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Author Topic: Components ordered by proximity?  (Read 753 times)

Zarimus

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Components ordered by proximity?
« on: September 09, 2007, 11:57:00 pm »

Currently when you select materials for building projects they are listed by the order they were created, leading to sometimes choosing a rock halfway across the map for a job. It would be nice if we could request a listing of build materials by distance, similar to the menu used for bringing items to the trade depot. It would be much more efficient (and realistic) for the dwarfs to grab the rock sitting next to them and this would make it easier than guessing which stone is where.
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AlanL

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Re: Components ordered by proximity?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2007, 12:09:00 am »

This is already a very much desired feature, but you're 100% right.
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Mechanoid

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Re: Components ordered by proximity?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2007, 12:27:00 am »

The way materials are chosen in the next version may have changed from this current one, so we may have our wish granted... At the very least, Toady knows about it.
It's just a matter of time
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Toady One

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Re: Components ordered by proximity?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2007, 01:19:00 am »

Yeah, this is already done.
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