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:
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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Old/Current vs. Proposed

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by wowgetoffyourcellphone, 9 months ago

Attachment: 0ad_encyclopaedia.png added

Old/Current vs. Proposed

comment:1 by phosit, 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.

in reply to:  1 comment:2 by wowgetoffyourcellphone, 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 propertieSpear -> 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 that Food Gather rates are dimensionless while the other Gather rates are explicit / 1 sec .

One can easily intuit that it's /1 sec by the stats below. Perhaps more opportunity for Tooltips.

comment:3 by wowgetoffyourcellphone, 5 months ago

Refs #6843

comment:4 by Stan, 10 days ago

Milestone: Alpha 28Backlog
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