View Full Version : Move the info label
Herr_Pannenkoek
28.02.13, 22:16
Could you please move the pop-up message window (which tells you when buffs/units are ready or items added to storage) somewhere where it wouldn't block the leftmost part of the top bar?
It's not a big deal, but sometimes it's annoying when you cannot see your population/build limit because it's hidden behind the pop-up window. Upper or lower right corners would be perfect for it.
cookingfat
28.02.13, 22:29
+1 I always click my settler icon to cycle through my generals and when I get notifications I have to wait for them to disappear before I can carry on cycling through.
+1 I always click my settler icon to cycle through my generals and when I get notifications I have to wait for them to disappear before I can carry on cycling through.
Well I didn't know you could do that! Cheers! :)
Do you click settler on top pane ? I try that and it's not working for me.
+1
I always use that hover point to check population limit before dropping settlers from star menu into mayor's house and for checking current troop levels while training.
Just moving those System Messages a few pixels further down (below that bar) would be the best solution in my opinion.
Please Dev team at BB move that pop up = it is very annoying!
You have to move it move it! You have to move it move it! please move it to appear lower than now!
Herr_Pannenkoek
14.07.13, 11:39
Please move the info label somewhere where it wouldn't block population/building license indicators in the upper bar. There is plenty of room on the screen for it.
http://alek.szahala.com/gfx/image.png
Good, some1 already suggested. Dev. diary says that Military tab in Mayor House will be removed, so now more than ever we will need that population/military thingy. No need for some capital change, just move it few pixels down.
+1
and on a related note could the pop tooltip show your whole army? i.e. including ones currently in adventures, not just the ones in the active zone
MuffinMule
24.09.13, 01:13
Same with the 'bonus' icons over the mines. They obscure the contents of their neighbouring mines.
Herr_Pannenkoek
29.10.13, 18:02
Yep, thanks for removing the military tab!
Want it back. Don't want to play "where's wally" with invisible or badly drawn litter any more.
Military tab was useful, and perfectly placed.
Herr_Pannenkoek
04.11.13, 09:57
Next patch, please do this. Probably only two integers to change and that's it.
Brankovics
04.11.13, 12:07
Next patch, please do this. Probably only two integers to change and that's it.Probably only one. InfoLabel.Y = InfoLabel.Y + 32
Omg, I cant believe that this was suggested so long ago. And I'm even more shocked that this wasn't solved yet.
Herr_Pannenkoek
11.04.14, 08:27
Please. Do. This.
This is the among the amateurish UI design bug in the history of gaming. Also move the premium timer to somewhere one can see it all the time.
BobtheFish
23.04.14, 11:02
Dear BB,
Would it be possible to drop the text box that informs of troops cooking, geologist going out ect by about 5mm? It sits over the population bar and is one of those 'stone in shoes' irritations. And is should be a simple fix.
Yours
Mr Fish
I have to agree with you, Its so frustrating to have message after message when all you wanna do is check your troop counts!!!
Hi,
i tried to search trough the forum but i gues i'm not so good at that.
So my problem is more likely anoying than game braking. The new message or notification appiers it covers the population bar and it is unable to see how much of the free population you have, and you are forced to wait until it dissapiers. It wud be wise to put some close bucon in the notification corner or just make an margin from top to not cover top bar.
still annoying after all these years
Ozzymandeus
04.07.14, 02:48
You can still get the population tool tip to show even when those messages pop up. (http://prntscr.com/3z7lce)
Hover the mouse pointer over the Settler's head icon, which can still be clearly seen to the left of the pop up.
This is the problem many people with smaller screens, including myself, suffer from.
http://s25.postimg.org/w2uusg1tr/screenshot_114.png
As you can clearly see (or not see) the settler icon is clearly obstructed. This post is so that people visiting the thread that may be lucky enough to have bigger screens, understand the issue.
Ozzymandeus
04.07.14, 18:59
LOL.. if your screen is smaller than mine it must be tiny... I'm only using a 15 inch monitor
So happy I'm sitting with a 22 inch widescreen monitor :D
And yes I see the the problem too ofc. Not that I have the problem, just to clarify.
For the record I play on a 15.6" laptop with resolution set to 1368x766 (optimum suggested settings) using chrome as my browser. The effect is the same whether or not I play in full screen mode. I also have the same issue in firefox and explorer browsers.
Ozzymandeus
04.07.14, 23:50
Ahh... so it seems the problem is not your monitor is small, but rather that it's widescreen.
