Multiple Units Recruitment

[Silverstorm]

Hi all,

First things first: I am new to the forum, and I can't write programs/codes at all.

Second: I like Wesnoth a lot.

Third: My suggestion/idea to enhance the speed and to facilitate the game would be to be able to select multiple units at once.

For example:

Main Char is in a castle and I select recruiting. At this point I would like to be able to input a number next to the unit in order to recruit simultaneously 3 units.

Total Gold: 100
Cost Unit Amount
2 Archer
3 Spearman
5 Mage

Total Gold: 78
Cost Unit Amount
2 Archer 2
3 Spearman 1
5 Mage 3

If I want to buy more units than I have gold, I simply can't chose the quantity of units I want.

Let me know if you understood, if you like the idea and if it is feasible or not.

Thanks.
Silverstorm

[Max]

in case you didn't know - there's a hot-key for recruit plus one to repeat the last recruit...

[Silverstorm]

in case you didn't know - there's a hot-key for recruit plus one to repeat the last recruit...

1. Nope, I didn't know the "repeat" recruiting hotkey.
2. Still, I'd like to see an option as I've been describing.

[Midnight_Carnival]

Umm-hmm.
and what would the function of this be? since Wesnoth is turn-based and not real time, saving time is not really that important and I think anyone who finds clicking on the menu too often to be tiring should get a little more exercise in thier lives!

Otherwise, adding this would not, in my opinion, "hurt" the game in anyway. It is an interesting suggestion and not without merit, all you need to do is convince others of its necessity.
Come on, I'm sure you've sold something before, what do we stand to gain?

[beetlenaut]

Actually, something like this is planned for the upcoming version.

[taptap]

Actually, something like this is planned for the upcoming version.

But why would anyone want to recruit multiple units at once when you have no control on which hex they end?

[Midnight_Carnival]

because they're playing as Undead and want to recruit a whole castle full of walking corpses

[StandYourGround]

Actually, something like this is planned for the upcoming version.

But why would anyone want to recruit multiple units at once when you have no control on which hex they end?

It would make more sense with an alternate form of input to get recruits. For example, double click (or tap?) on a hex to recruit/recall there, or click and drag to select a group of hexes to recruit several of the same unit… I would find this more useful on devices with touch interfaces.

[SFault]

Otherwise, adding this would not, in my opinion, "hurt" the game in anyway.

There are some events that are launched when certain unit is recruited. How would this apply on multiple recruiting? Would it be launched after the first recruit and then it would break the mass recruit process? Or would all the units be recruited (since they are the same type) and only after that the event would intervene?

But in general I kinda like the feature. More than often I just want to fill the castle with scouts at the first turn.

[Insinuator]

Actually, something like this is planned for the upcoming version.

How will it be implemented in the UI?