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Rank: Director Main: Jeff_L Level: 1969 Joined: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:21 am Posts: 3894 Location: Santa Clara, CA |
This proposal is to make an optional C1-like docked UI on the left side of the screen which will be defaulted to on for new players, but can be turned off, which would revert the UI to how it currently is.
The chat would get moved somewhat to the right to make room, and the left would be fully split between inventory and galaxy map. Floaties would wrap around to the inside of the dock. Your ship would then be centered in the non-dock portion of the screen, i.e. a bit to the right of the center of your monitor. A mockup is attached. The reasoning behind this is that we saw in the livestream of a new player trying the game that he got really confused by the inventory. If the inventory is permanently visible, then maybe it will make more sense. I've also been playing with my windows here recently and actually think I prefer it this way and think a lot of other people might, too. This suggestion will go well with other suggestions regarding replacing the gal map with a c1-like version. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ For support, please create a support ticket here and I will get back to you as soon as possible. About Star Sonata. |
Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:19 am |
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Main: None
Level: 0 Joined: Wed May 02, 2012 10:21 am Posts: 992 |
Implement as soon as possible please. This is a great proposal.
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Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:37 am |
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Rank: Main: DefQon1 Level: 5100 Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:28 am Posts: 2642 |
Dark Brotherhood wrote: Implement as soon as possible please. This is a great proposal. Then vote yes x3 . http://blog.starsonata.com/suggestions _________________ Original 666kane666. |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:40 am |
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Main: enkelin
Level: 5600 Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:28 pm Posts: 11109 |
I think new players are confused more because they have no idea what all the little UI features mean. The button for inventory is hidden away in the bottom right corner and the image on it has really nothing to do with an inventory. The same goes for most other features of the UI as well.
I don't know of any modern games with a permanently displayed inventory. That was one of the most regressive aspects of C1 in my opinion as well. The way forward is to make it so new players don't have to struggle to figure out how to open up things like the inventory and map, not to permanently paste these on the screen. _________________ Hi, I'm Anil, a long-time player turned developer. I am Star Sonata's lead content developer, which means that I run weekly dev meetings and make sure that any proposed changes to the game receive proper review before going live. http://www.starsonata.com/features |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:37 am |
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Rank: Peon Main: Dindu Nuffin Level: 3522 Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:44 pm Posts: 2156 Location: Californication |
The problem with this is the advantage players get while playing in c2 over c1 mode. obviously playing in c2 mode will grant a larger view than players in c1 mode.
Its kind of the same thing that happened in c1 were players with a huge resolution were able to see far past players with a smaller screen/resolution. _________________ Death to Pirates! http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2103/mutes.jpg |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:14 pm |
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Main: Time Warp
Level: 3332 Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:59 am Posts: 3736 Location: Australia |
Can we also have a target box back with arrows and iamges that actually work?
That would be great with this suggestion Timmeh _________________ andezrhode2a wrote: Timmeh is the exception to every rule. Battlecruiser23 wrote: /Timmeh! I mean /signed! sabre198 wrote: 1. Create C2 2. Time Warp quits 3. New players join 4. ... Profit?!? |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:44 pm |
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Rank: Peon Main: Xantra Level: 2904 Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:54 pm Posts: 456 Location: UK |
Follow EVE Online's example and make all UI elements resizable, lockable and perhaps with adjustable transparency. To appease people who don't care and don't want to fiddle with it, make a couple of "preset" UI options, potentially including this one.
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Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:06 pm |
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Rank: Main: DefQon1 Level: 5100 Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:28 am Posts: 2642 |
Its fucking optional lol.. People that downvoted it on the polls seemed to have missed the first word of the suggestion...
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Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:43 pm |
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Rank: Soldier Main: LemonPrime Level: 8087 Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:14 pm Posts: 5747 |
Yes please. As someone who moves his shit around to match C1, this sounds great.
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Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:14 pm |
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Rank: Peon Main: Acheron Level: 1836 Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:55 am Posts: 223 |
in addition to this, can we also please have a button that closes all open inventory windows of other owned ships?
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Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:52 am |
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Rank: Peon Main: Acheron Level: 1836 Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:55 am Posts: 223 |
just had another idea on this one actually: how about making it slide to disappear whenever your mouse isnt near the left side of the screen for some time, and make it slide to visibility when your mouse is all left? that would still keep the bigger screen when you don't directly NEED the docked info
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Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:01 am |
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Rank: Main: Kyp Level: 3482 Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:49 pm Posts: 1172 Location: my desk |
A more generalized (and more likable?) version of this would be to add the ability to pin any gui item to its current location, with said selections being saved (to user disk). That way people can build their vaunted C1 docked UI on the side if they want or do whatever else they might want. Sometimes you dont want to be able to move pieces of the gui with slight misclicks
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Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:45 am |
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Rank: Main: Dark Steel Level: 9138 Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:35 am Posts: 2068 Location: Netherlands |
paxiprime wrote: The problem with this is the advantage players get while playing in c2 over c1 mode. obviously playing in c2 mode will grant a larger view than players in c1 mode. Its kind of the same thing that happened in c1 were players with a huge resolution were able to see far past players with a smaller screen/resolution. Could just make it zoom out a bit further to give the same view area? _________________ ~DarkSteel / Auxilium ![]() ![]() Universe Map: http://www.starsonata.com/map/ |
Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:04 pm |
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Rank: Director Main: Joan Of Arcade Level: 109 Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 2:57 am Posts: 35 Location: Mar Sara outpost 28 |
YES !
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Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:45 pm |
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Rank: Director Main: Casper_God Level: 4428 Joined: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:54 am Posts: 192 |
I keeping checking the forums every few weeks to see if this has been implemented yet....it's the only thing putting me off from returning since it got the graphical overhaul...i just can't get used to having so many windows floating around
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