Hi!
I have been playing ED for a few weeks now (happily flying around the fringes of the galaxy in a Cobra), but this is the first post from me in these forums. So far I've flown a Sidewinder (obv), adder, viper, cobra, type 6 and an asp and whilst I love how much detail has gone into the design of each ships cockpit, it really bothers me how the HUD assaults you with bar charts that fill your view screen every time you fly into a star and the fuel scoop activates. The fuel scoop 'dialogue' appears in almost the same way throughout the list of ships I've sampled so far. Is there some way of modifying where it appears in the HUD, maybe sticking it in the info display in the top right perhaps? Does it really need to take up that much space in the viewscreen? It's the only real gripe I have with the details in-game, and I've sort of circumvented it by powering the scoop off in the module options, but when I inevitably need to refuel...
I'm sure others feel the same way about how over-sized and in the way the fuel scoop dialogue is, but it's a minor annoyance that I can live with. It did make me think about HUD customization however. All HUDs are more or less the same between ships, and I for one wouldn't mind some alternative layouts or being able to plonk a bobblehead or a pair of fuzzy dice on the dash or something along those lines. A bit of a personal touch. Even changing the HUD colour scheme would be cool.
Anyway, cheers for reading my gripe and apologies if I'm repeating someone else's post here. I will give my 'mostly penniless' decals away to a victims of timewasting charity of the communities choice
I have been playing ED for a few weeks now (happily flying around the fringes of the galaxy in a Cobra), but this is the first post from me in these forums. So far I've flown a Sidewinder (obv), adder, viper, cobra, type 6 and an asp and whilst I love how much detail has gone into the design of each ships cockpit, it really bothers me how the HUD assaults you with bar charts that fill your view screen every time you fly into a star and the fuel scoop activates. The fuel scoop 'dialogue' appears in almost the same way throughout the list of ships I've sampled so far. Is there some way of modifying where it appears in the HUD, maybe sticking it in the info display in the top right perhaps? Does it really need to take up that much space in the viewscreen? It's the only real gripe I have with the details in-game, and I've sort of circumvented it by powering the scoop off in the module options, but when I inevitably need to refuel...
I'm sure others feel the same way about how over-sized and in the way the fuel scoop dialogue is, but it's a minor annoyance that I can live with. It did make me think about HUD customization however. All HUDs are more or less the same between ships, and I for one wouldn't mind some alternative layouts or being able to plonk a bobblehead or a pair of fuzzy dice on the dash or something along those lines. A bit of a personal touch. Even changing the HUD colour scheme would be cool.
Anyway, cheers for reading my gripe and apologies if I'm repeating someone else's post here. I will give my 'mostly penniless' decals away to a victims of timewasting charity of the communities choice