Wartbed:User interface
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|width="50%" valign="top"|Total War titles have a very conventional RTT interface design with all units being presented in a Poker or Domino hand layout: each unit has its card (or brick) and these are lined up at the bottom of the screen. These bricks contain additional information, like unit strength and ammo left. | |width="50%" valign="top"|Total War titles have a very conventional RTT interface design with all units being presented in a Poker or Domino hand layout: each unit has its card (or brick) and these are lined up at the bottom of the screen. These bricks contain additional information, like unit strength and ammo left. | ||
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+ | |valign="top"|'''Medieval II: Total War GUI'''<br>''Also notice radial action interface similar to Dark Omen's down to relative icon positioning. Coincidence?'' | ||
+ | |valign="top"|'''Empire: Total War'''<br><span style="color:pink;">Card hand GUI failure from icon overcrowding</span> | ||
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Revision as of 19:07, 27 April 2009
Stub for detailing what WARTBED's GUI can and do look like.
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Unit icons
Sources of inspiration for the WARTBED 'unit and regiments identification and usage interface.
The Total War games
Total War titles have a very conventional RTT interface design with all units being presented in a Poker or Domino hand layout: each unit has its card (or brick) and these are lined up at the bottom of the screen. These bricks contain additional information, like unit strength and ammo left. | The Card Hand interface Advantages:
Disadvantages:
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Dark Omen
In Dark Omen the user interface is minimal with units being represented and identified by their regimental banners. The banners have two purposes: on the one hand they're hiding the UI buttons by letting them masquerading as regimental banners, thus increasing immersion. Secondly, they are regimental-specific dashboards acting as container for additional information.
The Dark Omen banners also includes information about
| The Banner interface Advantages:
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WARTBED
There are several motivations for using either style of interface. One is for fidelity with the original game when designing a module. Another is that the interfaces may be argued to lend better or worse to different types of games; f.i a banner interface can be argued better for a terrain RTT while a card hand interface is better for a space game. And a third argument is simply personal preferences. The ultimate would be if both these styles were supported and selectable both as a module setting and as a user preference.