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"Creatures" Lore Tab #56665

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@dseguin dseguin commented Apr 8, 2022

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Purpose of change

(inspired by #54499)

I've always wanted a cool reason to snap photos of monsters, like keeping a handy list of descriptions that I can always refer back to.

Describe the solution

2022-04-08.16-53-16.mp4

Taking a photo of a monster (or group of monsters) records it's description in the faction UI under the "Creatures" tab. The recorded monsters are listed in alphabetical order.

creatures_tab_1

Describe alternatives you've considered

  • Breaking out the lore tabs into their own "lore" UI
  • Recording lore in the diary (this was also suggested in Snippets "LORE" Tab #54499)
  • Recording creatures on sight (no photo required)

Testing

See video above. Also tested taking pictures of monster and non-monster tiles.

Additional context

This was a surprisingly easy addition

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Venera3 commented Apr 8, 2022

Very nice! I'd suggest an explanatory blurb about needing to photograph mobs to record them if the list is still empty, and maybe including the mob stat readout you get from the examine window (unless those are generated per monster, not mtype).

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dseguin commented Apr 8, 2022

Very nice! I'd suggest an explanatory blurb about needing to photograph mobs to record them if the list is still empty, and maybe including the mob stat readout you get from the examine window (unless those are generated per monster, not mtype).

Cheers! There's a hint about needing a photo on an empty list (you can see it in the clip in the PR description):

_( "You haven't recorded sightings of any creatures. Taking photos can be a good way to keep track of them." );

For extra monster details, there's not much else to show, I don't think. Just the health bar and current status, which aren't really mtype stuff.

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Venera3 commented Apr 8, 2022

I was thinking of the monster::extended_description entries (size, senses, difficulty rating, hardcoded attacks).

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dseguin commented Apr 8, 2022

Ah, ok. That I can do :P

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haveric commented Apr 8, 2022

This seems related, but I think it's asking for more than what you're doing: #36479

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dseguin commented Apr 8, 2022

I've updated the description to show extended information:

creatures_tab

This seems related, but I think it's asking for more than what you're doing: #36479

All great ideas, definitely more than what I'm doing here :P
But it's something to work towards.

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Would be a nice feature to be able to "study" the taken pictures to affect hitting the weak points of the monsters

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