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Post by elliotzahtz on Dec 8, 2010 17:42:54 GMT -5
Are you looking into advanced map functions, like:
1) Autopilot
2) Favorites/Bookmarks
- So if I fins a great planet or leave a great cache, I can easily mark where it is and return to it
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Post by kalothvarsk7 on Dec 9, 2010 21:38:44 GMT -5
I really like the favorites. More than caches and exploration, I'd probably use it on homeworlds and such. As it is, I usually look up homeworlds in the conflict menu.
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 9, 2010 22:23:35 GMT -5
You can also touch the flag in Factions to get a Waypoint to that Faction's base.
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Post by jtwood on Dec 10, 2010 1:41:18 GMT -5
autopilot could be a dangerous addition in this game
you'd need straight-shot vs. green-only logic
and the current pilot programming is pretty darn simple compared to that goal
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 10, 2010 18:13:30 GMT -5
yah i'm afraid auto pilot is coming soon.
and it doesn't care about green sectors or red sectors =)
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Post by darkmonk on Dec 11, 2010 5:01:33 GMT -5
I'm interested to see how this goes. What kind of Autopilot are we talking about, since it's obviously something more advanced than the waypoints we've been using...and here I thought those have been pretty sufficient?
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 11, 2010 5:34:47 GMT -5
The new UI is to help new players. I'd love feedback.
Tap a Sector and Ship stars flying there. Tap anywhere else, top moving.
Tap Adjacent Sector, Ship Flies there (today)
Long Press Any Sector for Detailed Zone Pop Up
Waypoints Remain as-is
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Concept: I am flying around, set a Waypoint to a Contract. It says to head SE, but that's not the right way -- I know I need to fly east first. I tap the last green sector 6 sectors away from me in green and the ship flies there.
Combat or whatever might interrupt, or I arrive safe. I see the Waypoint now says South and I consider my options. I use a few short single hex moves to make an efficient transit around a dead planet, and then another 6 hexes on auto pilot to travel south.
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 14, 2010 18:46:23 GMT -5
Autopilot feature is in testing now. Andrew helped out with the code and I am pretty happy.
It is smart enough to avoid Red Sectors, navigate around Dead Planets and Stars. Relatively smart (but not as smart as a good player I suspect) at estimating fuel cost for different paths.
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Post by jaden on Jan 30, 2011 14:19:24 GMT -5
I had already typed out a suggestion for this and found this post so I will put it here. Hope no one minds this being resurrected.
Course plotting seems to just set the destination but it doesn’t actually set a course on the map that you can follow. Also could it be possible to add an option to continue on destination after a pirate encounter or acknowledgment from merchants? For example make a button on the map to continue to destination or make it a check box option.
Autopilot is exactly what I was thinking about, and it could be setup to choose shortest route and or less fuel intensive route.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jan 30, 2011 15:10:21 GMT -5
we're working on a button that (without crashing any phone, ever) can auto-matically send you a waypath to the waypoint so that navigation is faster and more auto.
we're working on it. the challenge is that this game was written like a board game -- one move, one turn, on square.
early versions only allowed you to move into adjacent squares -- it used to take a LOT of tapping to get around haha. We're working to improve the UX without re-forging the entire game engine.
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