[V7.16.0 -Strategy] - minor UI - Supporter system lacks any popup info

[Skitso]

Not an actual bug, but something I think needs fixing nevertheless. The whole supporter/infiltrator system lacks popup tooltips almost completely and nested tooltips with text links are completely absent. All the other parts of the game are covered very well so it's odd to not have them for supporters. It's one of the few completely new mechanics introduced for Xenonauts 2 (compared to the first game) so I would really recommend adding these ASAP. There's going to be a lot of new players at 1.0 so I might even give this a priority...

So what needs tooltips:

1. What are INFILTRATOR, NAUTRAL and RECRUITED
2. What are Supporter Effects. What the -1 Doomsday per day (and other effects) mean.
3. What is The protection status. What HEAVILY GUARDED means. This info should tell about the green and red dots!! (not explained anywhere!)

These colored dots need to have a tooltip! They are not explained anywhere and people just don't get their meaning. It's a new mechanic and it needs to be explained better! You have what I would say is the best in the business tooltip system - use it! And don't forget the text links, they are sweet!

Edited March 28 by Skitso

[Chris]

Yeah, I agree we probably should add some tooltips to that part of the UI prior to release. I didn't realise we didn't have any.

[Skitso]

17 hours ago, Chris said:

Yeah, I agree we probably should add some tooltips to that part of the UI prior to release. I didn't realise we didn't have any.

Is it too much work to add small mouse hover popups for the supporter tiles in the geoscape view so I don't need to click them open to see their effects and cost?

Just with the key info like this:

SECURITY

• Isolated
• Supporter effect: -1 Doomsday per day
• Recruit cost: 195OP

 

Edited March 30 by Skitso