When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

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matthew2582
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When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

Unread postby matthew2582 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:22 pm

It would really save a lot of time & frustration if when clicking on HQ to see what reserves are listed - that these reserves be grayed out if they cannot actually be deployed - clicking on every HQ and every unit only to get a loud beep is really annoying

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Re: When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

Unread postby pendant » Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:06 am

matthew2582 wrote:It would really save a lot of time & frustration if when clicking on HQ to see what reserves are listed - that these reserves be grayed out if they cannot actually be deployed - clicking on every HQ and every unit only to get a loud beep is really annoying


Seconded!

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I made a video clip to demonstrate.

Aside: I wonder, is it better/ more useful to post questions and comments here on unityofcommand.net or on the Steam forums?

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Re: When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

Unread postby slippr » Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:40 pm

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Re: When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

Unread postby Tomislav Uzelac » Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:09 pm

Hi, we are considering this suggestion, but it's not super obvious what needs to be done.

Simply disabling the menu button when you can't deploy anything isn't a solution because you still might want to take a look at what's in the force pool. Disabling individual menu items may be the way to go, but for the moment there is a technical problem that disabled UI widgets do not trigger tooltips.

tl;dr it's more complicated than it looks at first sight. It will be done but some patience is required.

Cheers!

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Re: When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

Unread postby matthew2582 » Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:23 pm

Tomislav Uzelac wrote:Hi, we are considering this suggestion, but it's not super obvious what needs to be done.

Simply disabling the menu button when you can't deploy anything isn't a solution because you still might want to take a look at what's in the force pool. Disabling individual menu items may be the way to go, but for the moment there is a technical problem that disabled UI widgets do not trigger tooltips.

tl;dr it's more complicated than it looks at first sight. It will be done but some patience is required.

Cheers!


Thank you Tomislav for replying

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Re: When clicking on HQ and Force Pool - gray out if reserves not available

Unread postby slippr » Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:05 pm

thanks ; elegant solution needed