Map Ping

[Stan]

It would be nice to have the ability to ping a location on the minimap and/or map and have that ping notify allies and/or enemies ("stay out of this area if you know what's good for you!"), to indicate critical issues.

It would just be a right click on the minimap that would trigger a sound and white concentric circles (could be color coded - red for attack, blue for scout, green to occupy etc). A similar actor could be represented at the location of the ping on the actual map.

Possible additional features

• Make a ping limit so user cannot spam the command.
• Make different versions ? So user can give different informations.
• Differentiate pings of different players.

[leper]

See #57.

[Palaxin]

I know it's no RTS, but League of Legends introduced a so-called ​smart ping feature which greatly simplified team communication. Pressing a hotkey shows pie chart like assembled buttons; you then need to click left, drag the cursor in the direction of the specific ping you want to send and release the mouse button. This action is not done on the minimap but team members will see it there.

Similarly we could implement different pings, e.g. Help me, Stop that / Be careful, I'm coming here, Place building here (e.g. market, fortress, CC, ...), Scout here and a general ping. The question is if pings should be visible if shared vision isn't unlocked yet.

[Imarok]

I write this comment to CC me to this ticket ;)

[Lionkanzen]

Don't forget the ai interaction, sending troop to the localization/ ping zone.

[Stan]

Replying to Imarok:

I write this comment to CC me to this ticket ;)

Else you can do that :P

Replying to Lionkanzen:

Don't forget the ai interaction, sending troop to the localization/ ping zone.

That will be for another ticket I think.

[elexis]

Backlogging due to lack of progress

[smiley]

I have started looking into it.

[smiley]

​https://gph.is/2C42LKN An initial attempt.

[Imarok]

First steps: ​Phab:P148 (No guarantee I'll do further work ;)

[elexis]

This should be easy to implement and the demand is noisy (at least 3 people tried patches and more asking for this feature), so I guess it would be reasonable and feasible to put an end to this request in the following release.

[Imarok]

Move tickets to In-game UI as UI & Simulation got some sub components.

[gralco]

Just a heads up, I added a bounty for this ticket: ​https://www.bountysource.com/issues/27956208-map-ping

[gralco]

This doesn't seem to be mentioned in the ticket, but it would be really awesome if this could function in a multiplayer game.

Edit: the description implies this is intended for multiplayer games, just wanted to clarify.

[Stan]

Imarok says that won't cut it.

[Imarok]

In 25691:

Map flares

Add flaring on the map and resize the minimap buttons.
Target marker and button by Stan.
Reviewed/Commented by wraitii, elexis, vladislavbelov
Refs: #3491
Refs: #57

Differential Revision: ​https://code.wildfiregames.com/D1751

[Imarok]

I think this is actually fixed now.

[gralco]

Replying to Imarok:

I think this is actually fixed now.

@Imarok: Thank you! Please claim the bounty :)

[Imarok]

In 25783:

Small tweak of map flare characteristics

Refs #3491

Differential Revision: ​https://code.wildfiregames.com/D4099