fix: adds descriptive names to most guns #4299
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Adds descriptions to gun names.
Curt5
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scarf005
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I mentioned it in the Discord but to reiterate my thoughts: This is not the ideal way to do this. It's going to make names a lot bigger in the UI which will most negatively affect Android users. Ideally we would redo the inventory UI and sorting to have custom filters to sort guns by weapon category or caliber. Note that this would be an incredibly difficult refactor and this isn't a vote for or against renaming guns this way, but if we did refactor the inventory UI these names would ideally get reverted as players would sort their inventory to their own parameters. |
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This is indeed probably flawed sadly. It also already gets pretty badly cut off in the wielded weapon UI: |
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i also think a better way to handle this would be via weapon categories. |
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The other big issue with this particular change is that updating it is a bit of a pain. I'd suggest that we simply have an optional setting that makes specific weapon categories (definable in JSON) create a prefix/suffix, either as an acronym or a full name, but full name might be very... in the way. To be clear, I'm against this PR. |
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Tests are failing because the MP5 no longer exists. The weapon name is checked and not the item ID. Confirmed by Scarf on the Discord. |
Yeah, based on the test it's meant to check that fouling properly appends the ⬜⬜ symbols after the name. |
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I am also against the change. I would rather do it via the categories instead. It bloats the name. Also lead to the problem, that multiple guns now are "2 M16 assault rifle" instead of rifles. |
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it would also be an idea to make it a mod. So people who have the need to get more descriptive weaponnames get them, while the rest stays "Vanilla" |
I've added it as an example. This problem is for the most part a symptom of other issues we have:
As to the PR, it appears that it would indeed be better to implement it programmatically, as @scarf005 and @KheirFerrum suggest. I've checked a few files, and from what I saw most of the changes were "add |
This is not really the issue I was hoping to solve; instead, what I'm actually trying to do is make it easier to search through piles (or with the V key) and identify what kinds of guns are what- for ease of figuring out what you want to put in a holster, for instance, or simply to help you figure out what kind of guns you actually have.
I think I agree with this after sleeping on it though, and the other general replies. This is a clumsy solution and a symptom of a bigger kind of UI/Player communication issue, and also probably better as a mod- though I have no idea how to set something up as a mod, so if some more experienced coder wants to do that, knock yourself out.
However, I disagree here; Cata is filled with items, sure, but I kinda like all the variety and clutter. The issue is only in more clearly communicating the differences between those items to novice players, and I'd hate to see any measures taken to just genric-ify weapons, guns, or anything else. The little details help paint a better picture of what's going on in game in your minds eye, IMO. Ultimately, I think this is a problem that needs to be solved, but I'm not sure my way here is the way to do it, and I'm not technically competent enough to develop a deeper, more codey/programatic way. I think an ideal solution would be some kind of way to search using existing item tags so you could just search "gun/rifle/single shot" or "gun/pistol/9mm" and see what you got- but again, way out of my league. |
It's pointing out an issue with the implementation. This PR produces a tradeoff that isn't particularly desirable in that it makes all the other information communicated by the name (ammo type, ammo count, etc) impossible to read on systems with lower screen sizes (especially prominent in Android builds which honestly are like playing the game through a knight's visor). That kind of information ends up being far more important, as while you can eventually get used to what names are what gun, you cannot glean from the name what the current ammo/ammo count is. |
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we need a decision here. Close and go the "mod" route? I would prefer that. |
As Kheir suggested.
It needs to be done in the UI to not clutter the firearm information such as ammunition, this is much worse on Android users. Also tests are probably still failing because of the MP5 and that was never addressed. |
I think it is only usable way to go. It is much simpler than overriding a lot of names. |
I'd be willing to work on this after my exams if no one has done it by then |
Purpose of change
I personally, and I'm sure many other non-gun nut players, get kinda confused by all the various guns in the game, many of which seem to be named "p22," "cz," "ar15," "ar10," and other almost random jumbles of letters and numbers. If you're not familiar with guns, it's pretty difficult to look at your pile of guns and tell what's what. This change adds an extra word or two to the end of every gun name describing what kind of gun it is.
Describe the solution
Using the existing item descriptions, googling, or consulting with some gun nerd on discord, I've added an extra word or two to the end of every gun name describing what kind of gun it is. Examples include "pistol, pocket pistol, machine pistol and revolver" to describe pistols, "rifle, lever-action rifle, bolt-action rifle, assault rifle, and carbine" to describe various rifles, and similar naming for other weapons.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Get a better gun nut than I to make sure every weapon is named completely accurately. I'll be honest, I couldn't tell you the difference between a rifle and a carbine, nor do I care; this is intended to ease search through item piles and access to gun novices like myself. So long as it's broadly accurate it's good enough for me.
Do not change anything and also shit my pants.
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