lab vault upgraded?

Johan K · #1 October 21st, 2003, 03:57 PM

Correct, there is no search function for magic items and you cannot deconstruct magic items either.

Mortifer · #2 October 21st, 2003, 04:15 PM

That search function would be very helpful Johan.

MStavros · #3 October 22nd, 2003, 02:16 PM

I second that this search would be most welcome. If it will be possible, than implent this feature, please.

Johan K · #4 October 22nd, 2003, 10:21 PM

I don't like the idea of searching for magic items. It would require a button which complicates the interface. And it feels like a cumbersome thing to make in a good way. Also it doesn't feel important unless you play a very large game.

Mortifer · #5 October 22nd, 2003, 10:50 PM

I think most of us love to play huge games.

Well I think the search option would be nice, but it is not a must have...

[ October 22, 2003, 21:50: Message edited by: Mortifer ]

Jasper · #6 October 23rd, 2003, 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by Johan K:
I don't like the idea of searching for magic items. It would require a button which complicates the interface. And it feels like a cumbersome thing to make in a good way. Also it doesn't feel important unless you play a very large game.

Being able to give people titles only viewable by oneself (which I believe was mentioned as patch material) alleviates most of the problem, and is simple and general purpose.

A search interface just for items doesn't seem worth it to me. However, a generalized search filter for leaders based upon a selectable range of critea (magic skill, items, type, etc.) would be cool. Then again, it'd also be alot of work.

An alternative would be a function that simply dumped all leader information to a text file, which would be much easier. This could then be searched in a text editor, or used as input for a 3rd party tool. IIRC Stars! had something like this for sharing info with other players.

Taqwus · #7 October 23rd, 2003, 03:11 AM

The one case where I'd really have liked a search for magic items would be to find the items recovered after a large battle involving quite a few commanders -- e.g. after Pythium with a communicant horde.

This could be alleviated without a full-blown search if, say, the battle report had "Commander Foo picked up ..." and made 'em links to the commander, but I don't know how much work that would be.