category Ideas for the Garage!

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

Not a bad idea.but I'd rather have them separated by the kind of protection they give

Don't they already go from short-range to long-range?

[fordmustang12345 3,910]

Don't they already go from short-range to long-range?

no they go from which ones have the most total protection to the least total protection

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

no they go from which ones have the most total protection to the least total protection

I know, but within all the m2 triple modules for example, they are sorted by range and class (which corresponds to range) basically. :)

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

Better idea here

 

http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=343270

Yeah, that is better, but might take more "hands on" programming ...and I don't see any "sort" type of code in Tanki yet.  Alphabetizing could be done in a very short time with very little effort.  

[jdc20181 213]

This is one idea however, it has many components that play a role in making it work. 

 

 

For as long as I know the game has had a Vertical layout in the garage, and I suggest we add a Horizontal layout. 

 

 

Doing this can then add a way to see more texture detail on turrents hulls and paints. 

 

 

This should only occur outside of battles or in the lobby because I think the quick switch Horizontal mechanism should stay for exactly that quick switch. 

 

So think of it this way - Its more of a Enhanced view of the garage. 

 

The Items would be in tabs just as they are now but over where the Chat is now. 

 

This would allow you to also see a bigger view of your tank's preview. 

 

 

[Apolloold 333]

The module search is extremely extensive. There are A LOT of modules. If there was a way of inputting what protections you want and maybe even the modification of said module, it could greatly improve the neatness of the garage (as opposed to only having hundreds of items laid in front of you), and increase the speed in which finding the right module takes. 

 

It would be a small-ish feature, but i think it could really help. Setting a buying platform-like system (like online retailers perhaps) with a price range on, (for turrets, some fields could be: damage per second, damage per minute, range, and the like), (hulls: speed, armour, turning speed), (paints: price, primary colour set, design style [natural, camo, block colour, patterned etc], (modules, as i said up there), or something like enabling players to compare items would be good, and include the feature i proposed earlier.

 

This is a stretch, and probably a but of overkill. If im honest, just the module thing is the biggest issue, however, putting a buying platform as said above could greatly enhance (oorrrrr over complicate :P) the garage experience.

 

Thanks for reading ~ Apollo  

[Maf 32,300]

=Can you make a diagram of how the lobby and garage would look if your idea is to be implemented? I'm having trouble visualising it. By my logic, the garage layout is already horizontal.

 

Does this mean that chat will become horizontal? Because I see no realistic way to make that work.

[jdc20181 213]

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Can you make a diagram of how the lobby and garage would look if your idea is to be implemented? I'm having trouble visualising it. By my logic, the garage layout is already horizontal.

 

 

Not a drawer lol!

 

 

 

Does this mean that chat will become horizontal? Because I see no realistic way to make that work.

No - when in the lobby - and you wish to go to the garage, where the chat is now would be where the tabs for Turrents, Hauls, Paints, Modules, etc would be. The idea is to simply make the garage bigger, and then they can add better textures to make more "Realistic" creating a better detail. 

 

Its all for a visual effects. Nothing really will change except chat won't be seen - Just like in battles but not. 

 

In battles it will remain the same. 

[Maf 32,300]

Not a drawer lol!

Doesn't have to be fancy. You could literally just make boxes in Paint and label them.

[Maf 32,300]

OK, I think I get what you mean now. It's an OK idea but I honestly don't think that better textures in the garage are more important than seeing the server chat.

 

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[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Just like paints, I think the modules need to be split into categories and here's what it'll be like:

 

http://imgur.com/4yRIo10

 

 

 

 

So basically four main categories here.

 

To organize the Double and Triple Modules, I had to split them up into smaller groups:

 

Double - Ocelot

- Panther

- Orka

- Eagle

- Panda

 

Triple - Badger

- Lion

- Shark

- Grizzly

- Ursa

- Griffon

- Kodiak

 

Of course, what good is the idea if there was only one shortcut? :P

 

That is why a search bar is also a useful tool and here's how it will work:

 

Say that you need to equip a Kodiak Module quickly, just type "Kodiak" in the space provided, click search or hit enter and it would give you all the Kodiak modules to choose from. Another way to do this is say for example that you need to equip a module with thunder protection, just type "thunder" and it would give you all the modules with thunder protection to choose from.

