(09-07-2012, 02:13 PM)zovs Wrote: In order to vote, how do I get to this formation feature so I can see what it does?
Forgive my newbieness
You can't. It's under development so only visible to the moderator squad. In fact, the formation
page is only visible to me and Tony (coders) at this point.
(09-07-2012, 03:01 PM)rerathbun Wrote: I like the lineage idea. Perhaps the best way to represent it would be to put a 'flowchart' on the formation's page (assuming each formation gets its own page), although it would be a lot of work.
I've attached a rough example. A formation that was renamed or promoted would continue in the same line, with arrows to show how long it lasted. New formations on new lines, with dates to mark when they were established and/or disbanded.
This isn't a bad idea, but being a rough example it's based on idealized data. If you have an alternate name with a very short period of activity, say less than a month, your layout goes to hell.
Currently I'm just blandly listing them line by line. It's ugly but predictable and legible. I would like a nicer method, but this upgrade is so far behind schedule I just want to crap it out and get moving on something else...
