@0verki11 said in Back Buttons for Phases:
On the software side, you just need to do two things. First, disable the back button in the combat phase as soon as the first attack is made. Second, disable the the back button during the entire noncombat phase.
The developers gave tremendous lashback over the suggestion that defensive profiles be able to be turned off, saying not that it would be inconvenient or costly (which I’d agree with) but literally impossible.
So when you say here’s a feature, ought to reasonably be implemented, and “just” xyz, well, realistically, just don’t expect anything.
As to disable “back” during noncombat, nah. Don’t know if you misspoke and it isn’t going to happen anyways, but I’d say rewind should be:
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Until first combat rolls are made, can rewind to any previous part, including purchase to change purchases.
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Addition of confirmation for each battle before dice rolled as battle order does make a difference and 1942 Online UI handles awkwardly
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Post-battle rewind when a retreat action taken, allowing retreat to a different territory / sea zone than initially selected or cancelling retreat (provided dice weren’t rolled for remaining attackers/defenders). Again, 1942 Online UI is awkward. Even if you jumped through all the hoops and were attentive, if you misclicked, dead.
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After combat finished, allow rewinding to any post-combat point with additional rewind as described in 3 if retreat was the last action chosen.
Why disable rewind function during noncombat? Then players take triple the time to try not to make mistakes and end up making mistakes anyways? IRL someone forgets to noncom their stack it’s not great, lot of stuff to keep track of so maybe something gets messed up. But in a computer game, the program keeps track so things don’t get messed up. And if it’s sloppy for someone to do takebacks in IRL, you don’t want people trying to do takebacks all the time, waste of time? Considering 1942 Online literally compromised the gameplay to accommodate casuals, better think it through. Call something chess and use checkers rules, then shout it needs to be touch move because it’s serious? Come on! Serious game is serious, casual game is casual.