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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0009317Valley 1Suggestion - UI IdeasAug 24, 2012 7:58 pm
ReporterPyrrhic Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Severityfeature 
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version1.206 
Fixed in Version1.500 Linux Support! 
Summary0009317: Giving gifts is somewhat hidden
DescriptionCurrently, If you want to give a gift to a settlement resident, you have to do the following: open the Planning menu, click Continent Status, click Settlement Residents, and click on a Resident; only then do you see the 'Give Gift to Character' button.
For players that know how to do this, it's a bit tedious. On the other end of the spectrum, a relatively new player might open the Dispatch Menu, see the mission success/survival rates be very low, and either have no idea how to make those rates get better - or, knowing about giving gifts, have no idea how to actually give gifts to residents.

I suggest that within the Jade Guardian stone, there be a button called something like 'Give A Gift to a Settlement Resident' (or maybe as simple as 'Give Gifts'). This will open the Settlement Residents window. From here, players will have to intuit that they must click on one of the resident-buttons, at which point they'll see the 'Give Gift to Character' button within that Character's profile.

(There are slightly more user-friendly solutions - for example, renaming the Settlement Residents window "Who would you like to give a gift to?", when reached through that path - but I believe the solution I first mentioned would be the simplest to implement.)
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saveyourself007

Aug 21, 2012 8:19 pm

reporter   ~0027887

Last edited: Aug 21, 2012 8:21 pm

I concur; it took me a good 30+ hours before I actually managed to figure it out myself, and it does feel quite tedious as it stands at the moment. I like your suggestion; it certainly would be less click-heavy, for starters, and sounds much more intuitive.

EDIT: Yes, that's 30+ hours of gameplay during which I knew that gifts could be given to settlement residents, but had no clue just how to actually do so. It really is kind of well-hidden.

Chris_McElligottPark

Aug 24, 2012 7:58 pm

administrator   ~0027959

Thanks!

* At every level of the dispatch mission interface on the green jade guardian stone in the settlement, there is now a "Give Gifts To Survivors" button. This button takes the player to the normal view settlement residents screen, but with the title "Give Gift To Which Survivor?"

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Aug 20, 2012 8:43 am Pyrrhic New Issue
Aug 21, 2012 10:34 am tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Aug 21, 2012 10:34 am tigersfan Status new => considering
Aug 21, 2012 8:19 pm saveyourself007 Note Added: 0027887
Aug 21, 2012 8:21 pm saveyourself007 Note Edited: 0027887
Aug 24, 2012 7:58 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0027959
Aug 24, 2012 7:58 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status considering => resolved
Aug 24, 2012 7:58 pm Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 1.500 Linux Support!
Aug 24, 2012 7:58 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Aug 24, 2012 7:58 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark