Confirmation And Warning Modals

1. Summary

Centered non-diegetic modal dialogs that interrupt the current menu or pause flow to confirm consequential actions or present setup warnings. They use a dark engraved panel, short prompt text, and high-contrast bottom buttons such as Yes/No or a single confirm action.

Overview

Reusable confirmation and warning modals appear as centered, ornate dark panels over a dimmed version of the current screen. The same structure is used for menu exit, mission exit, subtitle setup, difficulty adjustment, and warning/acknowledgement prompts.

The modal captures focus while leaving the current screen faintly visible behind it. In the main-menu exit case, the left navigation remains visible but inactive, and the confirmation panel becomes the only meaningful interaction target.

The content area is intentionally minimal: a title tab, a short question, and bottom-aligned response buttons. The focused response uses a brighter gold treatment, visible here on Yes.

The same modal pattern is reused over the pause/map interface for mission-abandonment confirmation, reinforcing that the dialog is a system-level interruption rather than part of the map itself.

Setup prompts use the same framed shell and button placement as destructive confirmations, but the body copy asks for a preference rather than warning about a loss of progress.

Job Story

When I choose an action that may change setup, abandon mission progress, or leave the game, I want the interface to ask for confirmation in a focused modal, so that I can prevent accidental destructive or disruptive actions.

Classification

• diegesis: Non-diegetic
• functional_type: Feedback notification
• component_type: Button

Wireframe

[dimmed current screen: main menu / mission select / pause map]

                 ┌──────────── title tab ────────────┐
                 │              CONFIRM              │
           ┌─────┴───────────────────────────────────┴─────┐
           │                                                 │
           │             Short confirmation text             │
           │                                                 │
           └───────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────────┘
                           │     YES     │      NO         │
                           └─────────────┴─────────────────┘

Components

• Dimmed modal backdrop over the active menu or pause screen.
• Ornate dark rectangular dialog frame with decorative corner filigree.
• Top-center title tab, commonly CONFIRM for confirmation flows.
• Centered prompt/body label.
• One or two beveled action buttons along the bottom edge.
• Gold focused/primary button highlight.
• Optional loading/spinner icon for warning or background-operation messages.

Parameters & Audio

Navigation

• Modal entry points include main-menu Exit Game, pause-menu exit-current-mission actions, mission-select difficulty prompts, first-run subtitle setup, and warning/acknowledgement flows. Yes or equivalent confirm advances to the requested destination or applies the setup choice. No, cancel, or backing out returns to the previous screen with its selection context preserved.

Dependencies & Logic

• Modal copy, button count, and destination depend on the triggering game state: main menu exit targets the desktop; pause/menu exit targets mission abandonment; setup prompts depend on whether subtitles or difficulty configuration still need confirmation. The modal must suspend input routing to the underlying UI and restore it only after dismissal. Destructive confirmations should only execute once the affirmative button is activated.

BDD Scenarios

Edge Cases

• Rapid repeated confirmation input should not execute the destructive action more than once.
• If the player backs out while a modal is open, the modal should close or remain focused according to platform conventions, without activating background UI.
• Long localized prompt text must remain inside the framed panel and not collide with the title tab or bottom buttons.
• Two-button modals must preserve clear focus indication so Yes and No cannot be confused.
• Warning/loading modals should not leave the player stuck if the underlying operation completes or fails.

QA Notes

References

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   Desperados III (L108-138 of 283) Source index lines describing the warning, subtitle prompt, difficulty prompt, exit-current-mission confirmation, and return-to-desktop confirmation modal screenshots.Screenshot 17: Modal: Info & Tutorial Tags: Modal: Info & Tutorial Section: Modals and Text Screenshot 18: Modal: Option & Menu Tags: Modal: Option & Menu Section: Modals and Text...

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   Desperados III Subtitle setup modal screenshot used to verify the setup prompt variant and Yes/No button layout.

3. 3.

   Desperados III Exit-current-mission confirmation modal screenshot used to verify the pause/map overlay variant.

4. 4.

   Desperados III Return-to-desktop confirmation modal screenshot used for the annotated full-screen context and tight confirmation crop.

5. 5.

   Desperados III Warning/acknowledgement modal screenshot used to verify the warning state and single-action/loading style variant.

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   Desperados III Difficulty adjustment modal screenshot used to verify the mission-select difficulty prompt variant.