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Offline DSeyka

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[DONE][Suggestion] Changing display order of research topics
« on: November 05, 2024, 01:07:31 pm »
Purely QoL feature I'd like: ability to reorder current research topics in research screen by right clicking, same as we can do with crafts in "Equit craft" screen.
Rationale: sometimes I "start" researching stuff without assigning any scientists because I don't many available (so I don't forget about important stuff), and would like to be able to put them in a specific (e.g. priority-based) order.
Thanks in advance!

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Re: [QoL] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2024, 01:45:35 pm »
ok

Offline Tamren

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Re: [QoL] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2024, 09:13:41 am »
+1 to this. If possible it would also be nice to sort the list of (already started) research projects using the same sorting methods you can use on the list of new projects.

So for instance if I start a dozen projects because they seem important in the moment, I could later go back and sort them by cost so that I could quickly complete the cheaper ones first, or assign extra scientists to projects that are known to be difficult and complex.

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Re: [Suggestion] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2025, 11:04:34 pm »
+1

Just make these lists to remember last sorting choice, please. "Default" is useless at best, as I assume it is just an order in which .rul file entries were saved.
« Last Edit: February 11, 2025, 12:29:49 am by hth »

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2025, 01:22:47 pm »
Purely QoL feature I'd like: ability to reorder current research topics in research screen by right clicking, same as we can do with crafts in "Equit craft" screen.

Done.

https://github.com/MeridianOXC/OpenXcom/commit/646e8f90149bd9992292a3caae2f7ab32e52ad4d

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2025, 05:16:22 am »
Thanks! ;D

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2025, 06:05:01 am »
Dunno what others feel, but in my opinion at least from the screenshot this option brings some clutter to an usually very straightforward screen.

This clutter will feel unnecessary and even disturbing if in your playstyle you have zero use for this feature.

As far as I can see, this is really only useful for megamods and you use this for queuing up dozens of items for later research (even so that they don't all fit in a single screen - if they fit in the screen, there is really little need to reorder them) with zero allocations instead of using other research management strategies (such as hiding unnecessary research so the default choice window does not get too cluttered).

I was a bit surprised that this is not a configurable option. I wonder what others feel about this feature.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2025, 06:07:21 am by psavola »

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Re: [DONE][Suggestion] Changing display order of research topics
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2025, 10:16:17 am »
That's why suggestions are in the NEW section for everybody to read and comment on BEFORE they are implemented.

6 months was enough.