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Topic: Add lock check box in research slider

Great feature with research slider, but now harder to split research into specific number each. Everytime one slider change there are also changes to other. My idea, each slider have a check box right to it just to lock, which if checked then it wont follow changes.

Ex: if I set economy to 30% and lock it, then when change other, say that construction, it can be change to 0-70% and only give effect to military, welfare, and resources, while economy still on 30%. Then if I lock construction at 40%, I can change three other, say that resource, only in range 0-30% (because economy + construction already locked at 70%) and only effect to military and welfare.

This can also help mobile user very much, because I was tried tenth to hundred times only to make economy and construction at exact 50%.

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Re: Add lock check box in research slider

Baratheon wrote:

Discrete, it's fine as it is.  Also, it's kind of fun putting them back into correct position again.

Have you tried to login from android phone? Now its feel like hell there, only to change research like 40% econ and 60% construction can get anyone desperate, because we can't slide those bars.

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Re: Add lock check box in research slider

discrete wrote:
Baratheon wrote:

Discrete, it's fine as it is.  Also, it's kind of fun putting them back into correct position again.

Have you tried to login from android phone? Now its feel like hell there, only to change research like 40% econ and 60% construction can get anyone desperate, because we can't slide those bars.

if you are only setting two, it is fairly easy. first drag one to 100%, that will zero the others.
Then drag the second to the desired level, that will bring the first down to the desired level.
setting three can be a little more trickier.

Valour-the courage to do what scares you to death

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Valcona wrote:
discrete wrote:
Baratheon wrote:

Discrete, it's fine as it is.  Also, it's kind of fun putting them back into correct position again.

Have you tried to login from android phone? Now its feel like hell there, only to change research like 40% econ and 60% construction can get anyone desperate, because we can't slide those bars.

if you are only setting two, it is fairly easy. first drag one to 100%, that will zero the others.
Then drag the second to the desired level, that will bring the first down to the desired level.
setting three can be a little more trickier.

Have you ever tried to do that at mobile phone?

Its like a hell only to get 2 research at 50% big_smile, take me about 5 minutes, may be if it is 3 research I'll throw my phone out.

Go try first before comment.

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Re: Add lock check box in research slider

actually, I can't get to research on my phone because the menu doesn't scroll far enough.
how often do you change you research? don't get on a comp once a day  or  week?

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Re: Add lock check box in research slider

Valcona wrote:

actually, I can't get to research on my phone because the menu doesn't scroll far enough.
how often do you change you research? don't get on a comp once a day  or  week?

That's another bug, and I found a way to get into research page, atleast by typing its page instead big_smile .

Changing research is quite often, like if I build or jump in LQs, first I'll focus 100% on econ, then after sufficient I switch to 80% welfare and 20% econ, then when welfare RPs near to econ I switch again to 60% welfare and 20% econ, when both equal I make it 50%:50% welfare and econ. In other case it involving construction, which become harder.

On PC its not really a trouble, because I can slide scrolls using mouse or pad. But on phone its like a test to patience, we can't scrolls so only click/tap available. And the slider is too small, so accurate click is difficult, like clicking 60% will get to 58% then 63%, then 52% then 70% then 61% and so on. After finish with one 60%, the next problem is 2nd slider, which we want to get to 40%, which difficult to get accurate and it will change the 1st and all other slider.

I even want to make contest or new game here, how fast you can set research in phone:
- easy level: 2 research
- medium level : 3 research
- hard level : 4 research
- insane level : 5 research

if you want to play that game, go to this link: www.imperialconflict.com/science.php

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Re: Add lock check box in research slider

Either the sliders for setting research are much improved, or I have become better at using them.  They are easy to use for setting research in two areas, and fairly easy for setting research in three areas.  It gets more difficult the more areas one wants to research simultaneously.

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