Comment 9 for bug 1658533

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SirVer (sirver) wrote :

> The little red dotted rectangle in the minimap representing the current view is wrong here. With a game resolution of 1440x900 (more width than height) the width of that rectangle is smaller than the height. So it does not represent the current view. Has this effect on the distinction between panning and jumping?

I do not think that this is incorrect. The minimap has one pixel per node, i.e. a field surrounded by 6 triangles. But since the triangles are only half as high as wide, it is correct that the aspect ratio of the red box does not represent the aspect ratio of your monitor.

> [Moving]

I think it is feasible to remove the panning for the minimap. After all, the user clicks on a place on the map and they know where they want to go. It is inconsistent though, since there are no immediate jumps in Widelands anywhere else anymore. Most important is the movement feature for the message box to increase understanding of jumps that are not directly impacted by the user.

That said, it seems that there is no clear consensus on the feature and what should change. How about we wait for more player feedback before doing anything?