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PTTG??

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Prepare Carefully Ideas
« on: November 01, 2007, 01:03:00 am »

Just a few things I though would be great for the preparation screens.
1: This is just a simple one, (I think...) but could we have a [SHIFT]+[Plus] increase the amount of the selected item by five, while just [Plus] adds one? This would make ordering a bunch of Ale or logs less tedious.

2: Can we have some kind of standing, negative selection for the new item screen? what I mean is, by adding "-leather" in the search bar, all items with "leather" do not appear; and in addition, after I select an item and return to the search screen, the "-leather" is still in the bar. Come to think of it, if the search bar  did not clear when closed, that would be a treat by it's self. The whole point of this would be that it would seriously cut down on the amount of Gorilla leather socks I have to scroll through to get to my plump helmets.

3: I know that 7 is a perfect number for dwarves, but some like to have 1 dwarf fortresses, and some want 20 dwarf crews to start with. This is not a very serious question, but perhaps immigrants only start after, say 2 years, and that you have a total of 100 skill points you can assign. That seems more rational than having a dwarf cost his fair value which is probably less than that of a cow in the long term.

Anyway, Toady One, thanks for a great new version!

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Re: Prepare Carefully Ideas
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2007, 01:42:00 am »

quote:
Originally posted by PTTG??:
2: Can we have some kind of standing, negative selection for the new item screen? what I mean is, by adding "-leather" in the search bar, all items with "leather" do not appear; and in addition, after I select an item and return to the search screen, the "-leather" is still in the bar. Come to think of it, if the search bar  did not clear when closed, that would be a treat by it's self. The whole point of this would be that it would seriously cut down on the amount of Gorilla leather socks I have to scroll through to get to my plump helmets.[/QB]

So why aren't you just typing "plump helmets" (or whatever) into the search bar?

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Re: Prepare Carefully Ideas
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2007, 05:20:00 am »

I think it'd be better to have a categorized item select screen when embarking, like the trade interface. the text search is annoying, especially with the 5000 kinds of stone and leather crap that no one ever buys.
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Re: Prepare Carefully Ideas
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2007, 01:46:00 pm »

Really, I think the crafts could be pretty much removed completely. Who brings a (Felsite Ring) with them?
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Re: Prepare Carefully Ideas
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2007, 03:04:00 pm »

Frodo? Its gold covered by felsite!
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Re: Prepare Carefully Ideas
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2007, 03:20:00 pm »

Good ideas PTTG. Seconded!
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