Quick fill calculator

[Ownezx]

As a heavy user of the calculator, I would love to be able to prefill the calculator by selecting objects in the world much like the ruler menu.

Proposed behavior:

When in the calculator menu

• Planet attack quick fill
  • Click a planet to select it as defending (defendant data is filled)
  • Click on another faction's ship to select it as attacking (attacking data is filled)
  • Manually add any other conditions
• Ship attack quick fill
  • Click on a ship (defendant data is filled)
  • Click on another faction's ship (attacking data is filled) (calculator could check that they will intercept)
  • Manually add any other conditions
• Planet attack quick fill (reversed click order)
  • Click on a ship (defendant data is filled)
  • Click on another faction's planet (defendant data will be moved to attacking data, planet data will be added to the defendant)
  • Manually add any other conditions
• Confirmation for data overwrite
  • If a calculation has already been done confirm any selection unless the user has unticked the confirm override checkbox
• Error on selection
  • Selection does not correspond to any cases
  • Display message that explains the problem
  • If no valid calculation has been done yet, reset the calculator to its default state
  • If valid calculation is done do nothing.

Proposed UI change:

• Add a reset button like the ruler
• Add a "confirm override checkbox" (the default value of this checkbox is TRUE unless changed in the player preference)

Proposed documentation change:

• Add an entry in the wiki to explain the calculator selection process

Expected downside:

• I don't think it will be intuitive to use and might require the user to read the manual. A possible tooltip with a circled ? icon could allow the user to have fast access to the documentation.

[a1cypher]

I have a branch with something like this almost completed. I think that the interface needs to be revamped a bit for chat, ruler, and calculator.

I'm thinking of a button on the top right that enables select mode for those tools. When in select mode, clicking stars and carriers will populate in the respective tool. When you disable select mode, you can create orders and play the game as normal. The other change would be to move the calculator to the right menu like the ruler and chat so that you can have the calculator, ruler, or chat open while still being able to play the game and click around on the left.

[a1cypher]

The behaviour I have implemented is if you left click something (carrier or star) it populates attacker, if you right click it populates defender. If you click a star that has one or more carriers, it should open the star menu on the left and then let you click a carrier or star from the list.