Cancel Scouting

[Zariantha]

Please add a cancel button to a scout. If you accidentally click to scout a province (one click), there is no way to undo it. This happens to me often. Hopefully this would be an easy change with no downside.

 

[Blindsider66]

I know how that feels Zariantha. Clicking the scout button while providing neighborly help is something I do far too often. There should be a cancel switch or something for those like me with bad eye-hand coordination. Come to think of it there should also be a emergency cancel or retract button for all those times when I clumsily delete a building or two while moving my city around. There should also be a bit of forgiveness given to us when the quick resituating of a building turns into18 hours of anxiety...Where is the Shuffle-Me Elmo assistant in times like that, I ask. I may never get my buildings back from the great beyond, but surely an abort scout button is not asking too much.​

You have a good day..

Peace

 

[hvariidh gwendrot]

yes vote from me

 

[helya]

Unfortunately this mechanic cannot be implemented, as the Coldfire Phoenix feeding buff has been adjusted to award the knowledge points when a scout is started. You can read more about why this change was needed in the release notes version 1.115 announcement.

 

[SoggyShorts]

How are you scouting with just one click?

Spoiler: Confirmation window

 

[Aritra]

How are you scouting with just one click?

Speaking only for myself, I initiated accidental scouting too many times in my early months. It was always due to going too fast while doing NH visits on mobile interface. My hand was moving in a pattern such that if I accidentally hit a province, I might have hit the confirmation before my mind registered I had hit the wrong thing to begin with. I have since slowed down and if I ever hit the province in error, I have no problem hitting the x instead of confirm. Also, in my early months, I found myself on a weird schedule (weird to me looking back, what was I thinking?) where my NH visits were next available in the middle of the night and for some reason I simply couldn't wait until morning. I'd set my alarm, sit up (or not), and do my visits, often with one eye because I was so out of it my eyes couldn't focus with two. I remember one night I dozed off twice before I completed the task. In the morning I'd discover scouting I didn't intend (not always, but it happened more than a few times). Similar thing with turning over productions in the overnight, more than half asleep and with one eye, and I'd wake in the morning to discover some manufactories set on different run lengths than I wanted and others not running at all (missed). Ugh I know what I was thinking at the time, but looking back, I can only roll my eyes at myself and laugh. With infrequent exception, I now avoid waking up with the purpose of city business (primary exception being during events, every hour counts). I try to time my production runs to be ready for pickup around the time I plan to get up anyway. And I haven't had accidental scouting in quite awhile. That's my story.