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DF Suggestions / Re: DF Eternal Suggestion Voting
« on: December 27, 2023, 07:00:38 am »
humble suggestion. never lose the ASCII mode.... never.
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DF Bug Reports / Re: "Frozen Elsewhere" Frozen Nowhere
« on: January 04, 2023, 02:30:33 pm »
........ and now all water is liquid but everything is still "frozen elsewhere"
how can this be explained?
how can this be explained?
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DF Bug Reports / Re: "Frozen Elsewhere" Frozen Nowhere
« on: January 04, 2023, 01:26:52 pm »
...i have this. in 47
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DF Suggestions / Re: Shift+S should always search... everywhere, in every menu, all the time.
« on: December 21, 2022, 07:37:40 am »
it can be whatever. a fuzzy wildcard heavy search is what its all about
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DF Suggestions / Shift+S should always search... everywhere, in every menu, all the time.
« on: December 21, 2022, 03:25:52 am »
controls in DF are to say the least. That is not why we love the game.
some menus has s as search... some q.
Some menus require a press and hold alt maybe?
Stating the obvious is to clean all of that out. Make it completely self-explanatory. All shortcuts should ofcourse be 100% streamlined.
But... imagine a sort of finder/searcher. A module that would pop up on screen (in the middle) you start typing, it has severe wildcarding feature. Down up will scroll through suggested actions. Enter will execute.
Type:
"bu c"
It yields:
build chair/throne [b -> c]
build cabinet [b -> f]
build container, chest [b -> h]
build etc etc etc
Type:
"inv s pi"
It yields:
Show Inventory of Stockpile#1
Show Inventory of Stockpile#2
Show Inventory of Stockpile#3
Show Inventory of Stockpile#4 (name: Main)
Show Inventory of Stockpile#5
Of course keyboard shortcuts are faster, but this will not only make everything easier for the player to find, it will also slowly teach the player about the faster shortcuts - and as long as shortcuts are not 100% consistent between menus it'll also make it easier for the player to find things in menus that is not immediately within the player's cognitive reach.
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some menus has s as search... some q.
Some menus require a press and hold alt maybe?
Stating the obvious is to clean all of that out. Make it completely self-explanatory. All shortcuts should ofcourse be 100% streamlined.
But... imagine a sort of finder/searcher. A module that would pop up on screen (in the middle) you start typing, it has severe wildcarding feature. Down up will scroll through suggested actions. Enter will execute.
Type:
"bu c"
It yields:
build chair/throne [b -> c]
build cabinet [b -> f]
build container, chest [b -> h]
build etc etc etc
Type:
"inv s pi"
It yields:
Show Inventory of Stockpile#1
Show Inventory of Stockpile#2
Show Inventory of Stockpile#3
Show Inventory of Stockpile#4 (name: Main)
Show Inventory of Stockpile#5
Of course keyboard shortcuts are faster, but this will not only make everything easier for the player to find, it will also slowly teach the player about the faster shortcuts - and as long as shortcuts are not 100% consistent between menus it'll also make it easier for the player to find things in menus that is not immediately within the player's cognitive reach.
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DF General Discussion / Re: Flashing cross confuses me
« on: December 21, 2022, 03:10:53 am »
ok thanks--- it looked like he was carrying around a shield.
Smoothing i designated hours ago, and now they get to it.
Smoothing i designated hours ago, and now they get to it.
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DF General Discussion / Flashing cross confuses me
« on: December 20, 2022, 04:17:29 pm »
there is a flashing white cross a couple of places in my fortress. A specific dwarf seems very interested in it, and sticks around it or on it for long periods of time.
It doesnt yield anything in Q or K.
it looks like a plus, but "all the way" up and down to the border of the letter. +
https://imgur.com/WSPj6DE
What is it?
It doesnt yield anything in Q or K.
it looks like a plus, but "all the way" up and down to the border of the letter. +
https://imgur.com/WSPj6DE
What is it?
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