Solid Progress Bar When Production > 1/s (Reduce Animation / Improve Performance)

[tajemniktv]

Summary

Add an optional UI mode where, when a node’s production rate exceeds 1 item/second, the progress bar switches to a solid/static representation instead of rapidly animating.

Feature must be OFF by default.

Motivation / Problem

At high production rates, the progress bar animation can:

• become visually noisy/less informative,
• potentially add UI/render overhead (lots of fast updates),
• make it harder to read node state at a glance.

A solid/static bar for “very fast” nodes could improve both clarity and performance.

Proposed Solution

Behavior

• If production_rate > 1/s:
  • render progress as solid (static) (e.g., fully filled or a non-animated “active” indicator)
• If production_rate <= 1/s:
  • keep the normal animated progress bar

Settings (required)

Add a setting (OFF by default):

• Use solid progress bar for fast production (>1/s) (default: OFF)
  Optional advanced knobs:
• threshold value (e.g., 0.5/s, 1/s, 2/s)
• choice of representation (fully filled vs striped static vs subtle pulsing)

UX Notes

• Solid bar should still communicate “running” vs “stalled”:
  • running: solid filled (maybe subtle non-frame-dependent pulse)
  • stalled: empty/paused style
• Ensure the UI still shows numeric throughput if available.

Acceptance Criteria

• Setting exists and is disabled by default.
• When enabled, nodes above threshold display a solid/static progress bar.
• Nodes below threshold retain current animated behavior.
• No loss of important state clarity (running vs stalled is still obvious).
• UI update/render cost does not increase; ideally decreases for high-throughput cases.

References

Community request: “solid progress bar when production goes above 1/s” (potentially improve performance) + feature should be disabled by default.