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Author: gcarreno

2020/04/24 04:47:34

Hey there,

I have a boat load of suggestions after about 1h-2h of gameplay:

A bit meta, but could you have a suggestions site, or a section here?

The idea is that a person drops one suggestion per entry, others vote, and you have a self made list of wanted features with public opinion attached.

Could the Barracks have a gathering point, something like the working area on other buildings?
Info pane(1): Duplicate the percentages for flattening and build that show on the mouse.
Info pane(1): A visual cue of the worker being assigned or not: A small circle with a face that has enable/disabled colour scheme?
Have a visual cue that we are in rotation mode. I'm thinking near the mouse, have 2 states:

A down arrow going up and down for the placement phase.
A quarter circle with arrows on each end, that rotates back and forth on the centre of the circle, for the rotation phase.

Info pane(1): Have a duplication of the attention messages on the mouse-over.

I ask for this cuz the font is rather small on the mouse, but is bigger on the info pane. I'm old, have bad eyes and small things are hard to read.
OR, Font size on the options?

Would it be possible to have a window or a pane with the full inventory?
Are you guys planning on implementing Autosave with time set on the Options?
Have the "Show/Set work area" button be a toggle one on left-click?

I ask for this because I noticed I was reaching for that only to look at the area, not set it. Having to cancel with right-click is not really intuitive.

Would you guys be receptive to the idea of having Camera Tilt and Rotate on the middle button, with zoom just zoom, and not:

Tilt attached to zoom
Rotate attached to middle button

1) Info pane is the pane on the left when you select a building

Cheers,

Gus

Author: Kai (admin)

2020/04/24 10:37:15

Hello Gus,

Thanks for your participation here, it's a great help!

gcarreno wrote:

A bit meta, but could you have a suggestions site, or a section here?

The idea is that a person drops one suggestion per entry, others vote, and you have a self made list of wanted features with public opinion attached.

We've thought of something similar, definitely planned but it requires it's time to implement.

For now feel free to post any suggestions in the Feature Discussion section.

gcarreno wrote:

Info pane(1): Have a duplication of the attention messages on the mouse-over.

I ask for this cuz the font is rather small on the mouse, but is bigger on the info pane. I'm old, have bad eyes and small things are hard to read.

Yes, of course we'll add those features for your convenience. Adjustable tooltip font size should work too.

gcarreno wrote:
A visual cue of the worker being assigned or not

Currently, the building flags indicate if the building is claimed by a worker, too.

gcarreno wrote:
Are you guys planning on implementing Autosave with time set on the Options?

Yes, and in case you did not know, you can Qicksave with F5.

All the other ideas are very nice and rather easy to implement. I'll add them to our feature list. Most of them should become added in the next builds.

All best,

Kai

Author: gcarreno

2020/04/28 14:05:24

Hi Kai,

Kai (admin) wrote:
We've thought of something similar, definitely planned but it requires it's time to implement.

I've noticed that this site is kinda off the cuff, or very very custom. I'm guessing it's been built in-house and does not use any framework at all right?

Kai (admin) wrote:
Yes, of course we'll add those features for your convenience. Adjustable tooltip font size should work too.

Thanks, just looked and it's there!! You guys are the best!!

Kai (admin) wrote:
Currently, the building flags indicate if the building is claimed by a worker, too.

That's a good indication of occupancy, no doubt, but it only makes sense when you have a ground level vision, since the flag will flow in the wind and be quite visible.

This game is played with a Top-Down view on 99% of the time and a flag on a pole isn't that visible. And it's worse when you have top altitude zoom, when your settlement is big, because, then, the flag is impossible to spot.

The hint is fine, but I think you guys are relying on the Hint a bit too much.

By definition a Hint is activated when you hover an object AND after a delay. That means no 'instant'/'at a glance' access to information.

Hence me asking to have it on the Left Pane.

Kai (admin) wrote:
Yes, and in case you did not know, you can Qicksave with F5.

Thanks guys.

Yes, I was aware of <F5>. Actually it was after pressing <F5> that the question popped into my mind: Have the guys implemented AutoSave or were they lazy and left it to the User? ;-) ;-P

Kai (admin) wrote:

All the other ideas are very nice and rather easy to implement. I'll add them to our feature list. Most of them should become added in the next builds.

I've found some of them and I'm gonna write a "Suggestion (cont) and Praise" topic to expand some more.

Cheers,

Gus