of another (without doubleclicking?) How come they don't stack automatically?

Yeah they stack. Just drag and drop.

As for selling the dyes to the trader, you only sell one at a time, best as I can tell.

Sell a dye, rinse and repeat 2 more times to sell 3 of 6.

Sir Maddox

Sir Maddox

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Me/E

I think Xunlai Agent should have arrows for item splitting akin to trading.

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Maddox
I think Xunlai Agent should have arrows for item splitting akin to trading.
I agree.

Ardus Shadowmane

Ardus Shadowmane

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Guild of the Burning Tree

R/W

But for trading between characters, it asks how many you would like to transfer to them. It doesn't automatically put the whole stacked pile in the trade box.

Forefall

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Council of Tyria

There is also the function, that if an item is valued differently than another equal item, it won't stack.

For example, silks from about 3 patches ago wont' stack with current silks because they are worth double the value (merchant sell price).

I'm not sure how this works with dyes, as all my dyes have always stacked smoothly, but I have positively seen it with silks and I believe, although cannot be positive, have seen it with other craft materials as well.

DrSLUGFly

DrSLUGFly

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

European Server or International

it would be nice if Xunlai just offered to give you "some" of the stack. When you deposit a stacked item she asks you how many you want to deposit, so why not when you take them out too?

Stauf

Stauf

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Do Not Pass Go

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ardus Shadowmane
I don't understand why you would want to split up stacked items randomly anyway. Occasions when you would need to split them up already work to accomodate you. If you're trading with someone, it'll ask how many you want to put in the trade box.
Like someone said... transferring to other characters. Also, I keep a lot of matierials sitting in storage. It'd be helpful if I could just get exactly what I need for a certain armor or whatever, since sometimes the armor guy and the storage guy are far away from eachother and running back and forth is a pain. Like someone else mentioned, this seems like it would be a pretty basic feature.

Zon2000

Zon2000

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

Lost Angels

Amazon Basin

R/N

Here's a hint: leave your storage window open when running to the armor/merchant guy. It'll still be usuable. And vice versa. So you can actually transfer from storage to your backpack, all the while the merchant/armor window is up!

Stauf

Stauf

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Do Not Pass Go

R/Me

Not a bad trick. Though it makes me wonder, since that's possible, why not just have the storage window always available anywhere in town?

Ardus Shadowmane

Ardus Shadowmane

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Guild of the Burning Tree

R/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stauf
Like someone said... transferring to other characters. Also, I keep a lot of matierials sitting in storage. It'd be helpful if I could just get exactly what I need for a certain armor or whatever, since sometimes the armor guy and the storage guy are far away from eachother and running back and forth is a pain. Like someone else mentioned, this seems like it would be a pretty basic feature.
OHHHH...they were talking about transferring to other characters on one account, weren't they? LOL. I was thinking they ment transferring to another character as in another player. This confused me because in trading it DOES ask how many you want to transfer. This all makes sense and the world is once again right.