ChrisOelmueller/uh-issues — Issue #29: Check buildability error messages usability
Author: ChrisOelmueller
Created: 2012-02-27 00:49:18+00:00
State: open

Since a recent commit, you'll get messagewidget message when you click to build something where the build isn't possible. All cases are listed in human-readable form in horizons/world/building/buildable.py right at the top.

These cases have been derived from the check code, which doesn't necessarily reflect the way humans think. Therefore we need to test the cases and see how the message is interpreted by humans in the concrete situations.

Test criteria: After the message has been briefly looked at, the human has to know exactly what to do to fix the issue (it doesn't mean that s/he is able to do it, but the problem information has to be there).

This is important since it's often the first thing players encounter (they know *nothing* about buildability in uh), if they are confused by one message and get stuck, it is likely for them to quit them game due to frustration.