Resolve pending gameplay tickets

ui/IconButton.gd

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ enum Icon {
 	# inserting anywhere earlier renumbers every icon int already stored in
 	# every scene.
 	QUEST,
+	# #179: a fleet-wide thrust burst, distinct from the Propulser vessel icon.
+	DASH,
 }
 
 # Size the glyphs were originally drawn against. Every glyph dimension is
@@ -319,6 +321,24 @@ func _draw() -> void:
 			_draw_repair_drone_icon(center, pulse, s)
 		Icon.QUEST:
 			_draw_quest_icon(center, pulse, s)
+		Icon.DASH:
+			_draw_dash_icon(center, pulse, s)
+
+
+func _draw_dash_icon(center: Vector2, pulse: float, s: float) -> void:
+	var tip: Vector2 = center + Vector2(12.0, 0.0) * s
+	var tail: Vector2 = center + Vector2(-5.0, 0.0) * s
+	NeonDraw.draw_glowing_line(self, tail, tip, _active_color(), pulse,
+		0.7 * s, core_color)
+	NeonDraw.draw_glowing_path(self, PackedVector2Array([
+		tip + Vector2(-7.0, -7.0) * s, tip,
+		tip + Vector2(-7.0, 7.0) * s,
+	]), _active_color(), pulse, 0.7 * s, core_color)
+	for y in [-7.0, 0.0, 7.0]:
+		NeonDraw.draw_glowing_line(self,
+			center + Vector2(-13.0, y) * s,
+			center + Vector2(-7.0, y) * s,
+			_active_color(), pulse * 0.7, 0.45 * s, core_color)
 
 
 # #140: a checklist - a page with a tick against the top line. Reads as

ui/LoadingScreen.gd

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extends Control
 # with nothing to author, and building it here keeps MainMenu.tscn - which the
 # player's own editor touches - out of the change.
 
-const BACKDROP: Color = Color(0.01, 0.02, 0.06, 0.94)
+const BACKDROP: Color = Color(0.01, 0.02, 0.06, 1.0)
 const GLOW: Color = Color(0.42, 0.86, 0.95)
 const TEXT: Color = Color(0.82, 0.94, 1.0)
 const MUTED: Color = Color(0.52, 0.66, 0.76)
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const TITLE_SIZE: int = 44
 const SUBTITLE_SIZE: int = 24
 const BAR_WIDTH: float = 520.0
 const BAR_HEIGHT: float = 16.0
-const BAR_GAP: float = 46.0
 # The travelling band inside the bar, and how much of the bar it covers.
 const SWEEP_SECONDS: float = 1.2
 const SWEEP_WIDTH: float = 0.22
@@ -55,12 +54,22 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	# MainMenu refuses a second press while a load is running anyway.
 	mouse_filter = Control.MOUSE_FILTER_IGNORE
 	set_anchors_preset(Control.PRESET_FULL_RECT)
+	_fit_viewport()
+	get_viewport().size_changed.connect(_fit_viewport)
 	title_label = _make_label("LOADING", TITLE_SIZE, TEXT)
 	subtitle_label = _make_label("", SUBTITLE_SIZE, MUTED)
 	resized.connect(_layout)
 	_layout()
 
 
+# A Control parent would resolve full-rect anchors for us. This node sits
+# directly under a CanvasLayer, so its first layout pass can otherwise be
+# 0x0 - exactly the frame that is supposed to cover the menu before loading.
+func _fit_viewport() -> void:
+	position = Vector2.ZERO
+	size = get_viewport_rect().size
+
+
 func _make_label(text_value: String, font_size: int, colour: Color) -> Label:
 	var label := Label.new()
 	label.text = text_value
@@ -83,16 +92,17 @@ func begin(what: String) -> void:
 
 func _bar_rect() -> Rect2:
 	var width: float = minf(BAR_WIDTH, maxf(size.x - 120.0, 40.0))
-	return Rect2(Vector2((size.x - width) * 0.5, size.y * 0.5 + BAR_GAP),
+	return Rect2(Vector2((size.x - width) * 0.5, (size.y - BAR_HEIGHT) * 0.5),
 		Vector2(width, BAR_HEIGHT))
 
 
 func _layout() -> void:
 	if title_label == null:
 		return
-	title_label.position = Vector2(0.0, size.y * 0.5 - float(TITLE_SIZE) * 1.4)
+	var bar: Rect2 = _bar_rect()
+	title_label.position = Vector2(0.0, bar.position.y - float(TITLE_SIZE) * 1.8)
 	title_label.size = Vector2(size.x, float(TITLE_SIZE) * 1.4)
-	subtitle_label.position = Vector2(0.0, size.y * 0.5)
+	subtitle_label.position = Vector2(0.0, bar.end.y + 18.0)
 	subtitle_label.size = Vector2(size.x, float(SUBTITLE_SIZE) * 1.6)
 	queue_redraw()
 

ui/NarrationBanner.gd

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ extends Control
 # lines never sees the second one at all, and the whole point of #127 was
 # that lines wait for the reader.
 #
-# #168 says the same rule out loud - still arriving, show it all; already
-# whole, move on - and extends it to the KEYBOARD, which had no way in at
-# all. See _is_advance_press.
+# A dialog is advanced deliberately with a tap or click. Keyboard presses are
+# ignored while it is open: movement keys are too easy to hold when a line
+# arrives, and must never turn into an accidental skip (#175).
 
