I don't know if this has already been suggested but I searched and did not see anything...
I would like to suggest a couple things that should not be too hard as you already have the modeling and rendering engines.
1) When you go into the shipyard, it would be cool if an option would be to view the shipyard, or if the background image changed to show a shipyard where all of the ships that shipyard sells can be seen. It would be a cool visual, which always makes a product look good, and give a good idea of ship sizes comparatively. Once space legs are developed a user could potentially walk or drive between the ships to view from a pedestrian angle.
2) This is similar but really the core of my request, and that is if you place your ship in storage at a station, it would be nice to be able to see all of your ships together. With the ability to customize the ships it would allow the user to see their unique style and fleet all at once. Similarly with space legs you could walk or drive to the ship you want to select out of your hanger.
In both these cases you don't need to change the interface much as it could just be an additional selection to "Enter Personal Hanger" or "Enter Sales Floor", or something similar that then cuts to a relatively generic warehouse with all of the ships rendered in it. Additionally, it would be an easy environment to cut teeth on a space legs model where all you are doing is getting out of a scarab to walk around the ship render.
I would like to suggest a couple things that should not be too hard as you already have the modeling and rendering engines.
1) When you go into the shipyard, it would be cool if an option would be to view the shipyard, or if the background image changed to show a shipyard where all of the ships that shipyard sells can be seen. It would be a cool visual, which always makes a product look good, and give a good idea of ship sizes comparatively. Once space legs are developed a user could potentially walk or drive between the ships to view from a pedestrian angle.
2) This is similar but really the core of my request, and that is if you place your ship in storage at a station, it would be nice to be able to see all of your ships together. With the ability to customize the ships it would allow the user to see their unique style and fleet all at once. Similarly with space legs you could walk or drive to the ship you want to select out of your hanger.
In both these cases you don't need to change the interface much as it could just be an additional selection to "Enter Personal Hanger" or "Enter Sales Floor", or something similar that then cuts to a relatively generic warehouse with all of the ships rendered in it. Additionally, it would be an easy environment to cut teeth on a space legs model where all you are doing is getting out of a scarab to walk around the ship render.