Suggested improvements for BA

[enric]

Improvements for BA
This is a list of suggested improvement for the new BA version. There are not included bugs (for example LOS), minor issues, etc., that …, obviously will be fixed in the future).
They are mainly suggestions focused in interface improvements.
(I will edit and update this topic when new suggestion come in mind)

Multiplayer Player message window

• Possibility to make a new paragraph.
• Copy and paste.
• Access to see the message window during the turn.
• (on the Mac) writing the "&" char, moves the cursor to the up line, and writes this character there!!!.

MP Battle

• To be able to see the opponents name during battle.
  (if access to the message window is provided, this will not longer be necessary).

MP options section

• My Games: the three lists should show the side you are (was) playing.
  Like the list for accepting a match where the opponent name is followed by "[side]". E.g. enric[allied].
  For example if you play the same game agains the same opponent in a mirror game, before loading one of the two you could not know which side you're playing.
• Accept Challenge: a preference to define which games want to see in the list, or the game remembers your last options checked).
• Accept Challenge: a way to avoid the "there are no public matches available...." that you must close, that floating window, every time.

Completed games

• Be able to reorder the list for any column.

Battle

• Casualties window switch (toggle key).
• Units list reorder by any column.

Deploy

• A better deploy system being able to define areas where to deploy.
  Not affected by the LOS of fixed units already on the map.
• Ability to delimiter areas for deploy a team, e.i. team 1 area of deployment A or B, team 2 Deploy on C area, etc.

Interface

• Double click selects a line in any list and do the action.
  Applicable to every list where you must click a line and then move the cursor to the corresponding ok button and click.

Modding

• Option to avoid the "Objective failed" or " … completed", final message.
  Sometimes, now, you may surrender and get the "Objective completed".
• Adding to the editor a way for creating the briefing map, messages, arrows, etc.

[migasoto]

And for the skirmish mode:

1. Add features such as barbed wire and trenches.
2. Improve basic AI so that enemy units don't sit near a flag until the game expires when they could have won it by just moving a couple of spaces onto the flag!
3. Add rivers to farmland and wilderness maps, and make the rivers more random, not just left to right blue lines!
4. Vary villages because they all seem to be the same size and on a "crossroads".
5. Allow maps to start at night because by the time turn 24 comes round I'm usually finished (I like smaller skirmishes).

This is a fantastic addition to BA by the way; well done you guys.

[enric]

The possibility that the units list could be sorted by any column.
Now I can't understand which is the order .

[pipfromslitherine]

All good stuff. Thanks guys.

Cheers

Pip

[enric]

Messages window
(on the Mac) writing the "&" char, moves the cursor to the up line, and writes this character there!!!.

[pipfromslitherine]

Messages window
(on the Mac) writing the "&" char, moves the cursor to the up line, and writes this character there!!!.

Well that is wierd! I will see if I can replicate - what kind of keyboard/Mac does is happen on?

Cheers

Pip

[enric]

The normal bluetooth keyboard that comes with the iMac: Apple Wireless Keyboard.
Remember that the return key doesn't start a new paragraph on the Mac.

[cavehobbit]

Messages window
(on the Mac) writing the "&" char, moves the cursor to the up line, and writes this character there!!!.

Same here, got the standard Mac usb keyboard.