local plyMeta = FindMetaTable( "Player" )         
    function plyMeta:AddInventoryItem(ent, count)
        local eq = loadData(self,"Inventory")  
        if eq == nil then 
            eq = {} 
            for i=1,16 do
                eq[i] = {}
                eq[i].isOccupied = false 
                eq[i].Count = 0
                eq[i].Name = "unknown"
                eq[i].ItemClass = "unknown"
                eq[i].WeaponClass = "unknown"
                eq[i].SingleWeight = 0
            end
        end 
        local totalWeight = getTotalWeight(eq)
        for i, slot in ipairs(eq) do
            if ent.StackSize == nil then ent.StackSize = 1 end
            if slot.isOccupied == false or (ent.StackSize > slot.Count and slot.ItemClass == ent:GetClass()) then 
                if ent.Weight ~= nil then
                    slot.SingleWeight = ent.Weight
                else
                    slot.SingleWeight = 1
                end
                if (slot.SingleWeight + totalWeight) <= getMaxWeight(self, "Inventory") then 
                    slot.isOccupied = true
                    if ent.Name ~= nil then slot.Name = ent.Name else
                        slot.Name = ent:GetClass()
                    end
                    slot.ItemClass = ent:GetClass() 
                    slot.Count = slot.Count + 1
                    slot.Model = ent:GetModel() 
                    slot.MaxStack = ent.StackSize
                    if slot.ItemClass == "spawned_weapon" then  
                        slot.WeaponClass = ent:GetWeaponClass()
                    else
                        slot.WeaponClass = nil
                    end  
                    saveData(self, eq,"Inventory")
                    if ent:GetClass() == "spawned_weapon" and ent:Getamount() > 1 then 
                        ent:Setamount(ent:Getamount()-1)
                    else
                        ent:Remove()
                    end
                    self:EmitSound(InventoryConfig.Sounds.pickUp)
                    return
                else
                    showNotification(self, InventoryConfig.Messages.tooHeavy)
                    return
                end
            end  
        end
        -- no space
        showNotification(ply, InventoryConfig.Messages.noSpace)
    end