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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0021658 | AI War 2 | GUI | Sep 19, 2019 1:36 am | Oct 4, 2019 6:21 pm | |
| Reporter | Asteroid | Assigned To | Chris_McElligottPark | ||
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 0.889 Reticulating Those Splines | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 0.897 Commanding From The Galaxy Map | ||||
| Summary | 0021658: Clear display of possible incoming warpgate attacks? | ||||
| Description | I don't think the most important mechanic in the game, gate waves, is well exposed in the UI. Hard for me to step in the shoes of a brand new player already, but it seems to me that the fact that waves come from those tiny buildings just isn't front and center. What would you think about having red, slightly animated arrows coming from enemy worlds that have gates, and pointing toward the planet they might attack? Those arrows' tooltip would tell you which unit mix might attack you from this direction, and whether a wave is currently incoming there. I think gates could also be made a lot more prominent by scaling up the model so it's the biggest thing in the system, and some kind of visualization added inside the planet view of the wormholes the gate might send things into. Lastly, I wonder if we could actually see the ships come out of the gate to attack you, instead of having them "slingshot" to the wormhole? It would definitely help mentally link the gate to the waves. (I might tackle this, though I think it'll involve some work in Unity which doesn't motivate me much. But I want opinions first.) | ||||
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I'd rather put a red circle around the planet or something? I do agree that this needs to be better pointed out in the UI |
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I was looking at some save games from other people and I'm realizing that this would be really nice to figure out how good of a job they did at gate raiding |
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I think this is essentially handled now with the thicker lines Badger added? Is this considered done by you guys? |
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Unless you want to add some additional things that can be done with wormhole link visuals, like in http://forums.arcengames.com/ai-war-ii-interface/galaxy-map-info-request/msg221352/#new, then it's basically done. |
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Done! Wow, the dashed lines really add a LOT! |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Sep 19, 2019 1:36 am | Asteroid | New Issue | |
| Sep 19, 2019 1:53 am | BadgerBadger | Note Added: 0053178 | |
| Sep 30, 2019 3:16 pm | BadgerBadger | Note Added: 0053328 | |
| Oct 4, 2019 5:25 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Note Added: 0053461 | |
| Oct 4, 2019 5:26 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | new => feedback |
| Oct 4, 2019 5:33 pm | BadgerBadger | Note Added: 0053469 | |
| Oct 4, 2019 6:21 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Assigned To | => Chris_McElligottPark |
| Oct 4, 2019 6:21 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Status | feedback => resolved |
| Oct 4, 2019 6:21 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Resolution | open => fixed |
| Oct 4, 2019 6:21 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Fixed in Version | => 0.897 Commanding From The Galaxy Map |
| Oct 4, 2019 6:21 pm | Chris_McElligottPark | Note Added: 0053479 |
