JAMiAM -> RE: Critics on TOAW (3/18/2007 9:02:32 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay That's a start, Ralph. But what we really need for objective design is to be able to display the tracks of every formation at the same time - with only one live track that's being modified. This would be good, as long as it was a toggle option. Even with the active formation being a different color than the others, it may sometimes get so "busy" over some stretches of the map, that focus might be better achieved by toggling off the full display. quote:
ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay The real problem with track design is trying to remember where all the other tracks have already been placed, so you can keep them parallel. Or, perpendicular, star-shaped, criss-crossing, etc. Along with the option to display one, or all, of the formations, as detailed above, you should be able to pick any subset of formations and display them, to the exclusion of the others. That would help on fine tuning groups of formations for specific tasks. quote:
ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay And once we've got that, then we need to be able to just drag and drop track points, without going through the "delete objective" then "insert objective" routine. This would be sweet. Imagine the interface of TOAW III's editor coming into the 21st Century! It could be something like this...Select menu option to place objectives. Left click on map to initiate the objective placement and to place the first objective. As you mouse about the map the program will dynamically draw the lines from last defined objective out to the mouse cursor, keeping the previous ones from objective to objective, while further clicks place a new objective in the sequence. A right click on any objective would remove it, dynamically renumbering the sequence and redrawing the lines. If a hex contains more than one numbered objective for the formation, then the right click would bring up a list of numbers to choose the deletion(s) from with the numbers listed as well as an "all" choice. Again, all changes implemented immediately on the lined visual display. If anyone has what they believe to be a more seamless UI that that in mind, please feel free to chime in with your suggestions.
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