Clicking on the air shaft structure does not transition between layers

OutpostUniverse / OPHD

OutpostHD - Open source remake of Sierra On-Line's Outpost

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Clicking on the air shaft structure does not transition between layers #1055

Open cugone opened 3 years ago

cugone commented 3 years ago

Left-clicking on the air shaft structure should act as a shortcut to transition between depths:

Any air shaft that does not have a shaft above it should automatically go down one depth (including the surface shaft).
Any air shaft that does not have a shaft below it should automatically go back up one depth.
Any air shaft that has a shaft both above and below it should open the up/down the depth selection dialog.

ldicker83 commented 3 years ago

This isn't a control mechanic I was planning on adding to the game, it seemed super clunky and unintuitive (even in the original game). Instead there are the visual buttons on the bottom right corner of the map screen, the PageUp and PageDown keys and the 1 - 5 keys to move between levels.

I'm open to discussing this since it's not very difficult to implement and would be a sort of nod to the original game (like the diamond shaped map) :D

cugone commented 3 years ago

I'm all for keyboard shortcuts, but I have a habit of playing the entire game (and other CMS games like it, a la SimCIty) with just the mouse. The directional arrows used to be right next to the map in their respective directions; now they are shoved in a corner. On my gaming monitor that's really far away. :P

ldicker83 commented 2 years ago

That's a fair point. I think we (me and @Goof-fr) opted to put them there since we're still on 1080 or less resolution monitors. Something to consider and a good argument for move the arrows to the edges of the map like the original game.