Talk:User Interface

Links to this redirect page
I noticed that several pages have links to this page, including Energy, Stamina, and Health:
 * "Energy is one of the three player statistics displayed on the survival mode User Interface, along with Health and Stamina."

Do we have a plan for a replacement destination for this link? If we don't delete it, it'd be nice to take people to a page that shows a screenshot and maybe describes more of the interface.

–Red Agliator (talk) 13:09, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Could we link to [thru a redirect] (and perhaps expand on) Controls? Or just drop the links to "UI" and expand the info on the Stats themselves? The link on the Golem page is for inventory (another redirect page), and not the more general UI information. Should inventory have its own page with info about "encumberance" and "mass"? (Mass is listed as an attribute of objects in the game but may only be for physics.) Should we move the content from Controls to UI (and add info?) and redirect Controls -> UI? &mdash;LoonWoof (talk) 14:05, 15 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Here's what I'd like to see re: Stamina and the other stats
 * General gameplay information in the opening paragraph. (Stamina depletes when running, it can be regained by standing or eating certain foods.) If you can think of anything else, definitely expand it.
 * A way to show the user where to find these mysterious bars on the screen. (Not everybody does, actually.) I was hoping the redirect's target would eventually provide that, whatever we name that link.
 * A link to information about all visual user interface pieces. The Stamina page brings up the topic of displays that the user sees, so it'd be good to provide a link to more information. Again, I was hoping the redirect's target would eventually provide that, whatever we name that link.
 * For your specific questions:
 * Redirecting to Controls would meet my desire for #2 and 3 for the time being. Redirecting to a page that more specifically answers those needs ("HUD", "Displays", or whatever) would also meet my desire for #2 and 3. Changing the name of the link from User Interface to something else also works, as long as I don't have to do extra typing (such as User Interface'''.
 * Dropping the UI link entirely and include #2 and 3 directly in the stat page means we'd probably end up with duplicated screenshots and info on each of the stat pages. Because of that, I'd prefer to put a lot of that visual UI info in a separate, linked page.
 * Moving/renaming Controls to UI would also meet my desires for #2 and 3 by making a redirect in the opposite direction. Either way works for me; redirects are a good way to avoid extra typing in links.
 * For the Inventory link from Golem, a separate page or section with the info you mentioned would make sense. But I have no opinion on whether that should be a separate page versus section, or on what we should call it. I also don't know whether we have much content for it yet, or whether it would be marked as for the time being. Since I have no opinion, I'll stay out of the "inventory" discussion and let others decide on the names and content for that link/page.
 * –Red Agliator (talk) 17:04, 15 October 2014 (UTC)