multi-building selector

[LostSoul913]

many players have posted asking for the ability to start/stop multiple buildings at a time, in most cases reffering to their gold chain. i think i have a solution to this, 1 that i dont think should be difficult to program into the game, though i dont know the specifics of the coding involved in the game so i could be wrong.

it seems to me that every production building has the same basic functions available when the building is selected: start/stop production, upgrade, and, while it is now done through the toolbox tab in the bulding menu, demolish building used to be an option there

my idea is to add an option to the toolbox tab in the building menu, a 'multi-building selector'. when a player clicks this button, they then have the ability to select multiple buildings at a time. selected buildings should be indicated in some way, perhaps an icon over the building on screen, or maybe a list in the upper right corner of the screen should appear, listing all selected buildings, including the buildings current level. maybe both could be done. clicking a building a 2nd time should deselect it and remove it from the list.

when the player has all desired buildings selected, they should click the building selector button again, or perhaps another button that will pop up when the multi-building selector is clicked, which will lock in those buildings and open up an interface window similar to the 1 opened up when you click on any building. here, it should be possible for the player to simultaneously start/stop production, upgrade, or demolish all selected buildings.

of course, there should be if/then/else statements written in so that if any building in the selected group is level 5, then the upgrade button will be greyed out and unselectable. this will sidestep any potential problems arrising from clicking upgrade w level 5 buildngs selected, and make coding the entire thing simpler.

[LostSoul913]

i apologize for posting this both as a new thread and in the suggestions thread, just wanted to make sure it was seen