Import / Export Bookmarks

kaivalagi · Oct 31, 2016

Now that we have far more interesting places being suggested to us through some of the passenger missions it's highlighting the vast number of great places to visit in the galaxy

Having the ability to both import and export bookmarks would be a great feature, allowing:

Storage to file of bookmarks for later use, allowing them to be cleared away from the game when not required and avoiding any maximum item count the game may impose
Create bookmarks from other players of the game without the need to enter names into the search box that are easily mis-typed
Allowing players to share any locations they find easily with other players

The format for the bookmarks could be some form of simple json or xml, easily understood and editable by hand if need be

e.g.

Code:

{
    "bookmarks": {
        "bookmark": {
            "name": "The Centre",
            "system": "Sagittarius A*",
            "body": "",
            "port": ""
        },
        "bookmark": {
            "name": "Jameson",
            "system": "Shinrarta Dezhra",
            "body": "",
            "port": "Jameson Memorial"
        },
        "bookmark": {
            "name": "Founders",
            "system": "Shinrarta Dezhra",
            "body": "Founders World",
            "port": ""
        }		
    }
}

or:

Code:

 <bookmarks>
  <bookmark>
    <name>The Centre</name>
    <system>Sagittarius A*</system>
    <body/>
    <port/>
  </bookmark>
  <bookmark>
    <name>Jameson</name>
    <system>Shinrarta Dezhra</system>
    <body/>
    <port>Jameson Memorial</port>
  </bookmark>
  <bookmark>
    <name>Founders</name>
    <system>Shinrarta Dezhra</system>
    <body>Founders World<body>
    <port/>
  </bookmark>  
 </bookmarks>

I assume there is some json/xml format native to the game for this data anyway, which is likely requested/responded with via a restful service for reading and writing anyway?

Import / Export Bookmarks

kaivalagi