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Re: Editor -> Resources -> 'Set Value' unused?

 

This sound like very useful feature, it is pity that there is no
hint/tooltip


2014-11-21 17:53 GMT+01:00 wl-zocker <wl-zocker@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> The option should be activated when Alt is pressed.
> While the increase/decrease option adds/subtracts the indicated value to
> the current amount, the set option simply overwrites it. That is very
> useful when you want to create a mountain that does not contain the maximum
> resources. Change the set value to 30 and then place coal. There will be 30
> coal. With the normal increase tool, you have to be careful because if you
> click twice on a field, the value is not 30 anymore.
> Furthermore, the resource type can be changed overwritten. There is no
> need to decrease it to 0 first. (The increase/decrease tool cannot change
> other resources than the currently selected one.)
> Btw, "set height" works the same way.
>
> That is at least what it did in build 18. The alternative tools are broken
> in the current trunk.
>
> It took me some time to find out how that works and how this tool is
> activated, so a tooltip would be a good idea.
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Fòram na Gàidhlig
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 12:14 PM
> To: widelands-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Widelands-dev] Editor -> Resources -> 'Set Value' unused?
>
> I sort of wondered about that while I was testing the tool. Since I'm
> not an editor user, I don't understand what the intended usage of these
> 2 settings is here.
>
> If it is indeed supposed to be unused, +1 for removing. If not, we have
> a bug or need to explain this to the user somewhere, e.g. with a tooltip.
>
>
> 21/11/2014 08:13, sgrìobh Tibor Bamhor:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> it seems to me that 'Set Value' in window for resources
>> increasing/decreasing has no effect at all. Am I right?
>>
>> Then, can it be removed?
>>
>> Tibor
>>
>>
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