CelticMinstrel
commented
2 years ago Another possible option is to have a small, persistent sentence that says "x turns remain to free x merfolk" that exists at a corner that uses the same component that is being used for the recently added Tutorial text that is displayed at the top left of the map. Then have the sentence update each turn. That way we don't have to design a whole new UI element.
This can easily be done using the new floating label API.
Your mockup however is much trickier. In theory it can be done with a modeless GUI2 dialog. However, there is no Lua API for that, because modeless GUI2 dialogs (last I checked) break the game entirely if shown onscreen above the map. It's possible that's no longer the case with the recent refactors, but since those were more geared towards rendering than event dispatching, it's also quite likely that it's still the case.
knyghtmare
max-torch
Describe the desired feature
Existing design
The current implementation of how the player is given information on the remaining merfolk and the remaining time is this:
This message pops up every start of a new turn for a finite amount of time and then disappears.
Proposal
Add UI elements, just for this scenario, that show the information, and get rid of the popup message, and add a note or dialog somewhere to let the player know about the UI elements. Mockup below:
In the top right of the map you have the UI elements keeping track of remaining turns of the sub objective and the remaining merfolk.
EDIT: Another possible option is to have a small, persistent sentence that says "x turns remain to free x merfolk" that exists at a corner that uses the same component that is being used for the recently added Tutorial text that is displayed at the top left of the map. Then have the sentence update each turn. That way we don't have to design a whole new UI element.