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Author Topic: Zoom-to-announcement  (Read 1524 times)

Derakon

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Zoom-to-announcement
« on: April 20, 2008, 10:41:00 pm »

Right now, some announcements automatically zoom you to the site of the announcement, and some don't. For example, you'll be zoomed every time your miners strike orthoclase, microcline, mica, and the like, but you won't be zoomed when your dwarves cancel the construction of a door, bridge, workshop, or the like. You'll be zoomed when a baby is born, but not when a laborer cancels a job because he saw an enemy.

I suggest that a new command be added: zoom-to-announcement. It would cause you to be zoomed to the site of the most recent announcement. Auto-zooming would be removed. Auto-pausing for significant events should still probably stick around, though.

The motivation for this is that it's very distracting to be pulled away from my forges every time my miners strike a new vein of differently-colored rock as they sink my staircase shafts. But I also really want to know when my dwarves cancel the construction of something I told them to build, as well as any time anyone sees an enemy. Those are just less-frequent occurrences.

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Re: Zoom-to-announcement
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 12:01:00 am »

Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed.
Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed.
Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed.
Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed.
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Re: Zoom-to-announcement
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 12:31:00 am »

yes yes yes
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Re: Zoom-to-announcement
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 11:15:00 am »

And when someone is struck down it's not considered zoom-worthy, but an ordinary thief is...
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Re: Zoom-to-announcement
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 12:12:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by PTTG??:
<STRONG>Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed.</STRONG>

QFT

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