For each item in your inventory, you can specify another inventory item as its alternate item.
Although you specify only one alternate item for each item, items can have more than one alternate item. An item's list of alternate items grows as you assign alternate items to items which are themselves alternate items.
Add items A, B, and C to Inventory Control.
On the I/C Items screen for item A, select item B as its alternate item.
The program links the two items so that item A is also an alternate for item B.
On the I/C Items screen for item B, select item C as its alternate item.
Item C is linked to the alternate item list that already contains A and B. The result is that each of items A, B, and C has two alternates. The following table shows this result:
| Item | Alternate Items |
|---|---|
|
A |
B, C |
|
B |
A, C |
|
C |
A, B |
However, if item B is removed from Inventory Control, item B is also removed from the alternate item list for item A and C. The link between items A and C is broken, so items A and C now have no alternate items.