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Feature: Show the name of the NewGRF in the build vehicle window. #7852

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I am usually using couple of vehicle sets, mainly road vehicles, and I like to know which vehicle comes from which NewGRF. So I can use buses/truck from the same set in a town or region. Furthermore I can see which set's vehicles I am using frequently or rarely, so I can keep or remove it from my next game. You can enable or disable this feature in the settings. I put it among the advanced settings, because most players probably are not interested in this. But as you can see in the forum, at least one is interested. :)
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LordAro commented Dec 24, 2019

I like it, though I wouldn't personally bother with the setting

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nielsmh commented Dec 27, 2019

Agree, there's no need for the setting, just show always.

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I removed the setting part. (Actually I added it only for this PR, I also have been using it for years without the setting part.)

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andythenorth commented Dec 28, 2019

I'd rather not have the text there all the time, I play on a small screen and more info text will cause the vehicle part of the buy menu to be physically smaller due to height constraint.

i.e. showing this text increases noise-signal ratio for a very marginal case.

Just my £0.02

One place that does notably the lack the newgrf name is the newgrf debug window for vehicles. Separate issue though.

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LordAro commented Dec 28, 2019

I wonder if having it just as a tooltip (over the "Designed" line?) might be sufficient. Or is that too hidden?

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I think the tooltip indeed would be too hidden. And if you are choosing between the vehicles you should always move the cursor and wait/right click for the tooltip to show up, and it's not comfortable.

So should I put back the setting?

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andythenorth commented Dec 29, 2019

So should I put back the setting?

Please :)

Generally I am -1 to settings, it's more combinatorial things to go wrong.

But there is already a lot of text info shown for vehicles, so I think this one is valid as a setting.
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^ that's the purchase menu filling full height of my 13" screen, I would rather not lose more vehicles from it :)

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Please :)

Done. :)

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