[Vote] (6-63) Show Global Mutual Exclusiveness In The UI

[adan_eslavo]

Currently using the table Building_ClassNeededNowhere which in simple words works like Global Mutual Exclusiveness for World Wonders is not supported in the UI.

Proposal: Add UI information about globally mutally exclusive buildings defined in the Building_ClassNeededNowhere table like it is done for the regular Mutual Exclusiveness in the Buildings table with column MutuallyExclusiveGroup. Table is currently used by American WWs from VP.

INSERT INTO Building_ClassNeededNowhere
            (BuildingType,                BuildingClassType)
VALUES      ...
            ('BUILDING_NABAWI',            'BUILDINGCLASS_EL_GHRIBA'),
            ('BUILDING_NABAWI',            'BUILDINGCLASS_HAGIA_SOPHIA'),
            ('BUILDING_NABAWI',            'BUILDINGCLASS_BOROBUDUR'),
            ('BUILDING_NABAWI',            'BUILDINGCLASS_KARLSTEJN'),
            ('BUILDING_NABAWI',            'BUILDINGCLASS_ST_PETERS'),
            ('BUILDING_NABAWI',            'BUILDINGCLASS_MEENAKSHI'),
            ...

Current view:

Normal (local) mutually exclusiveness between Well and Watermill for the comparison:

UI Changes

 

[Stalker0]

I'll be honest, I have no idea what this actually changes.

 

[adan_eslavo]

When you have mutually exclusive buildings they are shown red in the UI for the player to see that if he builds one, he will have the rest blocked. With the mentioned table all mutually exclusive buildings (wonders) are hidden, so player can start both, but when first one is finished the other will disappear, and the player may wonder why.

I will do a comparison screenshot.

 

[axatin]

"Required Buildings: Well" with "Well" written in red color means "This building and Well are mutually exclusive"? That's not the most intuitive way to display that information...

 

[Rekk]

"Required Buildings: Well" with "Well" written in red color means "This building and Well are mutually exclusive"? That's not the most intuitive way to display that information...

In this case, Red means "not". So you must not have a Well.

I think this is actually a feature request. I would rather not see these kinds of threads added to Congress as a means to bypass the GitHub queue.

 

[Recursive]

I think this is actually a feature request. I would rather not see these kinds of threads added to Congress as a means to bypass the GitHub queue.

This technically qualifies under the rules because of the American World Wonders.

 

[adan_eslavo]

I can sponsor it.

 

[hokath]

Seems a formality to vote on this. If you're willing to add the minor UI feature yourself then I don't see a valid reason to stop you?

 

[dostillevi]

I don't feel like the color coding is player friendly, especially inaccessible for newer players who would most benefit from this information. I would support the change if excluded buildings had their own line below required buildings.

 

[Recursive]

Timestamp post to arrange all the threads in a neat order.