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Dice stats live data
It would be nice to have dice stats live somewhere in menu
Under consideration
ux
Minimize / Resize right sidebar windows: chat, opponents, game history
It's hard to see all the opponents for larger games. If there was an option to minimize the windows to make the opponents window larger. A minus/plus button in the ...
Add confirmation button / double click
2 possibilities:
-for main actions (BUILD, END TURN, BUY DEV)
-for initial placements
Problem this feature solves => Missclicking and double clicking
How to ...
Keyboard shortcuts [PRESS SPACEBAR TO ROLL DICE & END TURN]
ROL DICE: SPACEBAR
END TURN: SPACEBAR
PAUSE: P
MUTE SOUNDS: M
VOLUME: UP/DOWN ARROWS ↑/↓
https://i.imgur.com/4NhWV9J.jpg
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Display if Karma System is active or not
The notification for the Karma System (if the penalty is active or not) gets lost in the chat log. It would be helpful if that was displayed somewhere other than the ...
volume slider
sometimes you are watching some Unbox Therapy (Youtube) or some Sport game while playing Colonist withtout removing the sound, but its too loud. I would suggest to ...
When placing the robber and accidentally selecting a player with 0 resources, don't penalize
One thought, and it may have been mentioned before, but when you place a robber on a position that has multiple players, you shouldn't be penalized with getting 0 ...
swap Trade menu button with Buy Dev button
The order remains logically correct, and now the Trade menu opens/closes from same position. This also prevents accidentally buying dev cards when closing trade menu. ...
Lock username once created to prevent trolling
players are changing their usernames to get into games that they were kicked from and then trolling/targeting.
Improve trading system (similar to PlayCatan)
Full requirements and images:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0htsc0e52hf0of3/ColonistTradingSysDoc.zip?dl=0
Example flow video: ...
Logs shouldn't autoscroll after every new event
UI Enhancement Request:
Please don't autoscroll the log if I've scrolled up, just give me a message that there is new stuff being added to the log (that is ...
Total game time displayed ingame
A timer whilst ingame showing the current amount of time that the game has been running for, similar to that which is currently shown at the end of the game.
Mute lobby sounds
https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/cmsqlt/katanio_play_free_online_settlers_of_catan/ew582pw/
> Would be nice if I could mute game sounds from the menu, the ...
Karma Penalty notification interferes with game play
When the karma penalty notification appears, it interferes with game play. I was in the middle of discarding cards after a 7 and the discard pile reset itself. Then ...
Done
ux
Save game settings for future setups
By clicking 0 through 8 at the bottom of the game set up lobby, a settings profile can be loaded. It can then be modified and used or modified and saved. If saved, ...
Add option to disable confirm checkmark as an individual player setting
While playing in the Very fast mode, we are already short of time and now with the checkmark option, it takes a couple of extra seconds which isn't necessarily ...
Stop the timer ticking after you win a game
When I win a game and am viewing the final screen, the timer continues to tick in the background. It should be silenced after the game ends.
Bug: Assets haven't completed loading. Try again.
I tried to be ready in a game with my friends but I can't. This always pops up.
Show bank: Only display "no-one has this trade" when the numbers vs the bank do not match
"It wasn't implemented with visible bank in order to save time, so people don't ask for a resource no one has and that everyone knows there is none in the board." ...
Move bank trade interface to bank part
When pressing the trade button under the bank icon a player can trade with the bank. It will have preset numbers & cards for trade as well. That will be more explicit ...
Latest update doesn't work on mobile
The latest update has too much at the top of the screen and you can't scroll past it, or click out of it, this means you can't get to the ready button when trying to ...
Bug: Monopoly animation so slow you time out
On very fast mode, the animation is so slow that by the time the cards from your monopoly are in your hand to trade to the bank, you time out, and there's no action ...
Add numbers to building icons
A few examples in the image attached. It varies according to each player's colour.
https://i.imgur.com/yjAANxR.png
https://i.imgur.com/7AFkX1b.png ...
