[Suggestion] System View Screen. Hide useless system improvements

Eugenyl

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 7:59:56 PM

System View screen contains list of available "Star system improvements". Some improvements are useless for particular star system from player's opinion. So, up to 100th turn, the list contains dozen items which never will build. I think capability of hide/remove useless building is a good feature.

Gyomb

Digital Librarian

Gyomb

Digital Librarian

24 900g2g pts

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 9:40:32 PM

I support that !

A toggle button in the queue window and that's it !

(And it could help the AI too: no more moon improvements on a moonless system!

)

OthobRithol

Newcomer

OthobRithol

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 10:48:51 PM

Or at the very least some way to sort them by function.

New (shows onse developed in last 5-10 turns maybe?)

Food

Industry

Dust

Science

Misc

Shockky

Untold Memory

Shockky

Untold Memory

18 400g2g pts

12 years ago

May 26, 2012, 11:27:15 PM

I agree, it is currently messy and time consuming.

I find when I colonize a new planet that I want to queue up construction with the fastest build times first. The first 2 or 3 I remember where they are in the list, but all the items should be sorted from fastest build times to slowest.

Rodomar705

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Rodomar705

Newcomer

13 400g2g pts

12 years ago

May 27, 2012, 8:50:35 AM

Agreed. A system to show/hide improvements can reduce a lot of time spent on scrolling and seeking the single improvements, but if you can add an automatic filter of utils/useless things, it can help the AI too, like said Gyomb, helping to select utils improvements. And i don't think it's too complicated, since they are simply + something or - something. Quite easy to code, from my external point of view.

Gyomb

Digital Librarian

Gyomb

Digital Librarian

24 900g2g pts

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 6:44:04 PM

Rodomar705 wrote:
And i don't think it's too complicated, since they are simply + something or - something. Quite easy to code, from my external point of view.

I'm not sure about that. There is a few things to take in consideration (planet types, number of moons, ability to trade or not, …)

But only the dev team has the answer to this question. (I hope that IS easy !)

Bluecher

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Bluecher

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 8:52:27 PM

i support the idea.

i think it is messy to search the list for particular improvements every time. to decide for each system which improvements can be blanked out

can make the game faster.

Galanthein

Penumbra Academy

Galanthein

Penumbra Academy

24 700g2g pts

12 years ago

May 30, 2012, 9:42:42 PM

You don't realize how hard a + and - function is in software development

Bluecher

Newcomer

Bluecher

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 31, 2012, 8:12:19 PM

i think the difficulty to implement a + and - function is not fix.

it depends on how the system improvment list is implemented. or not?

LordErrorprone

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LordErrorprone

Newcomer

6 000g2g pts

12 years ago

May 31, 2012, 8:54:00 PM

I will never use it, though it sounds like a good idea. I will end up hiding a building then forgetting about and never use it.

Dr_Mox

Old Timer

Dr_Mox

Old Timer

29 800g2g pts

12 years ago

May 31, 2012, 8:59:48 PM

Filters would be great, an adviser panel to suggest choices for newbies even better as well.

Nightscream

Newcomer

Nightscream

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 31, 2012, 9:18:45 PM

I totally agree with hiding useless improvements. I wouldn't mind even seeing an improvement suggestion screen that the user can configure. Set your own rules etc.

Eugenyl

Newcomer

Eugenyl

Newcomer

12 years ago

Jun 3, 2012, 7:58:41 PM

Yep, but for example, you play by Graves. So, all trade improvements are useless on empire level for all systems. But for first step, system level 'black' list is enough.