HUD colors, alternative functions, shape, placement.

[XYZ]

Hi again.
If this was already proposed then let this thread rot.

One of the main problem of ED gameplay is that all the ships feels more or less the same and this is by big part coz every ship has the same HUD display. When we are piloting our ships our main attention is given to information about distance, shield, radar and so on. We dont see our ships, we see all the same HUD over and over again.

My proposition is to give players option to customize HUD's of our ships - like paintjobs (yes if you want FD monetize it ... [alien]).

So customization should allow us :
- custom placement of different sections,
- custom colors of different sections,
- custom shapes and graphical layout of different sections, (for this one FD should make 3-4 variants of each section for player to choose).

This is not much work and will give great boost to immersion and fun from owning special ship.

Graphic below with HUD sections isnt mine and really dont know to whom i should give a credits. [noob]

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

+1

I'd like to adjust my HUD, so it matches my FOV setting. (Mine is set quite high, and the HUD feels a little small now).

Being able to adjust the position, size, and rotation on some items would be very handy indeed.

Not to mention colour, brightness and style.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[Krutek]

+1 good idea.

 

[DocLooshkin]

Hello, XYZ.

Honestly, if nothing is ever done with this, it wouldn't be a disaster. On the other hand, I have to agree that it really doesn't help the game that every ship has an utterly identical control interface. It's implausible and uncomfortably samey, after a while.

It would be good to get variations on the information we get, ideally varying by ship. If nothing else, we should be seeing some stylistic differences between manufacturers.

I don't know how costly it might be to develop, but it would be worth some effort, in my view.