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elfin jolt
threading this just to make it less noisy
maybe I'm dumb but I'm not seeing that
like, I can't figure out how to switch from, say, advanced oil processing to coal liquefaction when making plastic
oooh, ok
right
that is not intuitive
mostly because the discoverability is zero
but I get it
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elfin jolt
yeah, I found it
closed (with a comment) my bug report
I'll stand by my comment that the discoverability of that is terrible because there's no indication that it's a selectable thing
but that's probably a better place for that in the long run
elfin jolt
but it wasn't 😉
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Even that button used to have a different feature
I just removed the old feature
elfin jolt
I think like a little down arrow overlay for things with multiple recipes would be really nice
a visual indicator that there's "stuff" under there
as I noted in my bug report, this is probably the best direction just an unintuitive one for people who expect things to be under the recipe detail view
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Yeah, I think it's confusing for existing users but better for new users. But idk, I don't want to cover up the recipe icon with anything, but I get what you're saying
elfin jolt
as an aside, thanks for factoriolab, it's no joke the best recipe calculator
in game, out of game, it just works and that's great
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I'll think about a way to make all those icons look more interactable
elfin jolt
(there's stuff that factory planner does that you can't do for "not being in the game" reasons, but your solver is better so points)
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Yeah you just can't really do the math inside the game engine
elfin jolt
I think like a really little down arrow (like an inverse caret) in the corner would be a decent visual indicator without being too cluttered
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I'll think about it. Every icon needs some kind of treatment if I do it, probably
elfin jolt
especially because single recipes like plastic bars can be disabled there but you can also do a blanket disable under the item column
you can't do a separate icon with a transparency overlay?
(my web design skills are approximately 20 years out of date so grain of salt time)
feels like you should be able to merge an indicator and the recipe on the fly
(assuming you can it would also be useful for things like the machine picker when doing modded runs)
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you can't do a separate icon with a transparency overlay?
I mean there is already an icon on hover, I just don't know if I want an icon there permanently
I like seeing the icons clean
I'll experiment at some point
elfin jolt
I like the item column being clean, I think the recipe icon could do with an indicator
but making things too busy is definitely a turnoff
even on hover you have to actually click to see that there's stuff under there