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Suggestion: Add filter to show only resource producing buildings
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Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
Would be nice. Doable if I could figure out how to interface with the python end. I may do something with this fairly soon as I work on some other aspects of programming RE manufactured resource buildings.
Dancing Hoskuld
Deity
There has been a request in for a while to highlight buildings that can be built in the city and provide a resource you don't have eg a Culture or Manufactured good like honey.
The main difficulty is the way that the unit/building/wonder/process part of the screen is coded in the exe. Something we can't change.
It may be possible to add a special part in this region where we could place small buttons for those resource buildings and then program them to add the clicked building to the building list using the same keys as normal. Unfrotunatly we can't disable the whole thing and write our own as it (the units/buildings/wonder small buttons) are default part of the screen.
The main difficulty is the way that the unit/building/wonder/process part of the screen is coded in the exe. Something we can't change.
It may be possible to add a special part in this region where we could place small buttons for those resource buildings and then program them to add the clicked building to the building list using the same keys as normal. Unfrotunatly we can't disable the whole thing and write our own as it (the units/buildings/wonder small buttons) are default part of the screen.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
If we could add another filter widget I think I could work out the filter itself for 'Provides a resource you don't yet have access to' from the same region as where the rest of the filter conditions are established in the dll.
Dancing Hoskuld
Deity
The problem with a filter is that you have to remember to turn it on and then off every turn. If we could just display a star or the icons off to the side whenever it is true it is just a bit more friendly.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
The filters remember by city what they were set to. You use the filters for production and food at least, right? Filters on page 2 are a little rough because paging up and down kinda sucks, but it could at least HELP when you're looking for only those resources you are still looking to provide yourself. And maybe another filter for buildings that produce manufactured resources at all.
Dancing Hoskuld
Deity
The problem is that you have to turn it on and off every time you go into a city just to find if there are any buildings and it is rare that there will be any. Thus something that does it for you by putting something special up would improve things. It is basically an improved advisor notice.
I have no problems with there also being a filter for anything that produces resources, buildings or the units. In the units it would allow you to turn off Tamed Animals and Great Farmer in a city list for example.
Having a new filter is going to be a problem for those of us playing at the default screen size.
I have no problems with there also being a filter for anything that produces resources, buildings or the units. In the units it would allow you to turn off Tamed Animals and Great Farmer in a city list for example.
Having a new filter is going to be a problem for those of us playing at the default screen size.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
That's what I mean about page 2. You do realize there's a second page of filter icons right?
It is quite easy. Just search for one of the filter enum values like BUILDING_FILTER_SHOW_FOOD. It will lead you to all places where a new one has to be added.
The exe is not involved much beyond providing the basic widget types that are used. So pretty much anything can be changed. Most of it just hides in that ugly huge main interface Python file. And a lot of the effects of the widgets are handled directly in the DLL.
Dancing Hoskuld
Deity
You can't change the three greyish buttons that move you to units/buildings/wonders that is displayed in the exe not the python. The screen layout, ie grey borders, for both screens are also provided by the exe.
I am fairly sure that you can't change the way the lines of icons behave ie they go back to the first unit/building/wonder once you select one to be built. If it was I am sure Pie_At and team would have fixed it in their mod as they have(had?) more groupings than three.
I am fairly sure that you can't change the way the lines of icons behave ie they go back to the first unit/building/wonder once you select one to be built. If it was I am sure Pie_At and team would have fixed it in their mod as they have(had?) more groupings than three.
How would such a filter behave if your city is cut off from your trade network?
The buttons you mean are named "CityTab0", "CityTab1" and "CityTab2" in CvMainInterface.py I think. Should be quite normal buttons. The effect of clicking them is handled in the DLL but actually sets a value in the exe which in turn is read by the Python. I don't think the value in the exe has any side effects so it is not a must to use it in the first place.
The problem is that they are redrawn and iirc the MultiList widget only allows you to select a row which in this case means a grouping. One solution would be to calculate how many buttons you can get in a row yourself and then using that as the MultiList row. That way the right row can be selected. Some DLL work is needed though.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
Detection of access would have to be local to the city. So it would show a lot of options if you were cut off from your network.
Yeah, I wasn't meaning to say I didn't know how on that. It's just... fiddly to add a widget. Lots of little stuff to attend to in that process. At least, in the DLL. What has to happen in python is a 'who knows' kind of thing for me. Are you saying this is the step to take for the python files as well using grep? Or did you set things up so that the widgets would be displayed properly in a manner all controlled in the DLL?
A 'return all filters to default' button? Would be nice. I'd have to look into that.
Yes to the first question. The enum value is used where you have to add in the Python as well. Of course you still need some art to reference for the icon.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
Sounds like it should be fairly easy. I'll have to see what I can do for this soon then.
