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Suggestions(cont) and Praise

Author: gcarreno

2020/04/28 14:20:31

Hey guys,

First the praise:

The toggle on the work area works AWESOME, THANKS!!
The tooltip font size makes us olddies so grateful to you!!

Now some more suggestion:

When you have a path selected, could we have an option to "Split in half"? With some checks for min size ofc.
Would it be possible to delete items on a node?

I'm asking for this since I had to use it to solve some traffic jams under "The Colonists". It was maybe my fault and I should pay more attention, but it's nice to have the option to correct a traffic jam that way instead of re-starting the game.
My interface suggestion:

Click on item on left pane displays a selection visual cue of your choice and design.
Press <Delete> and it goes bye-bye. It's your choice if you want a "Are you sure?" notification.
Take care of the hell the user just caused to the whole distribution algorithm, that you guys are so proud of ;-P

You guys rely a LOT on the Hint system, is that a good thing?

I brought this up on the original "Suggestions" topic, on my last reply.

Since you guys have plenty of space on the right of the Production icon on a building, could you guys put the value of production there? The same info you get when you hover the mouse on said icon.
Same thing ^^^^ would apply to the Input and Delivery Queue, right?
Would it be feasible to have the research progress displayed on the HUD?

This pertains again to the fact that you guys rely too much on the hint system...
I can't imagine a way to display it, or even the design. I'm really sorry, but I'm a programmer that is VERY BAD at design, sorry.

Cheers,

Gus

Author: Kai (admin)

2020/04/28 17:38:06

Hello Gus,

Thanks as always for your nice feedback and suggestions.

gcarreno wrote:
When you have a path selected, could we have an option to "Split in half"?

Sure, added it to the feature list.

gcarreno wrote:
Would it be possible to delete items on a node?

We thought about it too, but it's a bit like the easy way out, instead of fixing the problem with bypass paths or pause productions etc.., don't you think?

gcarreno wrote:
You guys rely a LOT on the Hint system, is that a good thing?

That's true, we like it, as it's super fast & easy to implement and often works as a little debug helper. But we know that it's used too much, and we most of the tooltips will move into the user interface bit by bit.

I played yesterday a bit with the visuals of the Infopanel (see screenshot) which removes most of the goods related tooltips.

All progress related stuff (level, build, research) & object states will move into HUD as icons/progress bars.

All best,

Kai

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