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Post by kettemann on Apr 15, 2011 22:50:49 GMT -5
We all do this... (maybe some smarter ones don't...)
Take Mission
Go to galaxy screen
See which direction arrow is pointed
try to find the end point
continue to try and find end point
look some more.
THERE IT IS!
double click it, and off we go...
My suggestion:
add a button to head to waypoint. Possibly inside the captain status screen... This would: 1. Exit back to the galaxy view 2. Treat as if we had double clicked the waypoint.
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Post by hashassin on Apr 15, 2011 23:12:18 GMT -5
I want to agree with this, by the gods I do....but in my heart of hearts I feel that part of the game is knowing the world well and it seems like it would cheapen it by letting us be lazy and not need to memorize the map. Part of being a good captain is knowing the map, and in game terms it essentially only saves time since waypoint WILL get you there with rumours or missions. I have mixed feelings here. I'm going to hold out on giving a firm opinion on this until we see if the map ever expands or if we see random maps. Would it make the game less of a hassle? Yep. Would it strip some depth from playing it....yep.
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Post by Cory Trese on Apr 16, 2011 12:29:43 GMT -5
I am working on this button. I have coded it many times but you would be surprised you hard it is to make it REALLY work correctly.
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Post by oldalchemist on Apr 18, 2011 10:08:15 GMT -5
How about guide numbers at the edge of the screen? At the very least, I could stop long pressing (and accidentally going to) a sector for coordinates to figure out which way to the waypoint.
Center on Waypoint might also work.
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Post by slayernz on Apr 18, 2011 17:38:18 GMT -5
On the main screen (not galactic map), you have the waypoint direction at the top of the screen:
113.32AE Water-Fuel 23.5 (-6,10) | SE to (20,20) 26AU
So you know it's South-East of your position 26 AU away. I wonder if it would be as easy as having that detail on top of the galactic map? That way you can roughly guide yourself to the target destination
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Post by Cory Trese on Apr 19, 2011 12:16:45 GMT -5
center on waypoint .... interesting
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Post by oldalchemist on Apr 20, 2011 15:14:05 GMT -5
Also, you should call it the "Center on Waypoint Button, from the mind of oldalchemist."
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Post by slayernz on Apr 20, 2011 19:24:06 GMT -5
Then you'd need to add two more buttons: "Center on active Contract" "Center on nearest hat" Actually, for general movement, I would love to have the option to track the ship movement on the main screen (basically "continually center on ship during movement"). I forget how many times I set a destination for me to move from A to B, where B is like 10+AU away, and I watch my ship fly off screen and move in some obscure manner. Sure I could scroll the screen to follow my ship, but surely it would be a good thing for you to not have to do that  |
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Post by Cory Trese on Apr 21, 2011 0:33:44 GMT -5
Slayer: I did have a scroll with ship thing working, sorta. It had problems. I will try again.
I like the two center buttons
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Post by oldalchemist on Apr 21, 2011 9:53:23 GMT -5
Now if we could have hazards marked on the main map and the ability to have multiple waypoints and an in-flight movie...
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Post by madmatt on Apr 21, 2011 12:20:13 GMT -5
Now if we could have hazards marked on the main map and the ability to have multiple waypoints and an in-flight movie... Hear hear! I dislike blundering into radiation storms I already knew about because my bloody Navigator had his face in his Neo-Kindle reading about the plight of the Syndicate Founders. |
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Post by sakai4eva on Apr 21, 2011 20:54:11 GMT -5
Mine was fapping to Na'Vi pr0n, but I forgave him after he shared.
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Post by oldalchemist on Apr 22, 2011 9:31:44 GMT -5
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Records get picked up when you get searched.
"Hey, this isn't Hat Fancy! You've just hidden an alien IKEA catalog inside the cover of a copy of Hat Fancy! Scuttle the whole vessel. It's infested."
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Post by phantum on May 6, 2011 4:26:42 GMT -5
Would it be possible to display the whole course plotted in the main map, not just the next square? Sometimes the route finding is not so cool or it would be nice to go part way on route. It would also be nice to have all contract waypoints shown on the main map and get rumor information as someone else mentioned.
Maybe the automatic travel to waypoint could be implemented on the zoom screen as an extra button next to plot course, for those who like to drive looking at the map and not the road!
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Post by Cory Trese on May 6, 2011 11:16:41 GMT -5
i hear a sound of rain.
no, wait, that is developer tears being shed.
I will strive to meet these high expectations =)
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