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Title: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: sojo on March 01, 2012, 01:33:35 PM
Hans has posted here http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=9432.msg88451#msg88451 (http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=9432.msg88451#msg88451). The line-height is to low.

So I had an idea about a new simutrans help-center. I will not write a lot of words. My picture is speaking by itself. (I hope so.)
Click for fullsize:

(http://www.simutrans-forum.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15394)
Edit: If on the left side "Climate Control" is choosen, on the right side the helptext should be shown. ;)
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: Fabio on March 01, 2012, 01:54:05 PM
Very nice, but:
1) left box could be smaller
2) there should be a toggle to show/hide it
3) I would put in a white box also the actual help text on the right
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: sojo on March 01, 2012, 02:03:30 PM
1. Not really. Under Point "General Help" is a long link "mouse Help". Can you see at Hans Screen.
2. What should be toggled?
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: Spike on March 01, 2012, 02:31:27 PM
Give it a book-graphics background ;)

I like the idea of having the index and one help text open the same time. This should help if players want to read the texts like a manual.
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: sojo on March 01, 2012, 02:36:30 PM
Quote from: Hans on March 01, 2012, 02:31:27 PM
I like the idea of having the index and one help text open the same time.
Thank you. I hope the programmers think so, too.
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: Markohs on March 01, 2012, 03:10:08 PM
This is a nice one for exparimenting on my CEGUI project, too, I'll try to replicate it.
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: prissi on March 01, 2012, 10:48:37 PM
Actually, this is in in r5446. But now languages need to keep their general.txt up to date.

Maybe the index should be also build by itself; but on the other hand some structure is better of course.
Title: Re: New Simutrans Help-Center
Post by: IgorEliezer on March 02, 2012, 01:00:59 AM
 :o

When will Simutrans stop becoming more awesome? It's getting boring D:

( ;) )