Show build times on tooltips.

posted on May 9th, 2011, 12:14 am

I think it would be really useful to show the build times of units, stations and researches as you mouse over them next to the cost, like an extra resource with a clock icon.

Also, on a related note, having a game timer next to your resource pool would be useful too, maybe with the same clock icon.

I think with these two extra bits of information, players would more easily be able to work out there own timings, and know when to expect certain builds and ships to start appearing, like spheres for example. It would also really help in lag, when you don't know how long the game has been going on for in game terms.

[Veronw]

posted on May 9th, 2011, 12:54 am

Last edited by Veronw on May 9th, 2011, 1:03 am, edited 1 time in total.

Really agree with this suggestion, been thinking about how useful it would be since I've returned. Would help tremendously when trying to time builds or pushes.

Something else that I think would really help is if you could seperate the way shipyards auto assign ships produced to a fleet number, say 5, so that instead the shipyard would be under control number 5, and the ships themselves wouldnt inherit the control number designation, allowing you to quickly go from yard to yard to que up ships without having to look back at your base constantly.

posted on May 9th, 2011, 6:15 am

I agree 100%, build timers as part of all tooltips would be quite useful.

posted on May 9th, 2011, 7:20 am

I agree with the others, build times would be nice for tooltips.

posted on May 9th, 2011, 11:13 am

we are currently working on redoing the tooltips and some other gui elements to show more usable infos. Adding construction time to the "resource costs list" at the bottom is definitely one of these points

posted on May 9th, 2011, 11:32 am

thanks optec, sounds good.

posted on May 9th, 2011, 11:40 am

I hope vessel speed might be one of them too! (And maybe some way of knowing ship passive before you build a ship )

posted on May 9th, 2011, 11:56 am

we are currently working on redoing the tooltips and some other gui elements to show more usable infos. Adding construction time to the "resource costs list" at the bottom is definitely one of these points

I hope it makes them easier to mod too!   Thats one of the few things I hate about modding FO.... trying to get the tooltips right.

posted on May 10th, 2011, 2:16 am

Build tiem
Weapons range
Speed
Shield Strength
Hull strength.
Armament

posted on May 10th, 2011, 6:44 pm

support this idea!

build time, weapons range, speed, strong against, weak against, shield strength. for ships/stations respectively.

maybe a rank officer two stat info? you can only promote to veteran so many times. the rest of your ships will just reach officer two rank... so knowing stats off/def/sys for this for all ships lets you know what youll be getting.

maybe first rank up stats too?

even if not in the gameplay, somewhere that it can be looked up. like not stats for the ship, but when you go over a ships build icon, can always put info there.

anyways, i know ive already posted a few threads about things i think might be a nice addition, wont bore people with reposting them all.

definitely be glad to see build times for ships and stations for sure.

posted on May 10th, 2011, 6:46 pm

If you look carefully, weapons range is actually already on the tooltip