Valves

[Gravity_Wolf]

I don't know if anyone else has said something, but I've accidentally clicked on a valve a few times and closed it costing me $150 smackers, only to spend another $150 to open it back up. I don't know of you can add a delay hold on valves to make sure closing it is what someone is meaning to do or another way? I'll try being more careful when clicking...but it's happened a few times....wonder if it's just me?

[Stabbin' Hobo]

I could go for that, a 1 second click hold timer to make it close or open so you don't hit the valve when trying to upgrade a short pipe.

[Gamious]

We'll see if we can improve on that. Maybe better feedback will help? CLOSE in a bigger font to warn players. We'll think it through.

[Gravity_Wolf]

For me, it isn't that I don't know it's there, it's more that it gets clicked by accident.

Like actionball said, I've hit the valve instead of the pipe at times and then you have to open it again.

You could set valves on a time delay, a double click, a right click, you could have a prompt appear asking if you're sure; although that one would probably get annoying and slow down the experience.

Hope this helps.

[Gamious]

It does! Thanks.
We won't have a change for this in the next update though. It's not a high priority.

[Gravity_Wolf]

I understand. No problem. Do what you need to; I'm enjoying the game.

[Stabbin' Hobo]

I like a click hold instead of a double click or confirmation dialog. Fast enough to not be bothersome when you are going to open up a dozen valves to run gas but long enough that an errant click wont do it. I think a third to half second timer on the click hold with a little visual timer graphic on it would be just about right.

[jesperds]

Heh this have happened to me as well, and frankly i find it a bit scam that you have to pay 150 each time you open or close a valve, when you have already spent 20k smackers on the technology, so you would think that the pipes come with them, being installed as you drill, so it should be no effort(cost) to turn them on or off.

[benki]

How about making it something you deploy from the top bar, like moles or dowsers. Then it can also have a hotkey attached to it which makes it very quick to use.

Originally posted by jesperds:

Heh this have happened to me as well, and frankly i find it a bit scam that you have to pay 150 each time you open or close a valve, when you have already spent 20k smackers on the technology, so you would think that the pipes come with them, being installed as you drill, so it should be no effort(cost) to turn them on or off.

I was also surprised in the beginning, that you have to pay extra for almost every update you buy (like larger and faster wagons), but in reality you also have to spend money for developing something and THEN also spend money to make that thing.

[JimBillyBobRay]

+1 For a delay on a valve. I've managed to do this a bunch of time

[Rifled]

I always accidently hit them on really short pipes when I am trying to upgrade to a bigger pipe. I don't know ifa delay though is the answer as sometimes you need to close a valve fast. Maybe just double clicking on it to open or close would solve the problem.

[Gamious]

A delay in activating has indeed some drawbacks, especially if you need to open or close valve's fast. This could be especially annoying when using the Thermal upgrade, where you often need to close 4 or 5 valves in a row.

Double-clicking however, might actually solve it. We should be able to run a test with this. Stay tuned!

[Stabbin' Hobo]

I think a short hold timer is better than a double click, the more clicking you do on tiny things the more chance for a mistake which is the root of the problem already.

But I have a better idea. Add a key to the mix.

Set it so you have to hold the V key to use valves and when holding that key ONLY valves are able to be activated, clicking a pipe does nothing. This came to mind earlier today when I was rushing through my valves to sell gas and instead I clicked on a section of long pipe that started upgrading and delayed the gas flow for about 20 seconds.

[xerus]

Please! I have lost plenty of money recently because my mouse dragging is not super reliable! Short hold of 1-2 seconds should be ideal.

[Zachmark571]

Originally posted by xerus:

Please! I have lost plenty of money recently because my mouse dragging is not super reliable! Short hold of 1-2 seconds should be ideal.

Holy necropost!
IMO a 0.5second hold is ideal. If I have a gas pipeline network with lots of closed valves (which you will in the last level), 1second per valve is too long.