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Ostentatio

Better consistency in select bar

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The select bar is a nice addition to the game, and it's also pretty nice that you can keybind select bar buttons by slot (first, second, etc.).

 

However, the positions of the select bar actions can change as other actions become enabled or disabled contextually, even when selecting the same item, leading you to accidentally do something you didn't want to. For example, something like "unhitch" on a wagon should probably always be in the same slot, rather than getting bumped into something else's slot all of a sudden and causing you to accidentally unhitch your animals instead of whatever it is you were actually trying to do.

 

 

Note: I mentioned this to Retrograde on in-game chat and was requested to post a thread so people could add examples of this behavior, so please do!

 

 

EDIT: It may also be worth noting that the select bar is missing entirely from the built-in GUI themes except for Ironwood; new features like this should probably be ported to any included themes, no?

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Personally, I don't see unhitch needing to be used enough to require an icon on the select bar. Aside from your team of bisons immediately racing up unscalable slopes, some aggressive creatures cannot be hitched again beyond a certain age; the shifting icons only make it easier to make the mistake of clicking unhitch. 

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With the wagon open, unhitch is 7, disembark is 6. With the wagon closed, unhitch is 6. Makes it possible to missclick and unhitch when you meant to disembark.

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