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Is there a way to do this? Its pretty tedious to pick a book, go to your inventory, read it, discard it, everytime.

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[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 18 points 1 year ago

I didn't see which community this was in, which made it a pretty amusing type of confusion for a minute.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd also love to eat food without putting it in my inventory. Quick break between clearing rooms to scarf down everything in the break room.

[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like the same functionality as with equipment where you can hold down E to equip rather than loot.

I would eat a lot more things if this was an option

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I almost think it's a bug, because the UI gives you two options, press the use button, or press the back button, but neither does anything different.

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it feels like a weird oversight, considering it was present in Skyrim / FO3+4

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same with food. Unless I modded that and forgot about it.

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At least food in Starfield is useless 😁

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We playing the same game chief?

[–] variants@possumpat.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ive been hoarding all my food because I assume its used to craft something beneficial

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nah. Certain foods give you really good buffs.

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

oh yeah, if you don't need it, just hand it over, I eat the food laying around and sell the extra med packs

[–] nico@lepoulsdumonde.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I meant to eat it from the loot menu, like reading books from the loot menu. The option is missing.

[–] Cyncit@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I really wish it's a bug. And I wish I can place them on a shelf and build a collection. I dont remember if it was in modded Skyrim or legit in the game ahah.

[–] Sandra@idiomdrottning.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you read books? I didn't know you could do that. I sold a bunch of books before reading them 🤦🏻‍♀️

@twistedtxb @starfield

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

when you pick it up it auto opens in your face

[–] Sandra@idiomdrottning.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. I guess I just found & sold empty notebooks 🤷🏻‍♀️

@variants @starfield

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago

Most of the books are just real world books, and the text you get to read is an actual excerpt from it. Like a Tale of Two Cities, Moby Dick, some Ray Bradbury and Issac Asimov stuff, etc.