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Offline Vakrug

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Add an option to alight soldier names in CTRL+E window.
CTRL+E window in battlescape is and incredibly useful feature that shows which soldier's haven't contributed yet during this mission (and will not get any experience). There is one tiny problem with that: soldier names are not aligned, so it is harder to read. Many XCOM players (including me) put some marks on soldier's names to indicate something. I, for example, put "#" to indicate that this soldier is maxed out on basic stats, so it does not need to get experience on every mission. But, since names are not aligned in CTRL+E screen, it is hard to filter out such soldiers. Aligned list don't have to be with only one column.
« Last Edit: August 17, 2024, 10:46:10 am by Vakrug »

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Re: Add an option to alight soldier names in CTRL+E window
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2024, 10:45:22 am »
Sorry for annoyance, but can someone explain me why this feature is not implemented while others, less useful, are? Is it too hard? Considered cheating? Or I because am just not a moddder? There probably will be same issues with 50+ soldiers, but still...

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Re: [Suggestion] Add an option to align soldier names in CTRL+E window
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2024, 11:26:45 am »
First of all, because it is not in the OXCE subforum, and thus I didn't even see it.
What I can't see, I can't implement.

Second, the window is a simple text error message window and doesn't have any advanced formatting capabilities, any scrolling capabilities nor can it display any tables or anything like that.
So, I would have to implement a completely new window just for that... but it's possible.

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Add an option to align soldier names in CTRL+E window
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2024, 04:52:06 pm »
Done.

Ctrl+Alt+E

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Add an option to align soldier names in CTRL+E window
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2024, 08:42:06 am »
Hooray!  ;D
Seriously, every time I saw the unaligned list I was thinking about this feature! Thanks!

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Add an option to align soldier names in CTRL+E window
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2024, 12:53:44 pm »
I was thinking... why not just make Ctrl+E use the new window? Is there any need to keep the old one, when the new one is superior in every way?

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Add an option to align soldier names in CTRL+E window
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2024, 01:28:28 pm »
I was thinking... why not just make Ctrl+E use the new window? Is there any need to keep the old one, when the new one is superior in every way?

New one needs one more click to be closed.

I use the old one.