[Gameplay/UI] Demolish-No popup to show what building you are hovering over/about to demolish.

from Elemental Forums

Was going to demolish some building in a captured city, due to wanting to cut back on spending(unlike the typical goverment). First time I've tried to demolish any buildings. There was no popup to show me what buildings I was hovering over, so didn't know what I was trying to demolish. I don't have the city zoom turned on, not sure if that matters.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I think it would be helpful if you could hover over the buildings at any time and have a pop up in the UI telling you what they are. But it is definitely needed while demolishing!

 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I turned on the City Zoom feature, and it still doesn't show/popup what the building are when you go to demolish. Didn't bother demolishing since I don't want to accidentaly destroy the wrong building!!

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

We should be able to demolish from the city list anyway, it would be much faster to demolish buildings with maintenance.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Agree on that, would be much easier to demolish from the city list.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

If you actually try to demolish a building, it will prompt you, asking "Do you really want to demolish <building type>?"  You can then accept or decline.  As far as I know this is the only way to tell what an individual building is.

Quoting mywhiskey, reply 1
I think it would be helpful if you could hover over the buildings at any time and have a pop up in the UI telling you what they are.
End of mywhiskey's quote

I definitely agree with this.  As a city builder, I'd like to know (not that it matters except in my own mind) that I don't want to place the gallows right next to the merchant or inn, might depress commerce.  Also, when I conquer a city I'd like to have an easy way of discovering what buildings are already in that city without having to go to the city details view.