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**12monkeys** · December 24, 2005, 15:31

mission icons sample 1, displaying some mission icons, the health bar and the promotion frame.

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**12monkeys** · December 24, 2005, 15:31

mission icons sample 2, displaying some other mision icons.

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**12monkeys** · December 24, 2005, 15:32

mission icons sample 3, disaplying that a single unit has a unit icon now.

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**12monkeys** · December 24, 2005, 15:32

the changed spot colors and their meaning.

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**rogerbacon** · January 1, 2006, 18:05

Originally posted by 12monkeys
the changed spot colors and their meaning.

The standard colors seem ok but the injured colors are much darker and someone with red/green color deficiency (11% of the male population) is going to have a hard time diferentiating between them.

Roger Bacon

**sabrewolf** · January 16, 2006, 07:38

great stuff!!

would it be possible to have some type of code for certain promotions?

when bringing along catapults, i usually have 2 types: bombard specialists (-25% bombard) and city raider/collateral damage/first strike ones for attacking.
if certain promotions would stand out, locating them would be faster.

following would be the most important imho:
- medic I, medic II (some red cross)
- accuracy (extra bombard)
- commando (the one where you can use enemy roads)
- sentry (line of sight)

possibly also:
- mobility
- amphibious

**12monkeys** · January 16, 2006, 12:25

Originally posted by sabrewolf
would it be possible to have some type of code for certain promotions?

when bringing along catapults, i usually have 2 types: bombard specialists (-25% bombard) and city raider/collateral damage/first strike ones for attacking.
if certain promotions would stand out, locating them would be faster.

Generally it is possible to add such a code. The onyl problem is, that you have to display another small graphic at the plotlist. And this graphic must be large enough so that you can differ a "commando" from a "sentry". This will get hard on larger resolutions.

I'm currently working on a new version for the Plot List Enhancements. One of the features is, that I will replace the Plot List Button Tooltips (the panel which is displayed on left side, when moving the mouse of a plot list button). I planned to add some more information in there and I think I can add the possible promotions as well. So you don't need to click on the button to see the promotion, you just have to move the mouse on the button. Would that be OK?

**sabrewolf** · January 16, 2006, 12:44

you're right about that the readability. possibly i can help with the promotion icons. how big would you need them?

the problem would come with multiple promotions. while it is unlikely that you have medic + sentry, it cannot be ruled out, so either the same spot is overwritten (priority to be defined) or they are lined up on the bottom.

possibly you could also make the mission text shorter. gor instance a 'G' for goto, 'F' for fortify, 'S' for sentry, 'E' for explore, 'H' for healing, 'W' for wait (new?) and for skip turn something like an 'X'?

the other things are not a problem as workers and air units don't have promotions they wouldn't collide.

regarding tooltips: that is not really that important as it already shows stuff like promotions. maybe you can improve the display, but imho not high priority.

and last, is there a way to see the following:
- if a unit has already fought/bombarded/pillaged. especially useful for ships.
- healing: how many turns left

and something unrelated, but you might know:
- the EXACT number of moves left - in fractions/decimals (so using a road after engineering would be 0.3/1 after 2 tile moves)
- how to see the combat strength to more than 1 decimal position? i think it is annoying to see strength 2.0/2 if the underlying value is actually 1.96 but it is rounded.

**12monkeys** · January 17, 2006, 04:21

I still don't like to add more information to a plot list icon. The existing information is already a lot. Anything more will reduce readability.

But I have an idea :
One of my features for the new plot list version is, to add some filters, so that you can reduce the displayed unts. The filters I planned are :
- sea units
- air units
- ground combat units
- domestic units
- wounded units
- promotable units
- upgradable units

Another feature will be, that the plot button display will be modifed. You can change the display, so that units of a specific grouping , will be stacked vertically (the buttons of one group will be in a vertical column). This "stacking", can be done for the following groupings :
- units of same unit class (all tanks, all bombers, ...)
- units which belongs to one selection group

With those existing features I may easily add a special view for promotions and upgrades, where you can see all promotable/upgradable units in a horizontal row, while there possbile promotions/upgrades are disaplayed in a vertical column on top of the belonging unit button.

Then you can see on a first view, what promotions and upgrades a unit can have AND you can directly promote/upgrade them, by pressing the related Icon.

BTW: other features which are planned are :
- a button to delete all existing selection groups.
- a possiblity to flip the above mentioned vertical stacking to a horizontal stacking and vice versa
- a button to display the units in multiple rows. This is similar as the actual display but you have them all in one view, without left/right button scrolling.

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