marchamann/Tectonic-Map-Generator — Issue #1: UI Request
Author: Larathiel
Created: 2012-01-01 07:22:18+00:00
State: open

Marc,

I've been looking for a map generation app employing continental drift for years and was delighted to find that someone finally made one! I noticed that the user interface was one of the areas you had mentioned as an area for improvement, and I had some feedback I wanted to share with you after experimenting with it for a while now. Hopefully these suggestions will be helpful...

User Interface:
I found myself wanting to repeatedly generate new maps to see what possibilities would emerge. However having to reopen the menu and retype a new seed each time quickly became tedious.

* Make the New Map dialog persistent as either a side panel or a floating toolbar
- eliminates 2 clicks & 3 mouse movements
* Display the Random Seed that was used to create the current map in the New Map dialog
- allows the user to keep hitting the button to generate a new map while being able to note a seed that produced results they like so they can revisit it later
* A checkbox to keep the currently displayed seed, or to randomize a new one
- gives the user the ability to reset the current map
- allows randomizing without having to clear the Random Seed box
* A checkbox to automatically increment the current Random Seed when the New Map button is pressed
- works when the suggested keep Random Seed option is checked
- the user could keep generating new maps in a methodical fashion

Happy New Year and hope to hear back from you. If you'd like to contact me, I can be reached at:
michael [at] worldsunknown [dot] com