UI Suggestion -- Reveal Hexes

[Remillard]

This is a map suggestion. I ended up on a map that Recon claimed it was Desert but it showed up as green and temperate. There was a mountain that seemed like it was traversible on all sides, however it became obvious on the other side that there was a slope that looked like I should have been able to go down it but there was no walking path.

I'd like to have a button that turned on a hex overlay that shows connective traversal paths so I could tell if the art and the positions are going to link up and I can plan accordingly. A UI toggle that just turned on all the dots and put little lines between the ones that were mesh connected or a button that would temporarily highlight it. Going to replay this mission now that I know I cannot trust the art on the mountain.

 

[agris]

This is a map suggestion. I ended up on a map that Recon claimed it was Desert but it showed up as green and temperate. There was a mountain that seemed like it was traversible on all sides, however it became obvious on the other side that there was a slope that looked like I should have been able to go down it but there was no walking path.

I'd like to have a button that turned on a hex overlay that shows connective traversal paths so I could tell if the art and the positions are going to link up and I can plan accordingly. A UI toggle that just turned on all the dots and put little lines between the ones that were mesh connected or a button that would temporarily highlight it. Going to replay this mission now that I know I cannot trust the art on the mountain.

Hidden in one of the loading tips - and this is a great example of why we need a manual - is this juicy info: hold down ALT while moving your mouse to see tiles that you can move to.

 

[Remillard]

Huh, I'll have to try that out. Thanks. I have not seen that loading tip before.

 

[Remillard]

It's something at least, but I'd like to see little lines. You can kind of guess where there's no connective tissue when there's black gaps, but it'll still show dots down a hillside where I know there was no way down.

 

[Dark Radiance]

I would also like to see an option to enable the ground hex grid. It would help make movement easier to calculate, and a better understanding at a glance which terrain belongs to which hex.