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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0016836Stars Beyond ReachGUIJun 15, 2015 1:57 pm
Reportertbrass Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version0.840 (Pollution/Crime/Teleporters/Blueshirts) 
Summary0016836: Visual Indication of Attack/Defense range?
DescriptionWhen you place a defense building, you see the red hex outlines of the building's effective range (similar to the blue overlay for police/pollution cleanup). Can we have something similar during gameplay?

I would like to see, at a glance, everywhere my various attack buildings can attack. Can you create some sort of range overlay that pops up when I click on an attack building (to please micromanagers like Chris :-p) or the attack selection tool (to please armchair strategists like myself)? Something that shows the tiles that all of my attack buildings can reach this turn. That'd be awesome.
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jerith

May 25, 2015 4:33 pm

reporter   ~0041181

You can use R and Z to see the attack and defence ranges of the building your mouse cursor is on.

I think highlighting hexes in range (maybe with an indicator of the number of shots available to each) in attack mode would be great, though.

jerith

May 25, 2015 4:50 pm

reporter   ~0041184

Ah. I see Chris mentioned performance implications in another issue.

(This is where I mumble something about precomputing and caching the range information when building attack counts change and then Chris explains to me why there's a problem with that and then I suggest a different approach based on complete ignorance of the game's implementation and then my favourite bug doesn't get fixed because of the time spent talking about performance. So I'm happy to skip that and move on to reading about the fix for my favourite bug in the changelog. Except I'm not going to tell you which bug is my favourite, so you'll just have to fix them all. Muahahahaha!)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
May 25, 2015 3:26 pm tbrass New Issue
May 25, 2015 4:33 pm jerith Note Added: 0041181
May 25, 2015 4:50 pm jerith Note Added: 0041184
Jun 15, 2015 1:57 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => closed
Jun 15, 2015 1:57 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Jun 15, 2015 1:57 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => no change required