Re: A patch

["Laurent CHEA" <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 01 May 2007 14:32:10 +0200, haruspex <princeps.candidus@xxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> First of all: is the project still alive? The mail list archive
> doesn't show anything for the April.

We're hiding. It's called strategy. What for ? I'm still wondering.

> In case it is, I attach a .diff file with a few minor tweaks, which I
> consider not to be harmful to the game.
> These changes are:
> * User-friendliness:
> - the exact amount of XP of a unit is shown next to its HP at the bar
> in the bottom-left corner;

amount of XP ? is it really different than the "grade" of the unit ?

> - you can see how far an enemy unit can move during its turn by
> clicking on it, in the same fashion as with your own units (reasoning:
> knowing how much movement points a particular type of unit has you can
> predict where it will be able to move - so this feature just saves
> your time);

I agree with that.

> - removed the window "Access Denied" when trying to find out the stats
> of an enemy unit (reasoning: if you want to know the stats of a unit
> everything you need is to find your own unit of that type - maybe in
> another level. So disabling "unit info" on enemy units just creates
> troubles for the user without really changing anything).

It's kind of the same problem than the moving range, I think it's a good
idea, but maybe we should make the dialogs precise that the informations
are about an enemy unit ?

> * Appearance:
> - cursor confirmation animation, as proposed by Laurent Chea (see "GFX
> enhancement : little animation");
> - when a unit attacks some other one, it turns in the direction of  
> attack.

Yeah sweet :)