Me too! It's VERY annoying.
For the record I play on a 15.6" laptop with resolution set to 1368x766 (optimum suggested settings) using chrome as my browser. The effect is the same whether or not I play in full screen mode. I also have the same issue in firefox and explorer browsers.
Herr_Pannenkoek
08.09.14, 18:53
Please.
Still a problem!
Also: military tab in the barracks would make sense?
This doesn't just impact smaller screens. I get the annoying pop up block as well unless I play the game in maximised mode and that's with this screen resolution ......
http://i.imgur.com/UrTFECU.png
Come on devs, do something useful for a change instead of wasting time and effort thinking about which new bugs you can introduce at the next event!
Still a problem!
Also: military tab in the barracks would make sense?
That's an excellent idea. But not tab, just part of the window showing current count.
I thought it was just me being grumpy! I swear every single time I want to click there (which is quite a lot actually) there's a queue of messages waiting to take their turn at getting in the way
Small useful change so expect this to still be needed in 2-3 years with nothing from BB
This is not a bump. Problem got more annoying. Now You can put 200 recruit (1 at a time), and if You have lvl5 barracks, only way to check troop count is to open a general. That is until those recruits are done. Same goes for any fast training troops.
+1 to moving the info window. It's the only way I know of to see total number of settlers, army distribution, etc. Annoying to wait until the messages about my specialists going out scroll by (what seems very slowly) before I can check my numbers.
Btw - adding troops on assignment (e.g. adventures) would be handy too, as well as assigned/unassigned at home
Hi,
Can you change the location of the popup info windows, so it won't block the access to the top toolbar?
From this:
http://copas.hu/files/top_info_panel.jpg
To something like this:
http://copas.hu/files/top_info_panel_new.jpg
Thanks.
Been mentioned before, but worth mentioning again
+1
Threads merged: "Can't access population overview when info popup is displayed", "Move the info label"
Vrisitiggsy
12.08.15, 22:30
+1 - another option would be to move the bar over a bit
Just move it down by top-bar size and we are cool. Easy and hopefully bug free change :)
Judelientje
25.08.15, 17:59
Seems to me that it's fixed. I can access it now whilst having those messages
http://s12.postimg.org/ye3oqbnrx/screenshot_180.png
sadly thats only product of your resolution, you probably have wide screen.
this is todays screen of unit production from my pc (17" 1280x1024) showing that its not fixed yet
http://i.imgur.com/K00ccLk.jpg
all that is needed to be done is move those popups to have top limit under the top bar, thats all
Vrisitiggsy
30.08.15, 16:18
I can confirm that it has NOT been fixed
It moved a little (left) but not enough then. still would of preferred it moved down so it was below tooltip ;)
It hasn't moved at all from what I can tell. What people are seeing must be differences in screen size / resolution. I do hope they do something about it because it's quite frustrating to be looking at my troop distribution to decide what I need to build and then "a stone deposit has become depleted" and wait.....wait....wait.....ok, where was I?.... 500 soldiers, 250 cavalry and ... "a marble deposit has become depleted" and wait.... wait... wait... ok - that was 500 soldiers......
Judelientje
31.08.15, 20:30
All I can say is that I couldn't access it before and I can now. Didn't change a thing to my screen. Hence me thinking it was resolved.
Vrisitiggsy
31.08.15, 21:58
It hasn't moved at all from what I can tell. What people are seeing must be differences in screen size / resolution.
If you resize the browser window, it changes the position of the nags.
I do hope they do something about it because it's quite frustrating to be looking at my troop distribution to decide what I need to build and then "a stone deposit has become depleted" and wait.....wait....wait.....ok, where was I?.... 500 soldiers, 250 cavalry and ... "a marble deposit has become depleted" and wait.... wait... wait... ok - that was 500 soldiers......
Totally agree.
First post in this thread is more than two and half year old. And I don't think that's too hard to fix. Only conclusion is, nobody care what we want. Someone could at least write here "we don't want to fix it", I'd understand.
+1
very annoying and steals our normal gameplay time
BB please do something about it...
Well it was sort of fixed a few patches ago, and moved slightly to the left ( not really far enough from my point of view, but at least you could access the tool tip from its right edge with message there )
It reverted back to its old state with the event starting ( I think it could be worse actually) , I'm guessing the event timer might be nudging it over, or the incarnation of the event is written pre -patch version. JMO though ;)
Well it was sort of fixed a few patches ago, and moved slightly to the left ( not really far enough from my point of view, but at least you could access the tool tip from its right edge with message there )
It reverted back to its old state with the event starting ( I think it could be worse actually) , I'm guessing the event timer might be nudging it over, or the incarnation of the event is written pre -patch version. JMO though ;)
I didn't see any changes. Must be dependent on screen size. Mine is small.
