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[Suggestion] A couple of visual cues that would help

September 1, 2012 6:37:05 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

I've only just started playing, but there were two things I noticed that I thought could be improved.

1. A visual cue, on the map, to let the player know that there are no more moves/actions to make. Like a pulsing glow around the whole screen or maybe a glowing end of turn button.

2. On the map and in combat if there was some sort of visual cue to let you know a unit has no more moves/actions to take.

 

Hope I'm not repeating anyone else, but I did a search and I didn't notice anything like what I'm suggesting.

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Kongdej
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Reply #1 September 1, 2012 7:57:41 PM
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Quoting ,
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1. A visual cue, on the map, to let the player know that there are no more moves/actions to make. Like a pulsing glow around the whole screen or maybe a glowing end of turn button.

2. On the map and in combat if there was some sort of visual cue to let you know a unit has no more moves/actions to take.

First one, I think is a bug in the current version, the turn button used to flash green when all units had moved, now its quite silent, or the green lamp broke or something.

Second one, been asked for before, and why, because its a good idea, so why not say it again I too would like to know which units have move left by looking at my unit stacks top left.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

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Reply #2 September 2, 2012 12:04:28 AM
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Quoting Kongdej,
reply 1
the green lamp broke

They should replace the bulb, should be an easy fix

I do agree that there should be some visual cue to indicate that the units are done moving. Maybe add a next unit button that moves you to the next unit with no moves, and when all units have moved then that button gets grayed out. Although the screen may get a little crowded.

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Boogeytroll
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Reply #3 September 2, 2012 7:18:40 AM
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Units that have moves left have a green border, don't they?

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suomynonAyletamitlU
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Reply #4 September 2, 2012 5:29:10 PM
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I just realized (after having played lightly before) that you can upgrade objects built on a resource (mines, farms, etc) after you get certain research.  It would be really nice if there was a cue when that becomes available, as there is when a resource comes into your domain.

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Kongdej
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Reply #5 September 2, 2012 6:20:18 PM
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Quoting suomynonAyletamitlU,
reply 5
I just realized (after having played lightly before) that you can upgrade objects built on a resource (mines, farms, etc) after you get certain research.  It would be really nice if there was a cue when that becomes available, as there is when a resource comes into your domain.

Agreed, you should look at some of the other UI threads here too, tons of UI stuff to hopefully be upgraded

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

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