Improve Town labels on the World Map

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Improve Town labels on the World Map

#1 Post by fearoffours »

"There is a Derth (town) here " is somewhat clumsily constructed sentence.

"There is a town here (Derth).", would be much more syntactically elegant

I appreciate that this is due to the fact that code uses the tile name with every noticeable tile in thatparticular way. Should be fixable though, right, add a clause for towns?

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Better would be "Derth (town) is here", and this could be generalised across all locations.
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#3 Post by fearoffours »

I'm slightly less fond of that particular style Grey, seems a bit matter-of-fact!

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#4 Post by Grey »

"In your wanderings you come upon Derth, a peaceful and welcoming town."

Hmm, I wonder if it might be a good idea to create long descriptions for all locations like that, with some hint of the difficulty of the place.
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Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map

#5 Post by Susramanian »

No need for a complete sentence when a simple label will do.

"The town of Derth."

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#6 Post by fearoffours »

A combination of the above two posts would be good. Sus's simple label is fine, with a flavourful long description is nice too.

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Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map

#7 Post by marvalis »

How about
Derth (town), friendly

Does not get more concise than that.

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