Suggestions for improving Timberborn – Bugs and Suggestions
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Custom key bindings
Ability to customize key bindings.
[mod edit]: keybind, hotkey, shortcut, key mapping, keybinding
Gamma (Brightness) slider or some way making it easier to see at night (too dark)
Trying to plan buildings during the night can be a little hard to see, even just making it brighter when the build menu is open would be nice.
Font size and contrast settings - readability options when text is too small (tiny letters)
[Posted on behalf of Mama_Mama from our discord]:
Can we have some options on the UI please? I have a minor eyesight issue so to be able to read any of the text in ...
UI Colorblind Modes
Add in options to adjust the UI colors for individuals who have color vision deficiency.
Czech language localization
What about implement Czech localization/language in to this game? (Timberborn)
mouse pointer is tiny and unusable
When running a hidpi screen, the UI scales correctly but the mouse pointer remains tiny. Given that its black in the first case, this makes it nearly impossible to see.
Hungarian language
I would be interested in adding the Hungarian language to the game.
I would be interested in the translation, also.
Turkish language
Turkish language support should be added to the game.
Be able to move Buildings and explain the power and generator connectors for buildings
1.move houses/buildings to another location >>>>then you won't have to delete etc
2.If u delete a building We should be able to re use resources .
3.Change the ...
An option for bigger icons for tired eyes or dissable people
I´m aware that the hud is big and has a lot of elements and I enjoy all of them and the posibilities they give me, but sometimes is hard for me to see or find a lot ...
More accessibility and UI scaling options, bigger icons
I am 67 and would love to play this game (as would my daughter and her daughter too!) but I can't read any of the info tabs or anything at all in fact. If there were ...
Using red/green as indicator of district path is bad for red green color blind users
When viewing the district paths, they are color coded red/green to indicate if they are too long. This causes difficulties for users with red/green disorder as the ...
Update 3 Experimental - UI Quality of life changes
There are two MAJOR quality of life improvements that can be added to the new UI features that ould drastically improve accesibility and functionality of the UI. ...
Tutorial, entertainment and looks
I would like to have some tutorial/help on creating new districts and how to manage them.
Entertainmentwise some quirky stuff would be fun: Maybe a theater group, ...
New employment screen - changes for better visual representation and more intuitive control.
Right now the workplaces screen lists all buildings and alows to see their priorities pretty easily. Unfortunately the jobs are still a confusing mess and even when ...
Add the Arabic language translation
You must add the Arabic language.
We Arabs make up a large number of players and I am surprised that the Arabic language is not added?
More Customizeable UI / UI Scale
Maybe its my "old man eyes (TM)" but when trying to select the good for a storage building, I find it hard to see the little pictures of the storable items and often ...
Sound improvement, replacement or toggle for annoying sfx (misophonia/beaver snoring)
Whenever I click on a house a beaver is snoring. Please be easy on people with misophonia, because it is a terrible sound for me and many other people with ...
Make water more visible for colourblind people
Playing on the first map, i pretty much cannot see the water. Please allow an option for more water opaqueness / stronger colour. Similar with darkwater and ground ...
Power changed game controls (Dupont translation)
I am a quadriplegic player who plays with a finger in touch, I tried Timberborn but impossible to get started because the controls as they are do not facilitate the ...
Cursor size should scale with interface size
Currently, on higher resolution monitors, the mouse cursor can be difficult to spot at times due to its smaller relative size. I think that it should match the size ...
1.0 new water sparkles are a disability issue for people w/epilepsy or neurological issues :(
I have MS (multiple sclerosis) and eyes affected by it. The sparkles all over the water and the frequency of the brilliant flashes are causing me to be nauseous and ...
Finnish language translation
More languages the better.
I love this game and would gladly help or even localize the whole game to my native language, so that more people could enjoy this game.
Glittering water visual - settings to toggle or adjust effects
New water visual is sparkling too much, especially for people who are sensitive to flickering.
Also (in my opinion) it does not look better than the old visual, both ...
Suggestion for Audio Tutorial Narration
I'm enjoying Timberborne, but I wanted to share some feedback about the tutorial.
The tutorial is currently text-based, which is difficult for someone with ...
Pause/Play Buttons UX Fix - speed indicators are poorly visible
It's a bit difficult to see if the pause or play buttons are actually pressed. Not sure if it's a colour-blind issue. Perhaps make the selected game speed glow a bit ...