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TL;DR

Offer a Parameter to String option for train stations in parametrised blueprints

What?

At the moment if a Tran station contains an icon that is part of a blueprint parameter - the icon
will be replaced with a chosen icon. It would be great if one could also include the in game name and chosen quality. Number 1 and 3 are the current implementation where I entered stone and rare stone. 2 and 4 are the implementation I would like to see with "Stone" respective "rare Stone" getting added to the station name.

For qualities I would suggest naming anything above normal, so uncommon, rare, epic and legendary.

For the game to know what to replace we could use something similar to BB code. E.g. \[0\] for the name and \[Q0\] for quality. So in the example the train station "\[icon\] (\[Q0\]\[0\]) on" for rare stone would become "\[icon rare Stone\] (rare Stone) on"

Why?

While the icons alone are a good way to confer a lot of information in a small space, in small lists like train station selection they can become hard to read. A set of letters will make it easier to differentiate stations - just by word length.


I only found a reference for this idea as a question in gameplay help

Edit: added bb code implementation example.