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Localization and issues for Super Circuit Maker
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Suggestion: "Input" cable side as a triangle instead of a perpendicular line #89

Open nomaed opened 8 years ago

nomaed commented 8 years ago

When toggling the input in a middle of a cable, it's not trivial to understand on which grid the cable has an input-only toggled, without zooming in and looking at block borders.

My suggestion is that the indicator for input be a triangle sign instead of a line (somewhat like a diode, without the line), so it is always clear where the input is coming from and toward which direction the flow or redstone power goes.

If you will excuse my pixel skills, I mean something like this: image

It's a 4x4 grid plate, on top is the way it is now while on the bottom is the way I suggest it to be. It isn't clear whether on the top the input is on the left side of the 2nd from right cable, or on the right side of the 2nd from left. On the bottom it doesn't matter since it's clear what is the direction of the flow.

If it'd be a glowing redstone, it would look something like this: image

amadornes commented 8 years ago

It was already suggested by @mezz but I'm not 100% sure if I like it or not. Will do a twitter poll!

nomaed commented 8 years ago

Oh, I tried to look in the issue to see if this was already mentioned but didn't see anything. So if @mezz suggested it, you HAVE to do it ;)

Mr-Gelo commented 8 years ago

I personally prefer original pixel-style design. Triangles are not "blocky" enough :)

Inari-Whitebear commented 8 years ago

I mostly want triangles not because they look fancy, but because you can immediately see the direction, even from a bit away.