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Post by fallen on Aug 23, 2015 15:08:07 GMT -5
We're excited to announce a big push for UX on Star Traders 4X Empires. It will be the focus of the next series of releases. blog.tresebrothers.com/2015/08/star-traders-4x-empires-v241.htmlWe've got a huge list of inputs from the community already on our roadmap, but please toss in any additional items that you'd like to mention now  This would be the time we will get to them! |
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Post by En1gma on Aug 23, 2015 15:42:10 GMT -5
Now that we have the build queue visible, it would be AMAZING if we could rearrange the queue order without going into the project screen. Still the most pressing issues for me are colony accessibility. Having a zoom-to-system button will make everything so much faster, and will help to give each system a name, instead of only an icon- empires with a ton of colonies become very difficult to remember. Also along these lines, I cannot stress enough the value of a back colony button to go alongside the next colony button. Past these, I'm happy  |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Aug 23, 2015 15:55:16 GMT -5
Fleet formation and move fallen Psst: I think you meant UI. |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Aug 23, 2015 17:56:23 GMT -5
Playing a game and I just thought of some suggestions that hopefully will won't be to hard to implement. A flag to indicate dead worlds on the map such as a flag with a skull or maybe a radiation warning symbol. Also increase the amount of color indicating that an anomoly has been explored pls.
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Post by fallen on Aug 23, 2015 19:15:06 GMT -5
Fleet formation and move fallen Psst: I think you meant UI. I'm not sure ... why not UX (User Experience?) |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Aug 23, 2015 20:12:24 GMT -5
Touche
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Post by En1gma on Aug 23, 2015 21:58:46 GMT -5
How about weapon damage given in the attack talent description similar to how HoS has it. It gets difficult to remember which ship has which weapon, and exactly how much damage that weapon actually puts out.
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Post by hissrad on Aug 23, 2015 22:34:02 GMT -5
It's probably been asked before but....how about a random button on the faction selection screen?
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Post by fallen on Aug 23, 2015 23:02:41 GMT -5
Yep, the majority of these are already on our roadmap - but thanks for posting!
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Post by krakun on Aug 24, 2015 2:17:21 GMT -5
1) Despite having played ST4X for a while, I still discover screens that I did not know were there. Most recent example: in Faction List, clicking on each faction gives you lots of stats per faction (doh!).
I would recommend something systematic, e.g. putting (...) each time clicking on something gives more info.
2) Have a side by side by side version of the detailed faction stats screen, for all 3 factions.
3) From colony detailed screen, have zoom-to-map which shows you where the colony is located.
4) Ships with move orders continue to move as close as possible to destination, instead of giving up as soon as another ship is (temporarily) at that destination
5) "save current build queue to template" and "insert current template to build queue"
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Post by krakun on Aug 24, 2015 2:40:15 GMT -5
6) in colony overview screen, don't just show number of items in build queue e.g. "build: 3" but also first item + turns estimated to complete, e.g. "build: 3 (Hab 2 in 7 turns)"
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Post by fallen on Aug 24, 2015 8:52:49 GMT -5
1) Despite having played ST4X for a while, I still discover screens that I did not know were there. Most recent example: in Faction List, clicking on each faction gives you lots of stats per faction (doh!). I would recommend something systematic, e.g. putting (...) each time clicking on something gives more info. If you check out the new Colony Details screen, you can see the white "pop out" icon we are now using. We'll be pushing that everywhere to make it clear where you can tap / click to go to a detail. |
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Post by tenbsmith on Aug 25, 2015 14:58:03 GMT -5
Perhaps the best thing you could do for new players would be to fix the inconsistent use of language describing politics across screens. For example, the Treaties button takes you to the Diplomatic Efforts screen. This was very confusing to me when first trying to figure out politics and other find it difficult too. I've detailed the inconsistencies and suggested one way to make the language consistent that would take too much effort in this thread: startradersrpg.proboards.com/thread/12065 |
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Post by CdrPlatypus on Aug 26, 2015 16:08:11 GMT -5
Automatically add asteroids / anomoalies / systems to start charts without having to click / tap on them. This is especially a pain on small touch screens and woul help reduce tap/click count to play without compromising gameplay.
Production Waypoints. Set a way point for a system so that when it produces a ship the ship automatically begins traveling to that point.
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Post by hissrad on Aug 26, 2015 16:43:03 GMT -5
Automatically add asteroids / anomoalies / systems to start charts without having to click / tap on them. This is especially a pain on small touch screens and woul help reduce tap/click count to play without compromising gameplay. Production Waypoints. Set a way point for a system so that when it produces a ship the ship automatically begins traveling to that point. Yes! The waypoint thing! It made Command and Conquer so much better when I figured out how to do this!!! |
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This would be the time we will get to them!
