On 15.07.2013, at 15:52, Teppo Maenpaa <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 09:53:25PM -0000, cghislai wrote: > >> Related bugs: >> Bug #580905 in widelands: "write building status in a different font color >> for construction sites" >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands/+bug/580905 > > Hi, > > I have been thinking of making a change regarding the construction site. > > Background: > Construction site animates the progress of the construction. Also percentage > is shown if helper texts are on. In addition to these, the current trunk also > changes the colors of these texts: > <25% ready -> red > 25-75% ready: yellow > 75+ % ready: green > > That is a lot of redundancy. > > Now, the actual question. > > I have been thinking of changing this so, that the texts would be red if > wares are missing, yellow if all wares have been found but at least some are > still being transferred to the construction site, and green when everything > neededed to complete the building are on-site. This would allow the player to > notice approaching stalls and so. I like the suggestion - however I am a bit concerned how this can be explained to the user. So if you implement this, you will also need to implement a mouse over text of some sort or a status image inside the constructionsite window or something. The color alone is not easy to understand. > Now, since you are already working something on the construction sites, I > have hesitated to do anything. > > Everybody: Would such change be useful, if I have time to do that? You have all the time in the world :). If it won't make it in b18 it will be in b19. Cheers, Holger > Charly: Would that conflict with your improvements? > > Regards, > > > Teppo > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~widelands-dev > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~widelands-dev > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~widelands-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~widelands-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
