Keeping Organized

As I sat here last night sorting bundles, kennels, nests and baskets, I realized how much work it is keeping everything organized in my inventory when I leave it too long undone. I see people all the time wondering how they will sort everything out when all they have is a mess of un-named drops. The first step is to never pick anything up unless it has been named. That might seem impossible if you have hundreds of breedables, but taking a little at a time can be do-able. Start with the coat, maybe add the eye, one special trait, and the gender. Even those four things can help to organize enough for easier storing. They can also help if you lose something and need to find it, or file a ticket and have Amaretto find it.

If you haven't already, make an Amaretto folder in your inventory to put them all in. Much better than having them somewhere in objects. I have to admit I have over 19,000 objects in my Amaretto folder. Can you imagine what a mess that would be if I left all that in objects? Don't forget that when hatching or birthing, or even updating, they will go back to the objects folder and must be transferred again to the Amaretto folder. That makes them much easier to find in your inventory even if you don't remember the name.

Once you have all those drops named and in the Amaretto folder, you can sort them to even more folders, like filing away things in a filing cabinet. If you breed all the Amaretto critters, make a folder for each type, then a folder for the drops. I'm a little bit OCD when it comes to my bundles and such. I make folders for each coat, special eyes, wings, saddles, racers, siblings, etc. It makes it so much easier to find what I'm looking for. I know some breeders like to put things in boxes or barrels, and if that works for you go ahead, but I like them where I dont have to rez them to see what's what.

You can also pick up breeding sets in a small bundle, by namuing the stud without having to name the females that go with it. Then right click one of the other bundles, hit edit, Hold down the shift key and touch each bundle, with the named stud bundle being last. While in edit mode with the bundles linked, right click and hit take. It will pick up all the linked bundles and show in your inventory as a cluster, with the named bundle showing as the name of all. This helps keep sets together in your inventory and you can rez them all at once later.

 It may seem like a lot more work for those that have a lot of breedables, but in the long run it helps you and makes rezzing and re-rezzing a lot easier and less stressful. This method works for me, but it's up to individual breeders to find what works for them.  Happy Breeding