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Author Topic: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.  (Read 2423 times)

ThtblovesDF

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Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« on: April 19, 2009, 01:26:49 pm »
A "unpause" Button.


Currently the game is one endless cycle;


Designate/Check/Order something

Wait.

Desigante/Check/Order something

wait for execution

Repeat.


What I suggest is a simple unpause button so I can ORDER WHILE I WATCH.

Currently you can´t do anything if you dont want your dwarfs to stop working, but with a simple unpause button you could designate while they work away. Or check there profiles while they do the work.

Or finally read all the engravings without feeling gulity.

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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2009, 01:49:43 pm »
We run into our first limit here: the scrolling speed lags at with fps, which can start to be a problem as early as 40fps.

In theory, it sounds great, but many people will find it clunky.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2009, 02:03:28 pm »
Quote from: chaoticag on April 19, 2009, 01:49:43 pm
We run into our first limit here: the scrolling speed lags at with fps, which can start to be a problem as early as 40fps.

In theory, it sounds great, but many people will find it clunky.

Simply make it optional then.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2009, 05:07:35 pm »
I have to agree; however, if it were to snap out of anything non-determinant (reading an engraving) and/or pause when an important event happens (injury, etc.) as toggles, that could help.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2009, 05:27:24 pm »
Personally, I question the veracity of anybody who claims to provide a small fix which adds great improvement to something.  Personally, I have no complaint about the way pauses currently work.

If you're feeling guilty, of all things, for reading your engravings, then I think you have deeper problems than an inability to multitask in-game.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2009, 05:53:50 pm »
I, for one, am more interested by these 'DF's' he was talking about, and how the figure of 40% improvement was reached.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2009, 06:00:30 pm »
Quote from: Dasleah on April 19, 2009, 05:53:50 pm
I, for one, am more interested by these 'DF's' he was talking about, and how the figure of 40% improvement was reached.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2009, 06:42:47 am »
Average time spend paused, per hour, 3 sample hours.
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2009, 07:04:48 am »
I brought this up years ago, and Toady said it would be hard to change/wasn't on his list of priorities. I do agree with it though, as it moots the unwieldy interface and speeds the game up
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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2009, 08:35:22 am »
I don't see the point really. The game is already pretty hectic, and it's nice to have things freeze for a moment so you can designate and browse without interruption.  It would also be /slow/, since the game would have to recheck for obstructions and allowable tiles with every frame.
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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2009, 08:56:37 am »
imho
For inspe[k]ting this would be good
but not for [d]esignating
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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2009, 09:29:57 am »
It would of course be of personal choice.

At least having the "pause if ()" File accessible would help limitless
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2009, 11:11:50 am »
I like this suggestion too. This always kind of annoys me when I just want to [k]inspect something. It also annoys me some when I am [d]designating, especially bedrooms. Sometimes it can take me a bit if I'm going for some sort of pattern for my bedrooms and I want the game to just keep going while I'm dicking around with that design work.
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2009, 01:46:25 pm »
Quote from: codezero on April 20, 2009, 07:04:48 am
I brought this up years ago, and Toady said it would be hard to change/wasn't on his list of priorities. I do agree with it though, as it moots the unwieldy interface and speeds the game up

Wasn't that about 'v'-ing over units, instead?  And Toady said it wouldn't work because of how units move constantly?  Or am I thinking of a different thread?

Designations are a good candidate for this kind of thing because terrain doesn't move and the game doesn't care if you create unreachable designations or whatever.

Quote from: Momaw on April 20, 2009, 08:35:22 am
I don't see the point really. The game is already pretty hectic, and it's nice to have things freeze for a moment so you can designate and browse without interruption.  It would also be /slow/, since the game would have to recheck for obstructions and allowable tiles with every frame.

What kind of obstructions?
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Re: Improve DF´s by 40% with one simple addition.
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2009, 04:23:29 am »
Oh btw, I am playing Speed:1 and I still spend nearly half of the time paused...
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