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Minor UI suggestion...

July 30, 2007 10:15:41 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
I finally had a chance to play the game over the weekend, well into the night , and I am still figuring it all out but having a lot of fun.

One thing that took me a while to notice was that some of the research areas could be researched more than once. While I know what to look for now, it would be nicer/easier if the research screen had two numbers per area. One would be the current level and the other would be the maximum level. So instead of just saying "1" it could say something like "1/3". This would make it a lot easier to know what areas can be researched more, and how much.

I think this would also be useful on the planetary improvements screen. That would make it easier to see which planets can eventually be more developed. So instead of just saying "1", it could say "1/1" on an asteroid or a "1/3" on a planet.
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RonLugge
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Reply #1 July 30, 2007 11:19:18 PM
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Problem is it already has 1:3 to indicate researched / qued.
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Reply #2 July 31, 2007 10:18:15 AM
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Problem is it already has 1:3 to indicate researched / qued.


Yep. Though if you guys can come up with a way to easily display all three (completed, queued, max), feel free to suggest.
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Reply #3 July 31, 2007 10:25:00 AM
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Maybe color coding, so techs that are already researched could have a blue box around them, queued techs could have an orange box, and techs that can be researched more could be green. The actual colors don't matter, but it would differentiate between the different states.
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danielost
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Reply #4 July 31, 2007 10:35:47 AM
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they already have this


1 they put a white box around the finished research.

2 the finished research doesn't color up when you have enough to go to the next lvl.
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Reply #5 July 31, 2007 10:54:07 AM
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I know but they don't have it for queued research.
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Reply #6 July 31, 2007 11:12:25 AM
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What id like to see is the research button to show a picture of what im researching so i dont have to search for what im researching....generally i have a bunch of stuff researching at any given timeand have a hard time figuring out what is being researched at any given time...i have to go into the research tree and scan (sometimes a few times) it which imho takes way to long just to find 1 thing being researched
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Reply #7 July 31, 2007 11:34:09 AM
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What id like to see is the research button to show a picture of what im researching so i dont have to search for what im researching....generally i have a bunch of stuff researching at any given timeand have a hard time figuring out what is being researched at any given time...i have to go into the research tree and scan (sometimes a few times) it which imho takes way to long just to find 1 thing being researched


if you mouse over the research button it gives you a list of what is queued up and the current percentage of the item being researched.
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Reply #8 July 31, 2007 11:39:58 AM
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they should put these things in the tutorial so we don't have to have a long thread about it.
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Reply #9 July 31, 2007 11:54:33 AM
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they should put these things in the tutorial so we don't have to have a long thread about it.


Ah, but my making a long thread about it you get it "on my mind" enough that I may have a solution! Or, at least a few ideas:

1:3/3

Or, add a number set at the top like 1/3 to indicate research / max, while the bottom has researched:qued
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