News Ticker in HUD.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
Hello CMDRs!

I had an idea, while looking at my phone, about having a news ticker in the HUD that simply scrolls through the headlines for the latest news. Somewhere up near the clock seems fitting.
(Can be turned off in the functions menu).

Seems like a good way to promote the headlines rather than using the launcher.(I've usually forgotten about any interesting stories by the time the game loads! Lol)

With just a basic ticker, if you notice a headline that's interesting to you, you open galnet to read it.

It could be expanded later on, to have "breaking news", which could be used for all sorts, like new CGs starting, a Thargoid attack, and even procedural news and events, etc.

Thoughts?

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
 

Sir.Tj

The Moderator who shall not be Blamed....
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Sir.Tj
I like the idea of a Galnet RRS feed in the game. :)
 
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Winterwalker

Winterwalker
Could be OP. Or what about a new galnet, update alert in your comms panel? Just throwing that out there.

Do wish the button in left panel said Galnet (instead of Galactic Powers) though. Makes sense to have Powerplay stashed underneath (aka Power info, as provided by Galnet) but, front and centre, ship system wise, Galnet should be the higher level, imho. Only bugs me a little bit .. but does bug me. Thanks in advance, for fixing.

:D
 

Ozric

Volunteer Moderator
Ozric
Anything that brings Galnet more into play in the game can only be a good thing. Not overly sure about the idea of a ticker (though it being optional is a good thing ;)) but it's definitely the right direction to be moving.
 

GreyAreaUK

GreyAreaUK
Ozric said:
Anything that brings Galnet more into play in the game can only be a good thing. Not overly sure about the idea of a ticker (though it being optional is a good thing ;)) but it's definitely the right direction to be moving.
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Agreed, although I'm definitely a bit leery of anything that makes the HUD busier than it already is.
 

Jintosh

Jintosh
I think it would be a great idea to have a galnet ticker. It would be good if the ticker could grab local news feeds as well, there are times when I've found interesting/useful news in a local station's feed, but it's been out of date
 

b101uk

B
you would need various user specific filters, and route specific filters, which dictate the type of Galnet content delivered and when.
 

Cmdr Kurnek

Cmdr Kurnek
Only if they seperate out the 'reports' section of galnet. Nobody needs to hear which 10 random systems are in war and what systems are changing hands in powerplay for the billionth time. It's the reason I never bothered catching up with the news in galnet, because theres so much non-story spam to scroll through.
 

Cucco-Master

Cucco-Master
This is a great idea per se, but for it to be of much use, we would first need a major increase of information that actually appears on GalNet. Basically so that the average commanders can, you know, actually read about what's going on in the galaxy story-wise without having to leave the game *unhealthy-sounding cough*
 

Jethro49

Jethro49
In addition to the op, if the ticker could broadcast local news (I mean those we can read in a station), that would be great...
 

[Diplomacy] Carnegie

[Diplomacy] Carnegie
Cmdr Beeston said:
Only if they seperate out the 'reports' section of galnet. Nobody needs to hear which 10 random systems are in war and what systems are changing hands in powerplay for the billionth time. It's the reason I never bothered catching up with the news in galnet, because theres so much non-story spam to scroll through.
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This ^

99% of Galnet content is of no interest to anyone - and the remaining 1% only ever gets posted on a Friday anyway.
Local Galnet is the same, only worse.
 
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