Goonhub
10-06-2023, 07:56 AM
A few feature requests to reduce the (very high) amount of clicks that Rancher currently encourages.
Feed bags: using in hand should dump everything in the bag on the floor beneath you. One button to place up to 10 feed. As far as I know, right now it's 1 click/press per feed. This is the big change. If it got added I could play rancher again.
It also brings in a nice new click flow: holding a produce satchel, removing a feed bag from it, and pouring it out, repeating rapidly.
Feed grinder: clicking it with a produce satchel should dump the contents in. Right now it puts the satchel itself in, which doesn't make great feed. So you have to put food items in, one by one. This would reduce another unpleasant source of clicks, not to mention precision aim to avoid clicking the feed bag output. Which is another point...
Feed grinder ought to get click drag support, to choose its output dump location. Like a manufacturer, or reclaimer. Currently it drops feed on itself, which covers up 85% of its own sprite.
Chicken petting: An auto-looping action bar to pet a chicken would be helpful. Pens are small, and chickens often stack themselves on tiles, and you lose track of them, and it's a bunch of clicks anyway. As for initiating the action bar: not sure. Maybe click dragging yourself onto a chicken to start the action. Maybe a new cuddling blanket item (or just a normal blanket).
Feed bags: using in hand should dump everything in the bag on the floor beneath you. One button to place up to 10 feed. As far as I know, right now it's 1 click/press per feed. This is the big change. If it got added I could play rancher again.
It also brings in a nice new click flow: holding a produce satchel, removing a feed bag from it, and pouring it out, repeating rapidly.
Feed grinder: clicking it with a produce satchel should dump the contents in. Right now it puts the satchel itself in, which doesn't make great feed. So you have to put food items in, one by one. This would reduce another unpleasant source of clicks, not to mention precision aim to avoid clicking the feed bag output. Which is another point...
Feed grinder ought to get click drag support, to choose its output dump location. Like a manufacturer, or reclaimer. Currently it drops feed on itself, which covers up 85% of its own sprite.
Chicken petting: An auto-looping action bar to pet a chicken would be helpful. Pens are small, and chickens often stack themselves on tiles, and you lose track of them, and it's a bunch of clicks anyway. As for initiating the action bar: not sure. Maybe click dragging yourself onto a chicken to start the action. Maybe a new cuddling blanket item (or just a normal blanket).
