Opened 14 months ago

Last modified 10 months ago

#6754 new defect

improve messages of unmet requirements

Reported by: abian Owned by: abian
Priority: Nice to Have Milestone: Alpha 27
Component: UI & Simulation Keywords:
Cc: abian Patch: Phab:D4963

Description (last modified by abian)

The following changes may make tips on unmet requirements more consistent and oriented to quick decision-making (and, those that take up more than one line, also shorter).

before after
Requires five Village Structures. Remaining: 5 entities of class Village Requires 5 Village Structures.
Requires five Village Structures. Remaining: 2 entities of class Village Requires 2 more Village Structures.
Unlocked in City Phase. Requires City Phase.
Insufficient resources: [wood] 490 Requires more resources: [wood] 490
Insufficient population capacity: [population] 3 Requires more capacity: [population] 3

Consistency aside, "Insufficient resources: [wood] 490" concerns me because it doesn't make it clear enough for a beginner whether "[wood] 490" indicates what is still needed or what the player should have in total, whereas I think "Requires" clarifies it.

Change History (6)

comment:1 by Langbart, 14 months ago

Description: modified (diff)
Milestone: Alpha 27
  • open tickets always have a milestone
    • setting it to A27 for now
  • it will either be set to Backlog, dismissed as not worth changing, or it will get some traction and implemented as requested
    • can be argued either way, it's about semantics and not an actual bug

The chance of implementation increases if a patch is attached, and it complies with the wiki/EnglishStyleGuide.

in reply to:  1 comment:2 by abian, 14 months ago

Thanks for the pointers! I'll submit a patch.

comment:3 by abian, 14 months ago

Description: modified (diff)
Owner: set to abian
Patch: Phab:D4963

comment:4 by phosit, 13 months ago

I think "Requires" clarifies it. I don't think it's because of the "Requires" but because of the "more".

in reply to:  4 comment:5 by Langbart, 13 months ago

Milestone: Alpha 27Alpha 28
  • back to A28, too many string changes

comment:6 by Stan, 10 months ago

Milestone: Alpha 28Alpha 27

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