Charlie_B
Harvester
Hello.
should be:
This is, of course, true for every unit - not just VDs.
That is all.
should be:
This is, of course, true for every unit - not just VDs.
That is all.
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I imagine this is a coding issue that would be tricky to get around, the name of the unit being stored in one place - there are other instances in game where the "s" isn't appropriate.
are you saying that Azzer is to nooby to fix it?
I'm saying that, with an admittedly limited knowledge of coding 
, unit names are probably stored in one place in the database and one place only. Everything else merely sources from this "value". Storing the same data twice is called data redundancy, if I remember correctly.
In short, I may well be wrong, but I believe the code that generates a BR sources the unit name from the same place the overview does when it tells you how much of each unit you have.
As for instances where "s" isn't appropriate, how about when there is only one unit involved in the fighting? "1 allied yobs attacked and killed". You get my drift.
Tackling this issue would take more than a couple of minutes and more than that quite simply isn't worth the effort IMO
, unit names are probably stored in one place in the database and one place only. Everything else merely sources from this "value". Storing the same data twice is called data redundancy, if I remember correctly.In short, I may well be wrong, but I believe the code that generates a BR sources the unit name from the same place the overview does when it tells you how much of each unit you have.
As for instances where "s" isn't appropriate, how about when there is only one unit involved in the fighting? "1 allied yobs attacked and killed". You get my drift.
Tackling this issue would take more than a couple of minutes and more than that quite simply isn't worth the effort IMO
I'm saying that, with an admittedly limited knowledge of coding
In short, I may well be wrong, but I believe the code that generates a BR sources the unit name from the same place the overview does when it tells you how much of each unit you have.
As for instances where "s" isn't appropriate, how about when there is only one unit involved in the fighting? "1 allied yobs attacked and killed". You get my drift.
Tackling this issue would take more than a couple of minutes and more than that quite simply isn't worth the effort IMO
what is the chance of 1 guy to fire instead of lets say >1
what is the chance that you hire 1 guy instead of lets say >1
the odds are on our side! well, charlies side.
Souls
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I'm saying that, with an admittedly limited knowledge of coding
In short, I may well be wrong, but I believe the code that generates a BR sources the unit name from the same place the overview does when it tells you how much of each unit you have.
As for instances where "s" isn't appropriate, how about when there is only one unit involved in the fighting? "1 allied yobs attacked and killed". You get my drift.
Tackling this issue would take more than a couple of minutes and more than that quite simply isn't worth the effort IMO
what is the chance of 1 guy to fire instead of lets say >1
what is the chance that you hire 1 guy instead of lets say >1
the odds are on our side! well, charlies side.
IF unit value is equal to 1
THEN "unit"
ELSE "unit"S
Hobbezak
Garden Designer
cybernetic t-rexs
hippys
geo phys thiefs
mummys
Just 4 out of the top of my head where adding an 's' doesn't do the trick
hippys
geo phys thiefs
mummys
Just 4 out of the top of my head where adding an 's' doesn't do the trick
Amanala
Harvester
> "1 allied yobs attacked and killed"
> yob
> killed
wat
sorry, just being a smartarse
1 allied yob(s) attacked ....
Everybody wins.
Yobs don't kill either
> "1 allied yobs attacked and killed"
> yob
> killed
wat
sorry, just being a smartarse
1 allied yob(s) attacked ....
Everybody wins.
Yobs don't kill either
Because Hobbes had ruin it...
Hippy(s)
Trex(s)
Heavy Weapons(s)
Amanala
Harvester
> "1 allied yobs attacked and killed"
> yob
> killed
wat
sorry, just being a smartarse
1 allied yob(s) attacked ....
Everybody wins.
Yobs don't kill either
Because Hobbes had ruin it...
Hippy(s)
Trex(s)
Heavy Weapons(s)
Charlie_B
Harvester
Indeed.
As Loop says, it doesn't require much in the way of coding. Simply an IF statement and a 'plural' column would solve all of the problems suggested thus far.
Charlie B's words are lore. I think it was Confucius who said so. Or maybe Lao Tzu.
Anyway, it must be done.
Anyway, it must be done.
Uh oh, the nerds are flexing their muscles
Never noticed this before but now you've brought it up i keep seeing it!
Agreed. Little change but for the best!
willymchilybily
Landscape Designer
hmm, does this mean charlie b is playing? or it was so gramatically incorrect he saw it in his mind, i wounder why spirey/bunion didnt suggest this sooner, he's the grammar nazi. Ps it makes no difference to me if its gramatically correct or not azzer, take your time. all i see is a jumble of letters and before they register i know what the unit is, anything else is superfluous to my needs.
but still well spotted. for over 30 rounds and no one else spotted it?
but still well spotted. for over 30 rounds and no one else spotted it?