From 76778a660a0bb4dcb780dc235578eb52ad0c03b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rope <fredrik@nordhammer.it>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:13:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Master builder: striped boosted stretch under the site bar

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 static/app.js     | 8 ++++++--
 static/styles.css | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index 9b73cd8..f1d6d5c 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -790,6 +790,9 @@ function siteBanner() {
   const hire = S.favours.builders;
   const working = me.action?.id === "labour";
   const builders = S.players.filter((p) => p.skill === "construction" && p.doing === "Work on the building site").map((p) => esc(p.name));
+  // A master builder doubles the next `boost` labour players put in: that stretch of the bar fills twice as fast.
+  const done = Math.min(100, work.labour / work.needed * 100);
+  const boosted = Math.min(100, (work.labour + 2 * hire.boost) / work.needed * 100);
   return `<div class="banner"><span class="banner-ico">${skillOf("construction").icon}</span><div class="grow">
     <div class="site-head"><b>${work.repair ? "Repairing" : "Building"} ${esc(spec.name)}</b>
       <span class="muted small">${fmt(work.labour)} / ${fmt(work.needed)} labour</span>
@@ -797,8 +800,9 @@ function siteBanner() {
         ${working ? `<span class="btn sm working">Working</span>` : `<button class="btn sm primary" data-start="labour">Work on it</button>`}
         ${hire.why ? "" : `<button class="btn sm gold" data-favour="builders" ${me.favour < hire.cost ? "disabled" : ""} title="×2 labour and XP for the next ${hire.labour}">Master builder ${FAVOUR} ${fmt(hire.cost)}</button>`}
       </span></div>
-    <div class="bar gold" style="margin-top:6px"><span style="width:${Math.min(100, work.labour / work.needed * 100)}%"></span></div>
-    <div class="small muted" style="margin-top:6px">${builders.length ? `On site: ${builders.join(", ")}. ` : ""}${hire.boost ? `<b class="boosted">Master builder: ×2 for the next ${fmt(hire.boost)}.</b> ` : ""}Townsfolk +${fmt(city.townsfolk_labour)}/h.${queued ? ` Next: ${queued}.` : ""}</div>
+    <div class="bar gold thick site-bar" style="margin-top:6px"${hire.boost ? ` title="Master builder: this stretch builds twice as fast"` : ""}>
+      ${hire.boost ? `<span class="boost" style="width:${boosted}%"></span>` : ""}<span style="width:${done}%"></span></div>
+    <div class="small muted" style="margin-top:6px">${builders.length ? `On site: ${builders.join(", ")}. ` : ""}Townsfolk +${fmt(city.townsfolk_labour)}/h.${queued ? ` Next: ${queued}.` : ""}</div>
   </div></div>`;
 }
 
diff --git a/static/styles.css b/static/styles.css
index 4245b94..46bbc7a 100644
--- a/static/styles.css
+++ b/static/styles.css
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ main { padding: 24px; max-width: 1200px; width: 100%; }
 .bar.xp > span { background: var(--xp); }
 .bar.gold > span { background: var(--gold); }
 .bar.thick { height: 12px; }
+.site-bar { position: relative; }
+.site-bar > span { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
+.site-bar > span.boost { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; z-index: 0;
+  background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--gold) 45%, transparent) 0 6px, color-mix(in srgb, var(--gold) 20%, transparent) 6px 12px); }
 
 .btn {
   border: 1px solid var(--line); background: var(--panel-2); border-radius: 8px;