Back to Elite and the Starmap is a mess

[Zaite12]

Seriously, who designed this ? Was it for a Console? It's slow, VERY SLOW, not orientated to PC, not orientated to anything as far as I can tell.

FDev has reallt lost the idea of PC Gaming.

PC GAMING

Get it into your heads. It's such a shame to see the destruction of this game over 8 years. Real shame.

 

[Factabulous]

Don't worry - you'll get the hang of it if you persevere. Or upgrade to Odyssey - that has a much nicer set of maps

 

[myothershipisacobraiv]

It's annoying at first but it works alright after you get used to the icons. The UI gets made by the books of some edumacated UI knowledge but nobody outside of the UI guys has that knowledge.

The slowness might go away. Elite does this thing whereby it's crunching something sometimes and then it disappears and it runs better. Pre-computing of some kind? Cache building? Don't know. I don't find the galmap as having any particular performance problems.

 

[Zaite12]

I think I've got the hang by now. Talking about how this new galazy map is. It's a joke.

 

[Frop]

Ah, constructive criticism. I could tell from the censored profanity in the title.

 

[Zaite12]

Where has the spacebar gome in the galaxy map? How do you instantantly select a destination?

 

[Zaite12]

How can you fly a neutron star, and HOLD THE MOUSE? this is insane, where has spacebar gone. I just want to spacebar select a target. omg this is a mess

 

[Darrack]

O7

 

[Red Anders]

Don't know. I don't find the galmap as having any particular performance problems.

It doesn't have 'performance problems' as such, in terms of lag and so on. It is however a trash fire. I find myself playing in Horizons unless I'm doing something Odyssey-specific because everything is such a chore, hidden away behind endless buttons and mouse clicks. Hold to plot also drives me insane, the one thing that I want to be a click isn't. I just can't get along with it. It is in no way an improvement.

Many of the UI changes are an improvement, or are at least no worse than the old UI. The galmap though, no. Sorry but no.

 

[Factabulous]

Live blogging your first day back - cool!

 

[myothershipisacobraiv]

It doesn't have 'performance problems' as such, in terms of lag and so on. It is however a trash fire. I find myself playing in Horizons unless I'm doing something Odyssey-specific because everything is such a chore, hidden away behind endless buttons and mouse clicks. Hold to plot also drives me insane, the one thing that I want to be a click isn't. I just can't get along with it. It is in no way an improvement.

Many of the UI changes are an improvement, or are at least no worse than the old UI. The galmap though, no. Sorry but no.

I never hold to plot. I just click the star and click the route plot button. Hold to plot is super jank and was clearly aimed at controller usability.

 

[thistle]

Live blogging your first day back - cool!

First day back at Primary School.

 

[Zaite12]

Live blogging your first day back - cool!

Shame what this junk has become. I can't throw enough haedware at this tr=a=s=h

 

[thistle]

This thread reminds me. I have beer.

 

[Northpin]

Seriously, who designed this ? Was it for a Console? It's slow, VERY SLOW, not orientated to PC, not orientated to anything as far as I can tell.

FDev has reallt lost the idea of PC Gaming.

PC GAMING

Get it into your heads. It's such a shame to see the destruction of this game over 8 years. Real shame.

If this is about the Odyssey, unfortunately you'll get used to it (eventually). It does have some nice things, but i still prefer the Horizons starmap.
Else, i'll take my coat

 

[Frop]

Goodbye, mature level-headed individual.

 

[myothershipisacobraiv]

Shame, dead game, trash, think we've covered all the bases of Z swagger.

Nope, we're missing something. Somebody do something based.

@Zaite Don't forget to charge consultation fee.

 

[Old Duck]

Are we talking about the galaxy map? I actually like the galaxy map (Horizons). In fact, it's one of my favorite things in Elite. I really miss it when I'm toying around with Space Engine.

Seriously, it's actually very, very nice IMO.

 

[Northpin]

This is NOT about odessey, it's about BASIC NAV. Jesus who gets these idiots that can't read

So you played 5000 hours and you forgot how Horizons looks and feel
Or you just remembered why you left last time?

 

[aRJay]

So you played 5000 hours and you forgot how Horizons looks and feel
Or you just remembered why you left last time?

They did revamp the galaxy map a lot a few years ago changing the tabs and the icons IIRC there were the usual complaints about the changes at the time, perhaps they have been away since before that change.