Author Topic: Explain why order could not be carried out  (Read 1063 times)

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Explain why order could not be carried out
« on: 23 April 2011, 13:50:57 »
When selecting two or more workers
and an attempt to construct a building,
I got a message:
"Some orders could not be given".
At first I did not understand what was happening,
but turned out just did not have enough resources.

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Re: MegaGlest 3.5.0 - wrong message
« Reply #1 on: 23 April 2011, 15:41:33 »
So how is the message wrong? It is correct that an order could not be given, due to lack of resources.
Did you intend to file a feature request suggesting that the message should be more precise as to the reason why the building was not built?
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Re: MegaGlest 3.5.0 - wrong message
« Reply #2 on: 23 April 2011, 19:30:04 »
When multiple units try to do something an an error occurs, it can only give one generic message because, suppose you had a large number of units and tell them to do something. Instead of getting dozens of individual errors that could overflow the console. Though, I suppose it could be improved if all the units are the same type, performing the same action.
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Re: Explain why order could not be carried out
« Reply #3 on: 24 April 2011, 03:30:31 »
So how is the message wrong? It is correct that an order could not be given, due to lack of resources.
Did you intend to file a feature request suggesting that the message should be more precise as to the reason why the building was not built?
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When multiple units try to do something an an error occurs, it can only give one generic message because, suppose you had a large number of units and tell them to do something. Instead of getting dozens of individual errors that could overflow the console. Though, I suppose it could be improved if all the units are the same type, performing the same action.
Dude there's no question, the error messages are crappy. :|
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