[PATCH] Display more info for training units

[pejuko]

This patch displays more information in tooltip for units that is possible to train.

Show additionaly those traits:

• Armour
• Attack
• Health
• Speed

I think it could be useful (especialy for new players) to have more information about each unit you can train.

[historic_bruno]

Hmm I started working on this and forgot it was assigned to Brian. Anyway I made some changes to pejuko's patch and it looks like this:

• Training: ​http://i.imgur.com/ONeLZ.jpg
  • I changed the costs to be more explicit with the word "Costs" and also put the important stats in a separate section below. I put "Health" first because it's the simplest and most useful stat.
• Batch training: ​http://i.imgur.com/GJK4R.jpg
  • Biggest change here is I removed the "Training xx units; Shift-click to train xx units" because I don't think it was helpful and it cluttered up the tooltip. Instead I prefixed the number of units to be trained to the name of the unit in the tooltip, so it appears at the very top.
• Constructing: ​http://i.imgur.com/CybDd.jpg
  • I tried to make training and constructing have consistent tooltip layout.

I think this is a good patch not only for new players, but anyone who can't remember exact attack and armour stats for dozens of units :) Of course we can have an in-game tech tree or something that displays the same info, but this makes a quick reference.

(Eventually we could even have basic/advanced UI options like AOK, and hide the extra info with the basic option.)

[feneur]

Biggest change here is I removed the "Training xx units; Shift-click to train xx units" because I don't think it was helpful and it cluttered up the tooltip. Instead I prefixed the number of units to be trained to the name of the unit in the tooltip, so it appears at the very top.

So your saying we should make it even harder for users to find this =) If anything I think we should mention "Shift+Click to train XX units" even when they're not using batch training so they find out about it if they haven't already. Depends on how much we want users to have to learn before playing the game though, batch training can/should make enough of a difference to be worth mentioning though.

[historic_bruno]

Replying to feneur:

Biggest change here is I removed the "Training xx units; Shift-click to train xx units" because I don't think it was helpful and it cluttered up the tooltip. Instead I prefixed the number of units to be trained to the name of the unit in the tooltip, so it appears at the very top.

So your saying we should make it even harder for users to find this =)

The way it is currently doesn't make any sense, because it only appears after they use the batch training hotkey. So basically you have to know what you're doing to get help on what you're doing :) We could display the message all the time as you suggest, that's a logical alternative, we just have to decide where to place it that's most visible (without cluttering info for advanced players).

[historic_bruno]

Alternate design for batch training, the "Shift-click..." message is always displayed: ​http://i.imgur.com/ge53k.jpg

[fcxSanya]

Replying to historic_bruno:

Alternate design for batch training, the "Shift-click..." message is always displayed: ​http://i.imgur.com/ge53k.jpg

Now it mixed with unit's description. Maybe it should be on very bottom separated with empty line and with bold 'Shift-click' part?

[historic_bruno]

Replying to fcxSanya:

Replying to historic_bruno:

Alternate design for batch training, the "Shift-click..." message is always displayed: ​http://i.imgur.com/ge53k.jpg

Now it mixed with unit's description. Maybe it should be on very bottom separated with empty line and with bold 'Shift-click' part?

How's this? ​http://i.imgur.com/ODsH8.jpg

[feneur]

Replying to historic_bruno:

Replying to fcxSanya:

Replying to historic_bruno:

Alternate design for batch training, the "Shift-click..." message is always displayed: ​http://i.imgur.com/ge53k.jpg

Now it mixed with unit's description. Maybe it should be on very bottom separated with empty line and with bold 'Shift-click' part?

How's this? ​http://i.imgur.com/ODsH8.jpg

*thumbsup*

[fcxSanya]

Replying to historic_bruno:

How's this? ​http://i.imgur.com/ODsH8.jpg

I like it. Now information related to UI behaviour (about shift-clicking) is separated from unit's description and enough noticeable.

[ben]

(In [10518]) Adds useful stats to training and construction tooltips, based on patch from pejuko. Fixes #872.