Topic: first time feedback
letsdance Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2013-09-06, 11:27
this is a great project and i am grateful you're doing it as open source. my feedback is not intended to cause or express any negative feelings, but a tool to help you further improving the game. i had a build 14 installed on my PC (and i'm pretty sure i had downloaded older versions as well), but i think i never played it. i just installed the build 17 and tried. i loved the old settler games (i preferred 1 over 2 actually) and i don't mind if a game has a steep learning curve. but there are so many inconveniences in widelands, that i will probably quit before i even started.
i do realize many of these things are not an issue for people who know the game well, but i assume you want to attract new players as well, don't you? Edited: 2013-09-06, 11:28
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Tino |
Posted at: 2013-09-06, 12:19
Hi and welcome to the Widelands community! What platform do you play on? Windows or Linux? Head over to the Download section and try one of the development builds...
4.) At the moment there are 3 campaigns with 3/2/2 missions. But you have to finish them in order to be allowed to select the next mission/campaign. 5.) Building cost is implemented as tool tip/mouseover in current dev builds. 6.) You'll find all this information here in the Wiki and also ingame (book symbol). The ingame help is of course not perfect (= table based) because it is really difficult to show diagrams which present the ware flow. But those are available in the wiki. 7.) Hot Keys are explained in the ingame Readme section, available from the main menu. Your suggestions about beeing able to hit Enter or Space to confirm dialogs throughout the game in a consistent fashion are good. The is really something we should implement. Have fun playing WL and don'T hesitate to post suggestions here and/or bug reports! Top Quote |
letsdance Topic Opener |
Posted at: 2013-09-06, 14:24
hi, thx for the infos. i didn't try pageup/down for speed, just some other keys (+/- would be my natural choice). i am playing on windows. i have tons of possible resolutions to choose from, but most just give a black border outside. i guess my screen has 1920 pixels width, and when i choose 1600 pixels, it simply leaves 320 outside blank. that doesn't help me any with font sizes. 640 works because 640*3 = 1920. campaigns: why only in order? i know settlers, i don't really need to start with a tutorial campaign. but given the size it doesn't matter anyways. guess i'll just stick to maps, there seem to be many =) i'll have a look at the readme. i was just looking for hotkeys in the game options (most games have them there). i try to avoid dev builds when i play a game for the first time. maybe i'll just wait for build 18. dance! Top Quote |
einstein13 |
Posted at: 2013-09-06, 16:23
I can remember, that Esc button was closing opened (and active) window in the Settlers II. That was easy way to delete a new message: n-> del-> esc. Less than 0.5 sec to do that Now I have to click: n-> del-> left-mouse-click. einstein13 |
fk |
Posted at: 2013-09-06, 18:42
einstein13: The 'n' key opens AND closes the messages box. Top Quote |
einstein13 |
Posted at: 2013-09-06, 20:01
Oh Thank you! This will help! einstein13 |