Displaying attack info in 1.9
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I've always thought it was rather dumb counter-intuitive that we use a hyphen to indicate iterations, where it normally means a range or a subtraction. How many of us see 5-4 and read it in our heads as "five to four"? Of course we know what it really means, but still it's wrong non-standard.artisticdude wrote:No, the unit gets two melée attacks per turn, each dealing 9 damage. The 2 signifies the number of attacks that unit gets per turn, not the bonus it receives from leadership.
It's spelled "definitely", not "definately". "Defiantly" is a different word entirely.
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5X4 looks weird.
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I have no idea what this is replying to. If it's replying to my post, you misread it completely.artisticdude wrote:No, the unit gets two melée attacks per turn, each dealing 9 damage. The 2 signifies the number of attacks that unit gets per turn, not the bonus it receives from leadership.
9**-2 pitchfork = put them after damage per hit
9-2** pitchfork = put them after the damage numbers. Might work better as (9-2)** pitchfork, but you get the idea
9-2 pitchfork** = put them after the whole damage "phrase"
Edit: The Damage-Attempts system works fine for me.
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Eh, my bad. I misunderstood what you were saying.
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Yeah, something that can boost the number of attacks units make would be wildly imbalancing. XD
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One extra attack per turn for my Thunderer line? Yes, please!Pandarsenic wrote:Yeah, something that can boost the number of attacks units make would be wildly imbalancing. XD
How about 5x4, 5*4, or 5,4? I realize it's probably a moot point since the current notation system is so deeply ingrained, and some amount of documentation would need to be re-written, and anyone reading old posts might be confused about the different system, and it's a minor nitpick that just kinda vaguely bothers me and I'm just going to shut up now.PeterPorty wrote:5X4 looks weird.
It's spelled "definitely", not "definately". "Defiantly" is a different word entirely.
Re: Displaying attack info in 1.9
we've had this discussion before:
http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=24914
i still think the hyphens is a bad choice (i'd prefer 9 x2)
http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=24914
i still think the hyphens is a bad choice (i'd prefer 9 x2)
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Using icons for some information could save considerable space on the sidebar, and would be translation-friendly.
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On traits, the difference between traits and things like slow, leadership, and time of day is that in about 99% of cases traits are permanent for the life of the unit. Off the top of my head, I think the only time they change is when a necromancer advances to a Lich and loses their traits and maybe a few campaign scripts here and there. So, it makes sense for traits to change the sidebar values because they're pretty much a permanent change to the base stats of the unit.Alink wrote:BTW, I mention here that reverting this feature means fixing inconsistencies about used modifiers by going in the other direction. That is, slow and swarm should not affect the sidebar values (in theory, traits too, but that's maybe different enough).
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AFAIK, Dark Sorcerers advancing to liches don,t lose their traits. I think a unit's traits are permanent, save maybe for some shady WML manipulations, and even then I'm not too sure.
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What happens with the Lich is interesting. What Atz writes should probably happen in theory, but what Dixie writes happens in practice. (Tested with version 1.8.4.) The documentation says: "Most units have two traits. However, Undead units are assigned the single trait 'Undead', [...] The traits that are available to all non-Undead units are Intelligent, Quick, Resilient, and Strong." The Dark Sorcerer is a human, but its traits are not removed when it levels (see attachment).Dixie wrote:AFAIK, Dark Sorcerers advancing to liches don,t lose their traits.
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I've always loved to do that when playing IftU. Resilent+strong liches ftw!
In a more serious note, I have no idea if it's supposed to be allowed or not.
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I think it would be reasonable for liches to keep attributes like intelligence, while losing ones like resilience. I mean, how much stronger are their bones than any other liches? (Okay, maybe a little if they got plenty of calcium. )
It's spelled "definitely", not "definately". "Defiantly" is a different word entirely.
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Huh. I always thought they lost their traits due to the whole "undead" thing... Guess I should pay more attention.
I think letting them keep some traits but not others would be unbalanced and confusing as far as gameplay goes, even if it might make some sense from a flavour perspective. You'd really have to leave them as-is, or remove them all.
I think letting them keep some traits but not others would be unbalanced and confusing as far as gameplay goes, even if it might make some sense from a flavour perspective. You'd really have to leave them as-is, or remove them all.
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Throwing my two cents in, regarding tooltips I think it's bad to rely on them for basic info. First of all, how many people know that they even exist? Does the game tell you that by hoovering over perfectly normal-looking text you get extra information? Because to me personally it's rather counter-intuitive. Second, you need to consider the extra steps required to display the tooltip information which, for some people, is more important or useful: With just viewing the side bar you only need to hover over units, but with tooltips you need to first select them and then move the mouse to the opposite side of the screen. Might not be a big issue in games with very few units and with small screens, but it gets tiresome when there's a lot of units to check or if you're playing on a high resolution where the distances for the mouse pointer to travel get bigger and bigger.
Just to toss around some ideas, how about displaying only the base stats and then having a row of icons that currently affect damage (slow, ToD, leadership, etc...there could be some default icon for non-standard effects too). Then by hovering over that you'd get a tooltip showing the final value with all effects. This way everyone could easily tell what particular effects are currently taking place and what the unit's base damage really is.
Just to toss around some ideas, how about displaying only the base stats and then having a row of icons that currently affect damage (slow, ToD, leadership, etc...there could be some default icon for non-standard effects too). Then by hovering over that you'd get a tooltip showing the final value with all effects. This way everyone could easily tell what particular effects are currently taking place and what the unit's base damage really is.
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