Get rid of all spaceship cockpits!

grammatonfeather · Nov 30, 2015

I am sick and tired of looking around and seeing instruments and floating huds. I didn't buy Elite to be bombarded with navigation data, target reticules, bobbleheads and furniture.

I just want to see a pair of hands floating in space.

Actually it might be a good idea to keep the seat and joysticks but everything else should go.

Unnecessary clutter.

I also want to see one key flight option... Flappy bird has this control mechanic and it works well.

OfftheRails · Nov 30, 2015

IMO planets and nebulae should go too. Too much clutter when you're trying to see the stars.

jrb · Nov 30, 2015

ship selection, module selection, srv's, commodities, rares.....all clutter....best to just shut the whole thing down.....*rolls eyes and moves on

grammatonfeather · Nov 30, 2015

Yes, I agree completely.

We should gather together and make a list of things we'd like to see removed.

That awful christmas crap is coming soon so perhaps we could see the current plethora of angular ships replaced with turkey styled birds.

The asteroids fields could be roast potatoes.

CMDR Kantos Kan · Nov 30, 2015

You can always hide all instrumentation by pressing Control+Alt+G...

tawittle · Nov 30, 2015

I think they need to add aiming down the sights so I can quickscope nerds from 3 kilometers away after doing a 360 roll.

Also I think pulse lasers need to be buffed so that they don't take any energy, it's dumb I have to keep pips to weapons in order to fire.

Im_Lost · Nov 30, 2015

All that black stuff in the background should go too!

stridecolossus · Nov 30, 2015

Agreed. Get rid of the monitors too, I can't see the view from my window, Clutter! Unnecessary!

Aussiedroid · Nov 30, 2015

That is what the debug view is for.

Getting rid of cockpits would just be silly IMO.

Privata · Nov 30, 2015

Hell remove players as well , they keep greifing the AI

DragoonKnight · Nov 30, 2015

grammatonfeather said:
I am sick and tired of looking around and seeing instruments and floating huds. I didn't buy Elite to be bombarded with navigation data, target reticules, bobbleheads and furniture.

I just want to see a pair of hands floating in space.

Actually it might be a good idea to keep the seat and joysticks but everything else should go.

Unnecessary clutter.

I also want to see one key flight option... Flappy bird has this control mechanic and it works well.

Everything should go. We can start by removing all these posts that complain about instruments, huds, navigation data, target reticules, bobbleheads and furniture.
Personally, I love the ship cockpits and would love to be able to look around them more. Even in debug camera mode it would be awesome.

grammatonfeather · Dec 1, 2015

Some great suggestions here except from DragonKnight who seems to like the cockpits. So I'm thinking perhaps keep the cockpits and get rid of everything else. He can look around the cockpits without the distraction of the outside stuff going on. Perhaps add additional Bobblehead slots (at least 20).

OfftheRails · Dec 1, 2015

There needs to be a second cockpit on the GroinScreen if you're going to do things properly.

Webferret · Dec 1, 2015

Honestly dont need Space Suits and Helmets either. Just hold you breathe and see how far you get each time you rebuy from death. Nothing worse then all those terrible nice gfx, displays telling you vital info etc. Hmm wonder if I can play with my monitor turned off, would be problem solved

Funniest thread I read this morning

Eelux Mott · Dec 1, 2015

I have a button on my monitor which disables all visual elements.

Sysmon · Dec 1, 2015

Eelux Mott said:
I have a button on my monitor which disables all visual elements.

I'm afraid of pushing that button, I might cease to exist...

S

Jakester13 · Dec 1, 2015

Absolutely hilarious thread! All of you need to be repped!

Huh? Where is the Rep thingumajig now anyhow?

tafkabb · Dec 1, 2015

You're all treating it as a big joke but it's not funny. Some of us want ultra-realistic immersion so, when I look around, I want to see a fat man wearing underpants, sitting in front of a PC eating Doritos

Lemonhoko · Dec 1, 2015

grammatonfeather said:
I am sick and tired of looking around and seeing instruments and floating huds. I didn't buy Elite to be bombarded with navigation data, target reticules, bobbleheads and furniture.

I just want to see a pair of hands floating in space.

Actually it might be a good idea to keep the seat and joysticks but everything else should go.

Unnecessary clutter.

I also want to see one key flight option... Flappy bird has this control mechanic and it works well.

So basically, you just want to load the game...and just float to your destination...dump all those gauges...no need to plot a course or worry about too much heat and stuff...you can always just restart in a sidey, yeah, the game is just too bogged down with worthless data on the screen.

Lets just smoke some Onionhead and float to our next destination.

Lord_Itchybum · Dec 1, 2015

Can I put my 2 cents in as well please? I have an issue with al the black on the screen. To me, it seems like the devs took the easy way out and just popped a few white full stops here and there. How about them removing al the black and filling the screen with some colour and stuff. I paid good money for a FULL game, not half a game.