Lack of status info

Egavactip · April 10, 2012, 21:10

I don't understand why one's various statuses (hungry, confused, blind, berserk, etc.) are not listed on the left side of the Angband screen. There is plenty of room there. I actually had a character starve to death simply because the top of the screen messages were so fleeting and because they disappear immediately if you don't notice them right away.

Zyphyr · April 10, 2012, 21:34

They are on the bottom line.

Derakon · April 10, 2012, 23:15

But they should be on the sidebar instead. The most important bit of status information is your HP total; other important status information should therefore be next to it, since that's where your eyes will be a lot of the time. There's a large distance between the bottom row and the sidebar, especially if you're using a larger-than-normal main window to see more of the dungeon. And at 80x24, the default main window is pathetically small.

buzzkill · April 11, 2012, 00:55

Additionally, using 32x32 tiles on my laptop (at full 32x32 resolution), the very bottom of the screen gets cut off. I often play with tiles only 30 or 31 pixels high to avoid this.

PowerWyrm · April 11, 2012, 13:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzkill

Additionally, using 32x32 tiles on my laptop (at full 32x32 resolution), the very bottom of the screen gets cut off. I often play with tiles only 30 or 31 pixels high to avoid this.

When displaying a big tile, dummy chars are queued vertically... but the current code adds one too many at the bottom. There's a fix for that for 3.4.

fizzix · April 11, 2012, 14:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerWyrm

When displaying a big tile, dummy chars are queued vertically... but the current code adds one too many at the bottom. There's a fix for that for 3.4.

Yes, we're trying to make sure tiles are playable for 3.4, and I just played a full game with tiles, and they seem like they're in pretty good shape. Any bugs should certainly be reported and we'll try to fix them.

Egavactip · April 11, 2012, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zyphyr

They are on the bottom line.

Not for me, they are not. Stuff only seems to appear on the bottom line once in a while, and never stays.

April 10, 2012, 21:10	#1
Egavactip Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 66	Lack of status info I don't understand why one's various statuses (hungry, confused, blind, berserk, etc.) are not listed on the left side of the Angband screen. There is plenty of room there. I actually had a character starve to death simply because the top of the screen messages were so fleeting and because they disappear immediately if you don't notice them right away.

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buzzkill Prophet Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 2,771 Donated: $8	Additionally, using 32x32 tiles on my laptop (at full 32x32 resolution), the very bottom of the screen gets cut off. I often play with tiles only 30 or 31 pixels high to avoid this. __________________ www.mediafire.com/buzzkill - Get your 32x32 tiles here. UT32 now compatible Ironband and Quickband 9/6/2012. My banding life on Buzzkill's ladder.

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Derakon Prophet Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 4,744	But they should be on the sidebar instead. The most important bit of status information is your HP total; other important status information should therefore be next to it, since that's where your eyes will be a lot of the time. There's a large distance between the bottom row and the sidebar, especially if you're using a larger-than-normal main window to see more of the dungeon. And at 80x24, the default main window is pathetically small.

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