And it should be moved DOWN, not left. Or just make on option to switch them off and I'll just read the info in the news tab.
This has been requested for a long time. Might as well chime in again... move it down enough to be able to see the population icon (or move that somewhere else).
+1
+1- very annoying- you put in settles in MHouse and you are told that you put them ( as you did not know) an that prevent you from seeing how many you can stil add.
I need to see the population ./ army indicator on my home island - every collie , buff etc covers it - cant it be swapped with the gem indicator on the other end of the bar - that does not need to be seen more than once a day or so?
Merged
+1 from me - or a way to drag the notifications to a position that suits you.
GrumpDaLegend
11.11.15, 08:00
This has been requested for a long time. Might as well chime in again... move it down enough to be able to see the population icon (or move that somewhere else).
+1
Unbelievable that such a small problem can be spoken about for 3 years and not fixed.. terrible design.. useless support..
As a new player I certainly won't be investing real money for a game with so little commitment from the developers/programmers.
Unbelievable that such a small problem can be spoken about for 3 years and not fixed.. terrible design.. useless support..
As a new player I certainly won't be investing real money for a game with so little commitment from the developers/programmers.
blaah blah blah, its not developers that need commitment, management does.
its ok they dont need your money and no one cares that you won't spend money. great first post too.
if its such a big deal to you buy a screen larger than a shoe box.
I keep seeing updates and improvements on the game lately. Some are quite welcome (Star stacking). Others? Meh.
However, there is one I know EVERYONE wants and yet, for unknown reasons, you refused to implement: moving the notification pop-up away from covering the Population icon. That is probably the most important onscreen information of all, and yet it gets covered every time we do ANYTHING on our islands!
Why, why, why WHY?? :(
BB works in mysterious ways. :rolleyes:
[Merged]
That seems to depend on your screen size. If you have a large screen the notification will be between the top bar and avatar, and with smaller screens it gets pushed in and over the pop tooltip. I bet BB uses nice large screens :D
Really? lol
Well, we computer impaired folks need them to fix it. It is extremely annoying.
I'm not a programmer but I fail to see how hard it is to MOVE the stupid notifications OR the population icon to a different position.
++++++ 1
Suggested many times before. I suggested it myself.
It is very annoying when you order troops in barracks that you cant see what you already have every time a pop up message appear.
Again we need feedback from BB that they either tell us this somehow mysteriously cant be fixed,- or that they are working on it :p
++++++ 1
Suggested many times before. I suggested it myself.
It is very annoying when you order troops in barracks that you cant see what you already have every time a pop up message appear.
Again we need feedback from BB that they either tell us this somehow mysteriously cant be fixed,- or that they are working on it :p
This is a suggestion, not a bug, so a fix is not needed. I can tell you that it was passed on and, if it's going to be implemented, you should find it in a future Change Log.
Smiffy2204
12.02.16, 18:54
*cough http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/32275-Needful-Things #4
This is a suggestion, not a bug, so a fix is not needed. I can tell you that it was passed on and, if it's going to be implemented, you should find it in a future Change Log.
Well, that's pretty much as non-committal and uninterested as you can get. So, because it's not actually a bug (but possibly some very bad designing?) it's fine the way it is and maybe, just maybe, one day, if we feel in the proper mood, we may take a stab at fixing... oops! pardon me!, redisigning it.
Even though it has been flagged many times and pretty much all players find it very annoying and it is unnecessarily frustrating.
Good call. ;)
Well, that's pretty much as non-committal and uninterested as you can get. So, because it's not actually a bug (but possibly some very bad designing?) it's fine the way it is and maybe, just maybe, one day, if we feel in the proper mood, we may take a stab at fixing... oops! pardon me!, redisigning it.
Even though it has been flagged many times and pretty much all players find it very annoying and it is unnecessarily frustrating.
Good call. ;)
Because it's not a bug, it belongs in the suggestions section, so it was merged to an already opened thread here that was requesting the same thing.
The requested feedback was also added, based on the data available.
As for my level of interest, I can assure you it is equal to all other suggestions. :)
Yeah I agree,
I think the right corner would be a good place.
