Spectators Request: Selecting Things

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by brianpurkiss, July 22, 2014.

  1. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I would love to be able to select units and buildings as a spectator to see how many units they are. I'd also love to be able to select units and see their ranges.

    Edit: It would also be AWESOME if we could select factories and see their build queue!
    Last edited: July 22, 2014
    brianpurkiss, July 22, 2014
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  2. Aliessil

    Aliessil Active Member

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    That'd be pretty useful. While you're requesting modifications for spectators, being able to track a unit would be quite nice too :-D
    Aliessil, July 22, 2014
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  3. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Yes it would. Would be great for following nukes, scouts, bombing raids, and the like.

    Or even just normal raids. It would be smoother camera movement.
    brianpurkiss, July 22, 2014
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  4. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    casters would love it.
    tatsujb, July 22, 2014
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  5. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Yes... yes I would.
    brianpurkiss, July 22, 2014
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  6. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    ^^
    tatsujb, July 22, 2014
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  7. wondible

    wondible Post Master General

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    The Puppetmaster mod by necessity enables control-army, currently for all spectators. I haven't tackled the problem of getting the extra UI elements out of caster's way, but perhaps it would actually be useful to you? (Assuming I can fix the issue where controlling an army cuts off army stat updates)

    It would of course require great care on the caster's part to not accidentally issue orders ;^)
    wondible, July 22, 2014
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  8. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    yeah the build queue is pretty important i would say.

    (Queue is a weird word)
    killerkiwijuice, July 22, 2014
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  9. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    I second the motion for letting us see factory queues.

    NOT LIMITED TO SPECTATORS - Ranges of anything including regular unit firing range.

    As for following units and smooth camera actions etc;
    A good caster can move the camera smoothly and also know what is going on on the other side of a planet or system, just by using their own judgement and/or PIP micro management.
    wpmarshall, July 22, 2014
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  10. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    If you're playing and you select a unit and hold down... control? then you can see the ranges.
    brianpurkiss, July 22, 2014
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  11. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    Why toggle? Why not show when hovering mouse-over or when selected?
    wpmarshall, July 22, 2014
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  12. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I dunno. I'm not a dev.

    I'm just letting you know about a feature that is in the game.

    A setting toggle is a pretty good idea though.
    brianpurkiss, July 22, 2014
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