I know I can't be the only one with this problem.  When I start playing, I can loot maybe one time successfully.  After that, it looks and sounds like I'm looting, but nothing appears in my inventory.  I've read that there is a stash in addition to inventory, but how do you access it?  Some have suggested restarting the game, but while that may help temporarily, it goes right back to no loot.  It's at the point now where I simply don't want to play.  My game was installed from the Obsidian DVD but is running through Steam.  Another suggestion I read was to uninstall and reinstall the game via Steam, but since I didn't get it from Steam, there is no way to do that.  Same thing as to how to get the patch.  I can't see anyway through Steam.  Shouldn't patches be automatic?  I'm totally frustrated.

Hello, KayCline.  The stash can be accessed by clicking on the Chest inside your inventory window.  It is to the left of the Crafting button.  Thanks for your support!