Most Amazing Teleporter Idea Ever

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by Geers, July 2, 2014.

  1. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    You add a little button in the teleporter UI, and when you click it....It moves the camera to the teleporter it's linked to! :eek:.
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  2. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    would be handy.
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  3. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    Or it opens the PiP and centers that on the other side!
  4. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Er..... shaddupthatotallydoesn'tmakemoresensegoaway.
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  5. MrTBSC

    MrTBSC Post Master General

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    fixed* ;) xD
  6. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    I can see uses for doing it both ways but I'm not sure you would want two buttons cluttering the UI. Either of those would be better than nothing so hopefully they just pick one and try it out.
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  7. wondible

    wondible Post Master General

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    Could possibly use a modified Missile Command.... If I ever get around to rewriting it around select by id and having it's own panel.
  8. MrTBSC

    MrTBSC Post Master General

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    rightclicking on it may also help ... just an idea
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  9. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Both of these are EXCELLENT idea.

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  10. cptconundrum

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    Yeah people have been talking about something like this for a long time but everyone wanted something crazy like automatically setting the pip when you select the teleporter or making you press a hotkey while you click on it or something. This is simple, gets the job done, and has no unintended side effects.
  11. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Wait. We just came to a complete agreement on a new feature with practically no arguing. Huh...

    Now all we need is an actual dev.
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  12. phantomtom

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    Oh no , wait a minutt. Satan is here.
    Why the f... Would that be an good idea? I mean you allrdy have camera hotkeys and all
  13. metabolical

    metabolical Uber Alumni

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    What if the devs aren't listening?
  14. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    CHAOS.
  15. aevs

    aevs Post Master General

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    Then we continue posting about how great an idea is until another idea thread is made and everyone migrates over there before forgetting about the old one.
  16. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Well now... Good thing you guys listen amiright? ;)

    (Not even joking, you guys are great! :D )
  17. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    LOCK THIS THREAD EVEROBODY IS FIGHTING
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  18. eratosthenes

    eratosthenes Active Member

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    This would totally ruin the game! Bollocks! Humbug! Now I shall write a 6 post detailed proof of how awful this idea is!


    But really they should totally add this feature
  19. bgolus

    bgolus Uber Alumni

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    Wait, what if when you click on a teleporter it just changes to look at another random teleporter that may or may not be the one linked to the teleporter you previously clicked on!

    I personally want to show a line going from the teleporter you have selected to the teleporter it's linked to like the order lines we already do, though it might look a little funny for teleporters on another planet. Maybe we should highlight the planet in the planet list or only show the line when you zoom out far enough.
  20. sycspysycspy

    sycspysycspy Active Member

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    Teleporters should be considered into path finding.If you have an teleporter to another planet you click move on that plantet, the units will use the teleporter to go to that planet.

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