 signal dismissed
 
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ func _ensure_label() -> void:
 	label.add_theme_color_override("font_color", TEXT_COLOR)
 	label.add_theme_color_override("font_outline_color", Color(0.01, 0.02, 0.06, 0.95))
 	label.add_theme_constant_override("outline_size", 4)
-	label.horizontal_alignment = HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CENTER
+	# #178: decoded text grows from a stable left edge. Centring a partially
+	# revealed line made it appear in the middle and expand in both directions.
+	label.horizontal_alignment = HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_LEFT
 	label.vertical_alignment = VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CENTER
 	label.autowrap_mode = TextServer.AUTOWRAP_WORD_SMART
 	add_child(label)
@@ -268,28 +270,18 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	queue_redraw()
 
 
-# #168: what counts as "go on". A tap, a left click, or a key.
+# What counts as "go on": a deliberate tap or left click.
 #
-# The rule the ticket asks for was already the rule for a click (#149) - a
-# press finishes a line still arriving, a press on a finished line moves to
-# the next - but the game is played on a desktop with WASD and a mouse, and
-# a keyboard press reached nothing at all. Sitting behind a dialog pressing
-# space is the most obvious thing a player can do, so the keyboard now goes
-# through the same one door every other press does (dismiss()).
-#
-# Modifiers alone are not a press: holding shift before typing must not eat
-# a line. Neither is an auto-repeat echo - a held key would otherwise run
-# the whole queue out in a second.
+# A press finishes a line still arriving; a press on a finished line moves to
+# the next (#149). #175 deliberately limits that gesture to pointer input: the
+# player may still be holding a
+# movement key when a transmission arrives, and that must leave the line
+# untouched rather than finishing or dismissing it.
 func _is_advance_press(event: InputEvent) -> bool:
 	if event is InputEventScreenTouch:
 		return event.pressed
 	if event is InputEventMouseButton:
 		return event.pressed and event.button_index == MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT
-	if event is InputEventKey:
-		if not event.pressed or event.echo:
-			return false
-		return not (event.keycode in [KEY_SHIFT, KEY_CTRL, KEY_ALT, KEY_META,
-			KEY_CAPSLOCK, KEY_NUMLOCK, KEY_SCROLLLOCK])
 	return false
 
 

ui/PriceTag.gd

@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ var _entries: Array = []
 var _shown_costs: Dictionary = {}
 var _shown_points: int = 0
 var _built: bool = false
+# Optional site whose purchase this tag describes. With one, the displayed
+# "have" includes fleet cargo only while the fleet is close enough to hand it
+# over. Most tags describe construction at the fleet itself and leave this
+# null, retaining the ordinary combined inventory readout.
+var payment_position: Variant = null
 
 
 func _ready() -> void:
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ func show_price(costs: Dictionary, points: int = 0) -> void:
 		if amount <= 0:
 			continue
 		_add_entry(String(resource_type), "", amount,
-			GameState.available_resource(String(resource_type)),
+			_available(String(resource_type)),
 			GameState.resource_color(resource_type))
 	if points > 0:
 		_add_entry("", POINT_MARK, points, GameState.research_points, POINT_COLOR)
@@ -102,12 +107,22 @@ func set_costs(costs: Dictionary) -> void:
 	show_price(costs)
 
 
+func set_payment_position(at: Variant) -> void:
+	payment_position = at
+	_refresh_held()
+
+
+func _available(resource_type: String) -> int:
+	return GameState.available_resource(resource_type) if payment_position == null \
+		else GameState.available_resource_at(resource_type, payment_position)
+
+
 # What the player holds, re-read. The price does not move; the wallet does.
 func _refresh_held() -> void:
 	var relayout: bool = false
 	for entry in _entries:
 		var have: int = GameState.research_points if String(entry.resource) == "" \
-			else GameState.available_resource(String(entry.resource))
+			else _available(String(entry.resource))
 		if have == int(entry.have):
 			continue
 		entry.have = have

ui/menus/SkillMenu.gd

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ signal research_requested(id: String)
 @onready var status: Label = $StatusLabel
 @onready var resource_bar: Control = $Bar
 
+var building_id: int = 0
+
 
 func _ready() -> void:
 	super._ready()
@@ -15,13 +17,22 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	tree.node_confirmed.connect(func(id: String): research_requested.emit(id))
 
 
-func open_for(building_id: int) -> void:
+func open_for(next_building_id: int) -> void:
+	building_id = next_building_id
 	resource_bar.building_id = building_id
+	var building: Dictionary = GameState.find_building(building_id)
+	cost.set_payment_position(building.get("position", null))
 	open_menu()
 	tree.reset_scroll()
 	refresh()
 
 
+func close_menu() -> void:
+	super.close_menu()
+	building_id = 0
+	cost.set_payment_position(null)
+
+
 func selected_id() -> String:
 	return String(tree.selected_id)
 
@@ -31,6 +42,10 @@ func research_completed(id: String) -> void:
 	refresh(id)
 
 
+func set_status(message: String) -> void:
+	status.text = message
+
+
 func refresh(id: String = "") -> void:
 	if id == "":
 		id = String(tree.selected_id)