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Author Topic: Renaming Buildings/Objects  (Read 355 times)

M K

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Renaming Buildings/Objects
« on: November 25, 2006, 09:48:00 pm »

I've come to build a row of levers that all connect to different things in the fortress, sort of a control center.  Well, there are times when I want to pull a lever in the middle and forget what it is connected to.  A simple renaming of the lever so I can tell what it's for just by hovering over it would be helpful.

So, instead of "Flint Lever", it might show "Front Drawbridge Lever".

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Toady One

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Re: Renaming Buildings/Objects
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2006, 06:02:00 pm »

Yeah, it would be good to rename buildings.  It would also help with workshop profiles.

Ultimately, seeing the lever links visually would be good, though there's something of a display problem there.

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Re: Renaming Buildings/Objects
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2006, 06:09:00 pm »

Perhaps have the bridge/floodgate/etc. controlled by the lever, flash green when the lever is selected?

That way you could see what the lever controlled pretty easily, and it doesn't seem too tough to implement...

[ November 27, 2006: Message edited by: John ]

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Draxxalon

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Re: Renaming Buildings/Objects
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2006, 08:10:00 pm »

Assuming you can see the object while the lever is selected...

(Most of my levers are not on the same screen as what they control - a nickname for the building would cover this situation though)

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Re: Renaming Buildings/Objects
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2006, 08:15:00 pm »

Yeah, I was worried more about the off-screen cases.  It could draw a flashing line, like the patrol lines, but that doesn't really tell you either.  It needs to display a custom name for the target as well and/or it needs to show a separate window maybe.
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