BOD "Combine this deed with contained items" causes loss of items
Pre condition: you have a small crate that contains some items in your backpack.
Then, as a carpenter complete a bulk order deed for small crates.
As the small crates are crafted they appear in your backpack.
Double click on the bulk order deed and choose "Combine this deed with contained items". Target your backpack on your paper doll.
The pre existing small crate disappears along with the other small crates you just crafted.
All of the items that were in the pre existing small crate are gone.
Then, as a carpenter complete a bulk order deed for small crates.
As the small crates are crafted they appear in your backpack.
Double click on the bulk order deed and choose "Combine this deed with contained items". Target your backpack on your paper doll.
The pre existing small crate disappears along with the other small crates you just crafted.
All of the items that were in the pre existing small crate are gone.
Comments
The tip to avoid this is to have a crafting destination bag.
It's an option to set from clicking your crafting tool and then only fill bods from tageting that bag/ container and not main backpack.
Since filling bods from main backpack can make you loose spellboks/ runebooks/ weapons/ containers and other items you really don't want to fill bods with.
I still consider this a bug though and not a feature. I think it is far to easy to make this mistake and lose items. A reasonable safeguard may be to not allow the "Combine this deed with contained items" action on your backpack. I think this would help facilitate users discovering the feature to set a crafting destination.
How would the game know which items you want to take? It just uses the name. Same for your weapons since Smiths have swords and shields.
Click the tool and set a destination container.
In reg UO I put the resources in an empty bag, the items will be put in the bag the resources are in.
EX put ingots or wood in a separate container and fill the BOD from that container.
Same thing can happen with trade runs in UO if you fill that box from a container.