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Engineers not very visible - map and minimap

December 20, 2015 6:50:42 PM from Ashes of the Singularity ForumsAshes of the Singularity Forums

I know we can hit F1 to see idle engineers, but they are very hard to see indeed.  It'd be great to have some stripes or similar on them, and some strategic icons on zoom out to indicate where they are.  

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markfoley
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Reply #1 December 21, 2015 10:44:05 AM
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They do blend into the buildings very well, so if they have just finished building they can be extremely hard to see. Kind of ironic as I suspect they have been designed to look quite different from the military units for the very purpose of standing out.

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Reply #2 December 21, 2015 9:30:12 PM
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We don't plan to have strategic icons in the game.  We're looking at other methods to make them stand out that would involve lighting effects.

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Reply #3 December 21, 2015 11:21:57 PM
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Good to hear, thanks FrogBoy.  

Possibly if you hold down a certain key it could add a glowing highlight to all units of a given type.  Eg Shift-F1 glows all engineers, F2 all ground units, etc.  Ctrl-Shift could show all 'idle' ones of that category.  Hitting space before letting go of the combination could select those units.

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Reply #4 December 22, 2015 6:15:05 AM
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Perhaps increase their building range too. When some buildings finish, the engineer which did the building is standing halfway in the building thus blending into it. If they are standing a bit further back when starting it this might help alleviate this problem a touch.

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