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January 3rd, 2007, 09:35 AM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
An even simpler and at least as much useful improvement would be to have "sqauds" appear as Type x Number in the army screen ..
For example, if I have leader L leading 10 units with icon "A" and 5 "B" in the same squad, currently we have :
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AAABBAABBBAAAAA
(the order of A's and B's is one of the dominion mysteries, it's totally unpredictable...)
Imagine what it looks like with 100 units of 12 types  !
If we had :
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A (x10) B (x5)
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January 3rd, 2007, 07:02 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
I don't think it's unknowable.
Rather, I think there is a list and when units die the slot is freed up for another unit.
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January 3rd, 2007, 08:45 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
Hmm I didn't even know about the swords (I never played Dominions before 3). So that gives you some indication. The thing is why not replace swords icon with a number? I don't think it would look bad and it would give you a much definitive answer instead of trying to indicate the number of units in a very limited way with sword icons. Two comma separated numbers like 3,80 or two numbers on top of each other (80 units in 3 squads) would be best but even just 80 would go a long way. Anyway, at least now I know about swords.
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January 3rd, 2007, 09:42 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
Obviously it could easily be done but I think its the RPG vs spread-sheet strategy. The developers were always leary of giving exact numbers and formulas in Dom1 and Dom2. Here, instead of numbers you get "he has a few, he has some, he has a lot" following your leader.
When you assign their actions you see hard numbers now.
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January 3rd, 2007, 10:56 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
I wonder how the swords look when commanding 400+ units. (e.g. SuperiorUndeadLdr + 10 each path + items) Anybody with a screenshot, please?
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January 3rd, 2007, 11:12 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
@ pdf
i think the order depends on the order in which they were recruited, at least that's how it seems to me
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January 4th, 2007, 06:17 AM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
Quote:
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@ pdf
i think the order depends on the order in which they were recruited, at least that's how it seems to me
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Maybe, but when playing the game there's no way to know when units have been recruited, so you can consider it as random  |
January 5th, 2007, 03:49 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
Quote:
PDF said:
An even simpler and at least as much useful improvement would be to have "sqauds" appear as Type x Number in the army screen ..
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I have to admit I kinda like the long line of soldiers to get a feeling of how many there are, but it would still be nice if they could appear in a sorted order. |
January 5th, 2007, 03:57 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
Appearing as Type x Number would make it tricky to examine wounds/experience etc.
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January 5th, 2007, 04:43 PM
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Re: Very small UI improvement
I miss the lines and boxes we had in Dom2
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