Author Topic: Approved: Colour Code Attachments  (Read 1482 times)

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Approved: Colour Code Attachments
« Topic Start: August 29, 2018, 02:32:31 PM »
Title: Colour Coding for Attachments

Summary: Introduce two different colours for attachments in the list where you select which attachments to add to a letter. One colour for scout reports and battle reports from your own character; a second colour for reports from other characters.

Details: Fairly self-explanatory. It would require the addition of a colour coding system to the list of tick box attachments where you select which attachments are added to the end of a letter. This is mainly important for scout reports. Although it would likely also be useful for other kinds of reports in the attachments list.

Benefits: This is a solution to the problem of people sharing the wrong scout reports because they're not sure which are the new ones they've created through their own scoutings. As the attachments list currently stands, if you have lots of fresh scout reports in one turn, it's not immediately clear in the list which reports have been generated by your own scouts and which ones have come from other characters via their report letters. All the reports are only marked as 'fresh', so you can get a long list of fresh reports if you've been looking at reports from other people that turn before you send out your own scouts, and there's no immeditate way of telling your own scout reports apart from those shared by others. I know that, generally speaking, your own scout reports are the lowest on the list of ones marked 'fresh', but this isn't a very clear distinction and is causing confusion. Some people seem to be having trouble getting used to the new attachments system, and this is likely to help everyone.

Possible downsides or exploits: None.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2018, 07:44:34 AM by Vita »

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Re: Colour Code Attachments
« Reply #1: August 29, 2018, 03:58:42 PM »
I tend to agree that we need to visualize better the differences.
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Re: Colour Code Attachments
« Reply #2: August 29, 2018, 06:10:36 PM »
Approved. Someone feel free to put it as feature request on bugtracker.