Taking your suggestions for a new UI

[Hepps]

@general_zod said in Taking your suggestions for a new UI:

@Hepps
"Use" checkboxes

What do you mean? what is the use checkbox?

[redrum]

@hepps There is canBeDisabled XML property on players that if true then a small checkbox appears on the very far left of each player it is true for.

It looks awesome.

[Hepps]

@redrum What map is that present on?

[General_Zod]

@hepps I use it in my FFA, and theres other FFAs that use it as well.

[Hepps]

@general_zod Badass?

[General_Zod]

@hepps yeah, I allow the players to disable the Chinese reinforcements if they wish. And the checkbox achieves that since AI controls that.

[Hepps]

@general_zod Ok. I'll check it out.

Only because you are a General and the other is the God of Lightning.

[General_Zod]

@hepps lol

[Hepps]

@general_zod So does the "use" feature allow you to simply omit a play from the game?

[General_Zod]

@hepps Heres a pic. It removes the players phases and resources from game.

Except units on map remain.

[prastle]

me thinks I did a good job...
@RoiEX
@Hepps
@General_Zod
and a long list
thus why I abstained from council Hepps
so please remove me
great job guys!

[Hepps]

I am trying to keep the selection box for the individual players as small as possible....

Would anyone object to renaming the "Does Nothing (AI)" to "Inactive (AI)"?

Would just allow me to shorten the box by 4 characters.

[General_Zod]

@hepps Inactive might be slightly misleading, because the units will still defend. But I'm not opposed to changing it to "Static_AI".

[Hepps]

@general_zod Static works.

[Admiral Barca]

@general_zod Thanks for the quick response.

1. However clicking the arrows on the left and right panels only minimize them for the rest of the turn.
2. I am either doing something wrong or the 'make default' button does keep when you create the next game.

[Admiral Barca]

@hepps You are probably right. To some extent it is the monitor and video card as well. Some maps are too big and I use the zoom to reduce map size. Some maps are too small. But most are the right size, but still I want to zoom in on an area that has a lot of units to get a clearer picture of what is there. (270BC is such a map)

[General_Zod]

@admiral-barca

Yes the left panel always pops back up when opponents turn comes, it displays game history. The right panel can be minimized but it's also the primary interface, so it really can't stay minimized all game, if that's what you mean.

As the "make default" goes, it should reload those settings whenever you reload the same map/game from scratch. So you just need to check the options you want all the time and click said button. These settings will change from map to map, so you will need to do it again on new maps.

[Hepps]

@admiral-barca Right. 270 is a great example of a map being far to small in comparison to the size & number of the units in a terr.

Here is the original map at 100% zoom...

Here is the same game redesigned with the map sized increased and the placements done properly....

Here is that same redesigned map but using the zoom feature to zoom out so you can see more of the map...

As you can see. By redoing the map you can make better use of the zoom feature while also making the game much more playable. Furthermore in this example the units could be designed much bigger to allow you to dramatically increase their size when you zoom out.

The entire point here being that a higher level of customization by the player can be achieved if the maps are designed with more foresight.

[General_Zod]

@Hepps Are you guys planning on redesigning the in-game interface as well. Because there is definitely some areas that can be improved there. Namely the right side interface could use an overhaul.

If that right panel interface wasn't such a space hog, the maps would have more display area..

Also the territory tab is less than ideal.

The scrolling of units is a pain, if there was multiple columns would be nice.

Also the territory information is displayed badly, it uses so much space pushing the units down even further, causing more scrolling.

Moving it to top or bottom may help in these areas. But should be able to hide it and even moving it would be nice.

[beelee]

@hepps is there a easy way to do this for existing maps ? Oops forgot the easy way is usually NOT the best way : )

Some day soon I need to tackle this but am still struggling with basic xml stuff currently.
Gen Roi ever pulls your unit out for some R&D your suggestions on "boot camp" mode on how to proceed would be welcome : )