 

Edit: UPDATED

Edited July 23, 2017 by DieselPlatinum

[Maf 32,300]

I guess it would work if the "Protection" tab was turned into a drop-down list with those for as well as an "all" option. And an option would only become visible once you buy at least one module from that category. That's what you mean, right? Making it easier to look for modules within the garage?

[GunslingerMongoose 198]

I think it would make looking for modules a little easier, but there are still almost 100+ modules, including LGCs.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

idk about a drop down tab but I was thinking since all the equipment of your garage is shown in the rectangular box with the equipment icons at the bottom of it, then we could put these categories on the top of that box

 

 

ps, I know that its not much to go on but that's all I got in terms of the info

Edited February 6, 2017 by DieselPlatinum

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Did I do the highlights? Just curious

[DeathByBoss 104]

This would be really useful, but it would be a little weird. Would clicking on the paints tab in the garage replace the categories of items with categories of paints, and then one button would be to go back to the garage item categorization.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

This would be really useful, but it would be a little weird. Would clicking on the paints tab in the garage replace the categories of items with categories of paints, and then one button would be to go back to the garage item categorization.

Nah, I already thought of it. The Categories would go above the paints in the top of the rectangular box that hold all the items of the garage

[SwiftSmoky 8,445]

There are lots of paints and modules to scroll through, and we only use a few of them most of the time.

To make it easy for us to get to our most used stuff, make the garage items sorted by most used recently. When players change their favorite combo and will start using it more than anything else it should make it's way to the start of the list in the garage fairly quickly.

[Maf 32,300]

Jeez, I checked the ideas marked with the garage tag and we probably have over 10 of them by now, each one suggesting a slightly different thing. Custom order, alphabetical order, profile order, old/new, price, MU level...

Looks like people really dislike the way the garage is currently organised  :D

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

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Jeez, I checked the ideas marked with the garage tag and we probably have over 10 of them by now, each one suggesting a slightly different thing. Custom order, alphabetical order, profile order, old/new, price, MU level...

Looks like people really dislike the way the garage is currently organised  :D

You better start merging them all into one topic :D

[Mario3108 462]

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Jeez, I checked the ideas marked with the garage tag and we probably have over 10 of them by now, each one suggesting a slightly different thing. Custom order, alphabetical order, profile order, old/new, price, MU level...

Looks like people really dislike the way the garage is currently organised :D

And it is a bit illogical, due to there are no too many turrets and hulls (really important items which usually need a change on the battlefield), and they are organised in the best possible way.

 

Modules are another important part in the game, but I'm sure there are just few players with more than 15 modules in their garages. And the other players, please don't be lazy to switch the module you want.

 

And finally the paints are not important at all when you are playing.

 

 

Furthermore, when the time to change equipment increased, there's no any necessity to change your equipment in battles frequently.

Edited February 28, 2017 by Mario3108

[SwiftSmoky 8,445]

It's not a suggestion to solve a big problem that makes the gameplay worse or something, it's just a thing for convenience, people like when stuff is accessible in the quickest and simplest way... I have no problem going through 10-20 paints in the garage till I get to the paint I want to equip but the game would be a lot more convenient if I didn't have to do the scrolling every time.

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

Custom orders would allow to do all of them (alphabetic, recently used, stronges to weakest, ...) :p

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Yeah, all these ideas with the garage organizations have very little affect on game play, it's just to make things more convenient :)

[GunslingerMongoose 198]

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Jeez, I checked the ideas marked with the garage tag and we probably have over 10 of them by now, each one suggesting a slightly different thing. Custom order, alphabetical order, profile order, old/new, price, MU level...

Looks like people really dislike the way the garage is currently organised  :D

Yes. Yes we, do Maf. The issue is that with people like me, who, we'll say have 15 paints available for use but we want to buy a new one, well we would have to scroll through all 15 paints, and then even MORE paints to find one we want to buy. The same is true for turrets and hulls except that it becomes annoying scrolling through all the hulls and turrets you have but  can't find one you need. Being able to organise your garage would be soooo much easier.