UI
Specific Issues:
Suggested Fixes for the Issues:
Specific Issues:
- The Manage Bookmarks dialog is modal and makes the main galaxy map icons unselectable while it is in use. In particular, the exit button for the galaxy map is still visible but does nothing, and the exit button for manage bookmarks is in a different location.
- Bookmarks in the main galaxy map give no feedback as to their name, making them much less useful.
- Changing between on foot, SRV, SLF and main ship in the crotch panel is laborious.
- It can be annoying to find the right hotspot in the SRV to board it when on foot.
- DSS can only be accessed above a certain height in supercruise.
- The equipped tool of weapon resets between excursions on foot.
- The top part of the on-foot UI takes a long time to boot up and display its information, in particular the distance from previously collected samples. IT's quicker to try to take a sample than wait to see if you're the proper distance away.
Suggested Fixes for the Issues:
- Modal dialogs should remove inactive UI elements from windows behind them.
- Buttons that appear in multiple dialogs, such as 'exit' should be in exactly the same on-screen position in every dialog they appear in.
- Bookmarks on the main galaxy map should have a tooltip with their name (and probably 'rename', and 'delete' as options).
- Allow specific keybindings for things like 'disembark/board', 'deploy/board with SRV', 'launch SLF' so they can be done with a single keypress.
- Enlarge the hotspot for boarding the SRV so it's easier to find, and put the notification in the top right as for the ship instead of just the call-out from the SRV itself.
- Integrate the DSS info with the body view on the system map, so filters can be changed or inspected anywhere.
- Remember the last too9l/weapon selection between excursions on foot
- Alter the on-foot top display boot-up so sampling distance is visible sooner, or better still have some kind of additional UI element that says whether you are far enough away or not, even when in the SRV.