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Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:01 pm
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?
Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:18 pm
by Grey
Better would be "Derth (town) is here", and this could be generalised across all locations.
Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:29 pm
by fearoffours
I'm slightly less fond of that particular style Grey, seems a bit matter-of-fact!
Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:40 pm
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.
Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:02 pm
by Susramanian
No need for a complete sentence when a simple label will do.
"The town of Derth."
Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:04 pm
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.
Re: Improve Town labels on the World Map
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:20 pm
by marvalis
How about
Derth (town), friendly
Does not get more concise than that.