Query box for barracks and generals!

[Bosiden]

We have seen all those rants by people wanting bigger barracks increments, a button to unload generals or a box to type troop number in along with the slider.

Well I have come up with an idea that may be the solution to all these fun breaking issues. Simply a query box!

We all know that shortcut letters are used for units, among players in chat or in adventure guides [,m,s,c,b,l/lb,a/xb,k]

So how about having a query box in the barracks and general interface?

The player simply types the query for the army they want created/loaded e.g 50r 20m 30c 150e and the game reads this query and translates it.

Up to this point my suggestion is well illustrated.
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This is a pseudo code for the process, It's nothing but I know the developers are busy with the event and hope they accept it as a modest gift

string[] shortcuts //Contains shortcut letters
UnitType[] types //Unit types in same order as shortcuts
// Shortcuts and types can be added to a dictionary.

OnOkPress()
{
  string input //To be read from query
  string[] inputBits = Regex.Match(input, "[0-9]{1,4}[a-zA-Z]+")

  if(inputBits.count == 0)
    ShowMessage("Invalid input: " + input) and break

  DataClass[] data

  foreach string s in inputBits
  {
      data.add(new DataClass(s))
  }

  QueryToServer(data) // For barracks
  LoadToGUI(data) // General loading
}

DataClass
{
  UnitType uType
  int uCount
  DataClass(string id)
  {
    Try{
    string t = Regex.Match(id, "[a-zA-Z]+").ToLower()
    uType = types[shortcuts.IndexOf(t)] //Will cause error when t is not in types

    uCount = ParseToInt(Regex.Match(id, "[0-9]{1,4}"))
    }
    Catch{ShowMessage("Invalid input segment: " + id) and break}
    // Checking against resources/general limits can be done here based on other data as well
  }
}

Have a nice day everyone

[humveetech]

I would rather like to see a second slider bar to multiply how many times 25 troops you want to make granted you have the proper resources & in Pro House as well

[Fyrione]

great idea