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Posted: **Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:22 pm**

Reproduction

Run the following whilst hovering over an entity:

/c game.show_message_dialog{text = "Hello there", point_to={type="entity_info"}}

Expected result

Dialog appears by the entity tooltip.

Actual result

Dialog appears in the top left with no pointing arrow (exactly as if type="nowhere" had been used).

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Changing "Entity tooltip on the side" makes no difference.

I don't need this for my own modding, but it is used near the beginning of tutorial level one:

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Posted: **Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:49 am**

I see it is broken because of a "fix" from 82117.

In this particular case, when the game view is updated, there is a check if there is anything with modal focus and in such case it clears entity selection for the purpose of selectedInfoRenderer.

Posted: **Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:12 am**

boskid wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:49 am I see it is broken because of a "fix" from 82117.

In this particular case, when the game view is updated, there is a check if there is anything with modal focus and in such case it clears entity selection for the purpose of selectedInfoRenderer.

Personally I'd be inclined to completely remove entity_info and remove (or reword) that one dialog in the tutorial. I don't think it serves much purpose.

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:53 pm**

This has now been fixed now so that it points to the top-right (where the tooltip would be). Still a bit weird but better than before

Posted: **Sun Oct 27, 2024 12:35 pm**

Xorimuth wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:53 pm This has now been fixed now so that it points to the top-right (where the tooltip would be). Still a bit weird but better than before

Good enough I guess.