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[Bug] Automatic confirmation of upgrades
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:08 pm
by Orso
Hi,
I've just noticed that, when you open the ship menu and click an upgrade (mine was sensors level 2), if you switch to another tab (I went to equipment) and then go back to the upgrades tab, you can see that the previously clicked upgrade has been automatically confirmed.
Re: [Bug] Automatic confirmation of upgrades
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:08 pm
by Orso
Happened again.
If you select an upgrade, switch tab (crew or equipment) and then turn back to the upgrades' tab, what you selected before has now been automatically accepted
Re: [Bug] Automatic confirmation of upgrades
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:52 pm
by Icehawk78
Orso wrote:Happened again.
If you select an upgrade, switch tab (crew or equipment) and then turn back to the upgrades' tab, what you selected before has now been automatically accepted
Out of curiosity, what would the expected behaviour in this situation be?
(Not saying it's not suboptimal, I'm just curious what a better design would be.)
Re: [Bug] Automatic confirmation of upgrades
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:59 pm
by boa13
Cancel of course, as long as the changes are not explicitly confirmed by the player.
Re: [Bug] Automatic confirmation of upgrades
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:30 pm
by Icehawk78
boa13 wrote:Cancel of course, as long as the changes are not explicitly confirmed by the player.
I'm not quite sure this would be the right behaviour either, though - if you're upgrading systems, switch to look at your weapons, then switch back, you may notice that you have more scrap and not realise that your changes were reset.
My initial thoughts were either to disable the other tabs (forcing you to click on either "accept" or "undo" to go to another tab) or to internally store the "temporary" state of the upgrades so that upon switching back, you're still able to undo them.
Re: [Bug] Automatic confirmation of upgrades
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:54 pm
by Orso
Icehawk78 wrote:boa13 wrote:Cancel of course, as long as the changes are not explicitly confirmed by the player.
[...]to internally store the "temporary" state of the upgrades so that upon switching back, you're still able to undo them.
Those were the way I thought it should have been, and for this reason I opened the thread.
I didn't accepted the upgrade; I've just selected a possible upgrade and switching tab automatically confirms it instead of keeping my choice in memory ( I think that undo and accept buttons are there for some reason
)
Anyway, I know it isn't a serious bug, maybe not even an annoying one, but making devs aware of it, is the first step if they want to improve the game and make it -a bit- better.
And if they don't, at least this thread will be a warning for other players
