0022351: Zenith Trader goodies for AI are not visually distinct from the originals; this is annoying

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0022351	AI War 2	Gameplay Issue		Dec 10, 2019 7:08 pm	Dec 11, 2019 12:24 pm

Reporter	Peter Ebbesen	Assigned To
Severity	minor
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.013 Menacing Messages From The Machine

Summary	0022351: Zenith Trader goodies for AI are not visually distinct from the originals; this is annoying
Description	The Zenith Trader provides the AI stuff that duplicates buildings the AI can get on startup with one important difference: They don't cost AIP to destroy. FIRST: Since they currently are the same visually, in Zenith Trader games it requires the player on every planet to mouseover every AI building that COULD be a Zenith Trader goody to determine whether it should be destroyed or not. This gets old really, really, fast. Since they are functionally different, they ought to be visually different as well so their identify could be known at a glance rather than reading tooltips. For instance by adding a coloured outline of the Zenith Trader's colour. More generally, it would be great if EVERYTHING bought from the Zenith Trader, whether in human or AI hands, had such a graphical in-your-face indication of origin. That Zenith Forcefield? Yeah, it'll stand out now. SECOND: Since the Zenith trader AI goodies do not cost AIP to destroy, and since they are all negative to the player to leave alive, it would be a QOL improvement to have them be autotargeted by player units. (Badger edit: SECOND is done)
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Dec 10, 2019 7:08 pm	Peter Ebbesen	New Issue
Dec 10, 2019 7:33 pm	BadgerBadger	Note Added: 0054918
Dec 10, 2019 7:45 pm	Chthonic One	Note Added: 0054919
Dec 10, 2019 8:20 pm	BadgerBadger	Note Edited: 0054918
Dec 10, 2019 8:20 pm	BadgerBadger	Relationship added	related to 0022344
Dec 10, 2019 8:20 pm	BadgerBadger	Note Edited: 0054918
Dec 11, 2019 12:24 pm	BadgerBadger	Summary	Zenith Trader goodies for AI are not visually distinct from the originals and they are not autotargeted; this is annoying => Zenith Trader goodies for AI are not visually distinct from the originals; this is annoying
Dec 11, 2019 12:24 pm	BadgerBadger	Description Updated

BadgerBadger Dec 10, 2019 7:33 pm manager ~0054918 Last edited: Dec 10, 2019 8:20 pm	Perhaps some sort of icon flair for the visual distinctiveness? I've made this Related To 0022344 since they are both Flair requests I've made those structures autotargeted

Chthonic One Dec 10, 2019 7:45 pm reporter ~0054919	"I've made those structures autotargeted" I approve this message.