Alchemy recipe selection order

[Sevenless]

When the alchemy recipe is picking items for the elixir, it picks them in the order displayed in the recipe. Generic ingredient then herb for herbal swill for example. I've frequently run into situations where the herb was the last item put in the inventory, so the generic ingredient slot picks the herb. Then my other non-herb ingredient (I notice this most often with lyed items) won't get highlighted because it's looking for an alchemical herb specifically.

If the recipes picked the category locked item first, this shouldn't happen anymore. For messy inventories it makes no difference since you have to select all the ingredients manually anyway.

[Slowwalker]

I will support this idea. The problem of the order of selection of elements for alchemy is relevant.
Alternatively, I would suggest making slots in a mortar and table, where the necessary elements are placed in a strict order - a jar, ingredients, catalyst, liquid ... Well, or something like that.

[shubla]

Wtf devs, why does order of ingredients have effect on penalties?
IT seems like the whole alchemy is just half assed with this order of ingredients thing.

If I mix two things, I get different elixir based on which item was put in my inventory the last time? Thats just dumb! Is this intentional or did you just fuck up badly in the implementation? Pls fix if so.

I cant see why penalties should be different if orders differ, while the buffs are same regardless of order.

[Sevenless]

Wtf devs, why does order of ingredients have effect on penalties?
IT seems like the whole alchemy is just half assed with this order of ingredients thing.

If I mix two things, I get different elixir based on which item was put in my inventory the last time? Thats just dumb! Is this intentional or did you just fuck up badly in the implementation? Pls fix if so.

I cant see why penalties should be different if orders differ, while the buffs are same regardless of order.

Can you give me combos that exhibit this? I've found some potions that deal wounds sometimes, sometimes they don't when healing but never figured out the reason.

[shubla]

Wtf devs, why does order of ingredients have effect on penalties?
IT seems like the whole alchemy is just half assed with this order of ingredients thing.

If I mix two things, I get different elixir based on which item was put in my inventory the last time? Thats just dumb! Is this intentional or did you just fuck up badly in the implementation? Pls fix if so.

I cant see why penalties should be different if orders differ, while the buffs are same regardless of order.

Can you give me combos that exhibit this? I've found some potions that deal wounds sometimes, sometimes they don't when healing but never figured out the reason.

Puffball and green kelp cause 26 rot gut or 62 maddening rash depending on order that they've been put in inventory.
If I had to guess, its unintentional side effect of calculating the excess buffs.

[Sevenless]

Puffball and green kelp cause 26 rot gut or 62 maddening rash depending on order that they've been put in inventory.
If I had to guess, its unintentional side effect of calculating the excess buffs.

Yeah that's probably why sometimes my concussion potions give headaches and sometimes they don't.

Amuses me that I have a specific way of doing things enough that my potions are 90% consistent in their effects.

Edit: Oh, because of this particular alchemical selection order, any herbal swill with a non-herbal ingredient always gets the same side effects.