Display missing goods boost requirements in red

[Vesiger]

Proposal:
Show missing boosts in the building construction menu in red text

Have you checked the forums for the same or similar idea
Yes - can't find any discussion under Ideas.

Reason:
Currently, when you go to build a new goods building, you can bring up an info window showing you the dimensions, number of workers needed, relevant goods boost on the map etc. If you have that boost, than the name of the goods in question is displayed in green; if you don't then only the little arrow next to the name is in green.
But it's not until you actually try to construct the building that you get a warning if you DON'T have the boost. (And by that point you've probably already deleted other buildings, reconfigured your city, etc.)


Details:
The current display is a bit misleading, as the green arrow makes it look as if you've got the boost even when you haven't - more of a problem with modern era goods and above, where you honestly can't remember which boosts were on the map a couple of continents back! Instead of (or as well as) displaying boosts that you do have in green and everything else in the window in the same default colour, would it be possible to highlight the case where you are missing the necessary boost by displaying it in red?

Visual Aids:
None, sorry.


Balance/Abuse Prevention:
Not applicable, I hope.

 

[DeletedUser110195]

While I think consistency is a good thing, and if we have a visual cue that we have an associated boost then perhaps there should also be one to indicate we don't, but typing this reply I remembered there is already a warning issued if you try to build a goods building without its boost.

I still give this a +1, though it's not really needed.

 

[DeletedUser110433]

*Sigh*
Will abstain in giving plus or minus, but if the people are stupid it can not be helped.
Protection against accidents is a good thing, but don`t make you`re kids ware protective gear when going just for a walk. I agree that is a bit misleading, there are lots of other things new players don`t know as well, but hey, if they can not use their brains even this much, than perhaps strategic games are not their field?
As said, i actually am not that negative about this. If this gets implemented, fine, one more protective gear, but i hope i made the point of how irrelevant i think such improvement would be.

 

[joesoap]

are you noticing this on the app as on the browser version there is already a green tick to show whether or not we have the boost for the good

boosted good

unboosted good

 

[DeletedUser110195]

are you noticing this on the app as on the browser version there is already a green tick to show whether or not we have the boost for the good

boosted good
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unboosted good
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You misread his idea, he wants there to be some kind of red marker indicating that you don't have the associated boost for a building. I think there should be for consistencies sake, but it's redundant with this: https://forum.en.forgeofempires.com...3/&temp_hash=a6c2fca12fb2b46d0872dbf7a2eee411

 

[Vesiger]

On the app, yes.
And as I wrote,

But it's not until you actually try to construct the building that you get a warning if you DON'T have the boost. (And by that point you've probably already deleted other buildings, reconfigured your city, etc.)

 

[joesoap]

i get the idea but i dont see the difference in having an indicator showing if we have the boost or an indicator showing if we dont, the absence of the indicator shows the opposite, i think the issue is that the indicator we have on the browser isnt on the app so rather than introduce a new system i think what is needed is to add this already existing indicator to the app

 

[Vesiger]

Another player in my guild caught out by this today - the big green arrow really is a misleading user interface