Opened 9 months ago
Last modified 10 days ago
#6860 new enhancement
Improve the Unit/Structure/Technology information popup screens
Reported by: | wowgetoffyourcellphone | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | Should Have | Milestone: | Backlog |
Component: | UI – Miscellaneous | Keywords: | UI |
Cc: | Patch: |
Description
Improve the information popups with a better layout and more space. This mockup also increases the text size for better readability.
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Change History (5)
by , 9 months ago
Attachment: | 0ad_encyclopaedia.png added |
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follow-up: 2 comment:1 by , 9 months ago
I like that properties (I don't know a better name for them) are displaied in a table instead of a list.
I don't see the propertieSpear
-> Range
in the Proposed popup. Is it missing?
Trained by
is also not displayed. I think that's an important information.
How are the properties displayed for units which aren't able to gather is is just Wood Gather: 0 / 1 sec
or is the whole column not displayed?
It's confusing that Food Gather
rates are dimensionless while the other Gather
rates are explicit / 1 sec
.
comment:2 by , 5 months ago
Replying to phosit:
I like that properties (I don't know a better name for them) are displaied in a table instead of a list.
Agreed. Much easier to see the information at a glance.
I don't see the propertie
Spear
->Range
in the Proposed popup. Is it missing?
Not missing. One can't display every single stat. Would be overwhelming. Perhaps additional stats can be show with tooltips? So, hovering over the "Hack Damage" line would display things like Weapon type, melee range, etc. in a tooltip. A good compromise?
Trained by
is also not displayed. I think that's an important information.
I think that info is basically intuited through the game. You've selected a barracks or civic center to right click the unit portrait and see this Encyclopedia page, either in-game or in the Structree, so you can assume it is trained there. I agree it can be debated that info is important though.
How are the properties displayed for units which aren't able to gather is is just
Wood Gather: 0 / 1 sec
or is the whole column not displayed?
I'd say Champions or Heroes, for example, would not have that column displayed.
It's confusing thatFood Gather
rates are dimensionless while the otherGather
rates are explicit/ 1 sec
.
One can easily intuit that it's /1 sec by the stats below. Perhaps more opportunity for Tooltips.
comment:4 by , 10 days ago
Milestone: | Alpha 28 → Backlog |
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Old/Current vs. Proposed