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Techhead

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[Fortress Mode/Graprics] Screw-pump design tweak.
« on: January 07, 2009, 04:28:52 pm »

I would like if screw pump graphics could be tweaked so that the passable square shows the % or ÷ symbols, and the blocking square shows up as a solid black line with the block's background color. This would make pumps both easier to grok for new players and quicker to tell at a glance.

As an example, a pump drawing from the north would show up as something like:
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][

For reference, I mean either tile 179 or for north/south, and tile 196 for east/west.
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Re: [Fortress Mode/Graprics] Screw-pump design tweak.
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 03:16:07 am »

That's a good idea.
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Re: [Fortress Mode/Graprics] Screw-pump design tweak.
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2009, 09:26:55 pm »

Bump. I would like more than ONE person's input on this. Maybe even some creative criticism.
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Re: [Fortress Mode/Graprics] Screw-pump design tweak.
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2009, 10:35:09 pm »

Me like.
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Re: [Fortress Mode/Graprics] Screw-pump design tweak.
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2009, 10:29:18 am »

It would be practical if we could set the side a pump pumps to after installation: not inverting the whole thing, but adjusting the side the water flows out: so if a pump pumps from the south, it should be possible to make it spew its water east or west from the second square, instead of just north.
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Re: [Fortress Mode/Graprics] Screw-pump design tweak.
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2009, 10:31:34 am »

I like the idea for the default graphic.  Something akin to it, at least, so that one can see pump orientation at a glance.  Not essential but it would be nice.
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