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Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« on: March 31, 2011, 09:02:20 pm »
It would be useful for me if when there are merchants trading, and the broker has been requested at the depot, when the broker arrives, and is ready to trade, for the game to pause and center on the depot; perhaps also when all pending 'haul to depot' jobs have been completed.

(Unless there is an easy way to set this that I just havn't seen? (also still using .18...))
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 09:09:38 pm »
Quote from: kaenneth on March 31, 2011, 09:02:20 pm
(Unless there is an easy way to set this that I just havn't seen? (also still using .18...))

I've looked for a way and haven't been able to find one as of v31.21

I agree that this would be very useful (its actually also one of the things in my list of suggested minor tweaks)
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 09:26:38 pm »
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 09:42:59 pm »
+2 if you can toggle it on and off from the Depot.
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2011, 01:51:50 pm »
+3 its annoying have to baby sit the depot just to see when my broker gets there.
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2011, 03:20:39 pm »
I'd love this.  I can't count the number of times I've forgotten about my broker after requesting his presence and had the merchants leave without any business.
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2011, 03:24:29 pm »
The trading system is being overhauled, it is likely the old system where the broker goes to the depot and we select Trade will not even be used any longer.   

However....

If it is not removed entirely....

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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2011, 02:40:34 am »
Actually, there are three conditions:

* Broker is ready to trade
* Queued items were brought to depot

and

* Merchants are ready to trade
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Re: Allow the broker being ready to trade to be a pause-and-center event.
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2011, 03:02:17 am »
Small suggestion, but VERY useful.  If there were announcements exported to the file, we could even make a Soundsense file for it.

"Och! Finally those useless haulers have brought me stuff.  Time to trade! Daddy needs a new pair of socks!"
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