Momentum Scrolling and Navigation

[Damaso]

Many of us have devices which allow for momentum scrolling - ie you flick your finger across the screen and the page (galaxy) continues to scroll even though finger is not on the screen. Is this an easy-do? (Although, this would be pointless if you added in a center on waypoint feature...)

Also, pinch-zoom would be fracking awesome.

Also, setting multiple waypoints/order waypoints are set once the current one is reached (a la destinations via, say, google maps). For example: Player has 5 contracts. Looks at zoom map - pinches to zoom out, picks out all 5 waypoints in the most efficient order, and away we go!

[Cory Trese]

Supporting the Android onFling() method (which is probably what you think of as momentum scrolling) is not a device requirement, it is really up to the developer to support or not support this in the drawing surface.

The drawing surface (space map) in Star Traders is a rudimentary implementation which, while functional, lacks many of the nice features that will be found in later games.

CyberKnights, for example, supports flick/fling scrolling and zoom in/zoom out and a host of other touch and navigation features. As that second-generation drawing surface matures in the beta and CK release, I will be working to port those features back to Star Traders RPG.

[slayernz]

The zoom map is of Narvidian technology and let's face it, we're just happy that it works and that we can get from A to B on it. Early versions of the interface always seemed to navigate you to the nearest alien-infested planet.