Remove confirmation buttons from robber placements
Have it only for initial placements
Under consideration
ux
Make cursor automatically go to the text input box
Originally requested here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Katan/comments/ckcpu5/request_make_cursor_automatically_go_to_the_text/
BUG: Tooltips blocking trading window
Go to select a card, it pops up that it's a wheat card, go to finish my trade and I can't see what I'm trying to trade without having to wait for the tooltip to go ...
UX - Clicking on ports opens trade screen
Ports open when clicked
Ports automatically add the corresponding cards to the trade ...
Under consideration
ux
Display Support for Ultra-wide monitors
Game elements do not display correctly on ultra-wide monitors, resizing window does not fix it either. You have to resize the window, then refresh, then reconnect ...
Make the mouse wheel zoom a lot more granular
The mouse wheel can zoom in and out but a single tick of the wheel zoom in or out by a large quantity. Make the zoom increment *much* smaller. I'd rather turn the ...
Under consideration
ux
Add 'game details' info (VPs to win, Friendly Robber, etc) to game
Include details on top of board—victory points needed to win, friendly robber, etc.
Change max player to just "players"
Currently you specify max players, but this still allows the game to start without the desired number of players. Some players (who didn't open the game) try and ...
Add Roll Animation
https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/cjugd7/katanio_play_free_online_settlers_of_catan/evghbx9/
Make the "Create Game" button bigger
Make the "Create Game" button bigger, on the home screen particularly. <3
Ability to toggle animations
Can we have the option to turn off animations?
Top row of rooms overlaps the default rooms
Could this be adjusted so you can read the top row of room names? It might just be my browser- I play on Safari. Only really noticed today after trying to find room ...
Add Settlement cost on the side.
I would like to suggest that we should add the settlement cost on the side. It would also help players remember them coz it's always there. I made a sample. Maybe we ...
Make all buttons do something
proposing a trade, accepting a trade, rejecting a trade ... none of these do anything when you click, so when there is lag (or bots or other players are slow to ...
UI/UX Enhancement Suggestions
[DONE]-Swap Trade and Buy Dev buttons
[DONE]-Logs shouldn't autoscroll after every new event
[DONE]-Remove player activity notice for development card usage ...
Change tab title when it is your turn/someone has joined the room
Currently, while I am waiting for someone to join my room, I browse on another tab and I have to check every 5 sec if someone has joined so that he/she doesn't wait ...
Place holder on chat while in game.
At first, I was didn't know it was a chatbox I thought it was just info. Maybe add a placeholder? so that new players will know it's also chat box.
Remove animations when reconnecting
When you reconnect, there are plenty of animations going on. Like army/road and (which is the worst in my opinion) your own cards like they came new from the bank. I ...
When selecting 5-6 Mode, automatically change Map to 5-6 players
Selecting Special Build Phase Game Mode should automatically change the Map to the map of the respective amount of players chosen (5-6 or 7-8 players)
Suggested by y2dvd
Done
ux
Button for screen to go to default after click/dragging
Sometimes i click/drag the board and have difficulties getting it back to the default view. Is it possible to create a button that immediately goes back to default view?
Indicate in chatbox when someone is typing
When someone is typing in the chatbox of a game, it should be indicated to all that someone is typing something
Make the trade buttons accept/reject bigger (mobile)
When a player is playing on mobile it is difficult to click the right decision, it kind of bymistake clicks the wrong button, clicking accept n then reject is ...
Press enter on search button at /profile
When pressing enter search button should work in profile
https://prnt.sc/rk7itw
UX - Hovering over actions to build showing opacity 0.5 if the player doesn't have the resources
When hovering over stuff to build, like road/devcard, it should show which cards i have and which i need. Can be indicated by opacity, color, X/check marks
Keith
Done
ux
Refresh the deck when selecting the cards to discard
Under consideration
ux
Toggle for confirmation on robber placements
Having to confirm placement of the robber or starting positions is so tedious. It takes like 10 presses to be able to place anything on Mobile due to selececting and ...
Under consideration
ux