Openrct2: Localisation - Change "Disable land elevation" to "Paint Landscape"

Created on 11 Mar 2016  路  7Comments  路  Source: OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

OS:Win 7
Version:0.0.4.0
Commit: dda036a

In the game, there is something called "Disable land elevation" which confused me as it didn't 'disable' anything, after it had taken me a while to figure it out, it painted the landscape without changing the height. I understand the _function_ is to disable the land elevation so you just change the terrain but as a user, we don't see that, instead we consider it to be a paintbrush
which represents painting stuff, a.k.a
"Paint Landscape"

How to fix:
Change string;
STR_5127 :{SMALLFONT}{BLACK}Disable land elevation
to
STR_5127 :{SMALLFONT}{BLACK}Paint Landscape

P.s; Said this before on Gitter to @Gymnasiast

paint

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I think Paint tool might be a better tooltip for it.

All 7 comments

I think Paint tool might be a better tooltip for it.

I would prefer something along the lines of While dragging, paint landscape instead of changing elevation. Makes it clearer how it changes behaviour.

@IntelOrca Paint tool / Paint Landscape is what it does so both sounds right
@Gymnasiast That sounds like a good description

Have more rants about the phrases/etc :p
For example; Disable Clearance Check (Will maybe make a thread about it)

Since you considered my description good, I used it in 164d782.

@Gymnasiast It's a bit long for being a description in such a small window, but will still make an issue about this to all translators in OpenRCT2/Localisation/issues

It is a bit long, yes. But at least it's clear now what it does.
If you have an idea for a shorter string that is just as clear, please tell me. :)

@Gymnasiast The only thing I have is 'Paint Landscape' or what IntelOrca said 'Paint tool' but the description is also useful as it's more user friendly ^^

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