If for some reason moving the information window wouldn't be practical, what I'm hearing is that players don't mind that it's there - it's only that you can't review your population and troops any other way.
How about adding that information to the economic summary - including what the current rate of incoming settlers is and what buffs might be active affecting that? Even perhaps troops currently queued? I would find having all that information in one area very useful and I think it would fit in with the other elements in the economic summary - just put it in it's own section.
If it's impractical to move that information window how about moving the pop and building section of the top bar over to the other side of the resource bar, surely there would be less of a issue for the player in that info window obscures the tools and coin display for a few seconds.
Well it should be possible to find some kind of solution. I would rather chose not to have the pop up messages at all, than to have it as it is. It turns the messages into spam. Especially when you are trying to recruit in barracks and what to see what troops you already have,
Hi,
Can you change the location of the popup info windows, so it won't block the access to the top toolbar?
From this:
http://copas.hu/files/top_info_panel.jpg
To something like this:
http://copas.hu/files/top_info_panel_new.jpg
Thanks.
Why for the love of god this hasn't been included in the latest update since the Devs were already working around the info bar, it would be so easy to make yet we keep bragging about it for years...
When will this excessive message annoyance finally stop ? :mad:
TheVictorious
02.04.16, 15:44
I simply would suggest a small change, the make the notification under the resource bar instead of cover it, i mean get it a little away from top, something like what I describe with images :
From this :
http://i.imgur.com/n0mpBIm.png
To this:
http://i.imgur.com/HeFK72O.png
Why?
Simply its just annoying that sometimes i need to wait the notification to disappear to see how many troops i have, free settlers and so on, if you know what I mean, when you put cursor over the population number, you can see the troops that you have.
That's annoying that we don't have another way, and simply its annoying friend buff my buildings, or I collect things in land, and notification stacked, and i just waiting to all of this to finish so i can see troops.
Merged
http://i.imgur.com/ddt7ahR.png
A is bad, B is good. I wonder if ppl can see why :)
Merged
xibor, doro and urd all have good suggestions, but this shouldn't be included in an update. its something that needs FIXING (now) not updating.
This and the stupid barracks system is really starting to annoy me, which is ridic because its just a game and i'm here to have fun! I would just like to say as an IT manager if any of the BB programming team have a job interview with me they will be laughed out of the building.
lordloocan
28.08.16, 11:09
Why not just remove it all together? As long as it shows on news that's all that is needed.
Why not just remove it all together? As long as it shows on news that's all that is needed.
I'd go along with that, if there was no other choice.
TheVictorious
29.08.16, 23:05
Why not just remove it all together? As long as it shows on news that's all that is needed.
Well, sometimes its helpful to get notified, I think some notifications can be removed and keep it only in news like buffs alerts, troops training messages, and keep some like deposit depleted and emails.
And actually it will be helpful if we get new notification that a player is whisper, a lot of times I see whispers after a few minutes or even hour or 2, and 95% of times my speakers is muted.
Dear Elderly Thread,
This has been mentioned elsewhere but you deserve to have it as well.
Regarding your Original Post (and many that came after):
Could you please move the pop-up message window (which tells you when buffs/units are ready or items added to storage) somewhere where it wouldn't block the leftmost part of the top bar?
It's not a big deal, but sometimes it's annoying when you cannot see your population/build limit because it's hidden behind the pop-up window. Upper or lower right corners would be perfect for it.
There is News From The Test Server!
:)
http://i.imgur.com/MRxMv9G.jpg
Many thanks for implementing this very long player wish
Original post here: http://forum.tsotesting.com/threads/22298-Placement-of-pop-up-messaes (http://forum.tsotesting.com/threads/22298-Placement-of-pop-up-messaes?p=43219&viewfull=1#post43219)
Thanks for never giving up O Elderly Thread, soon you can rest. :)
9 pages, 81 posts, bit over 3.5 years since it started...
am i still dreaming ? ? ?
Thanks for the great news Iolanthe, looking forward to bury this thread deep into the pits of history :)
Could you please move the pop-up message window
I'm extremely pleased that this one got fixed!
+ 100 .me too. It is so nice to be able to see how many troops I have when I am filling up barracks.
TheVictorious
24.11.16, 10:31
I'm extremely pleased that this one got fixed!
+ 100 .me too. It is so nice to be able to see how many troops I have when I am filling up barracks.
Seriously guys, since when you not logged in to game?
I think this post must be closed now.
Since this suggestion has been implemented, the thread is now closed.
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