Telescopic Zoom Feature

Aussiedroid

Aussiedroid
I would like to see a zoom feature, which I could use to look more closely on an area of space. A mini-telescope built into your ship or available for an upgrade. It should be able to be viewed via a screen on the cockpit somewhere in smaller form (toggle-able), or could switch to full screen view to see things in more detail.

It could be used to:

- See those ships slightly out of range to target or what action is going on in the near distance. (I find these things very hard to make out.)

- Could be used on a medium to long range if you have an upgraded unit to see further reaches of a system or neighbouring system.

- Could be used as an exploration tool, where you need to view a location/object/ship/structure via the telescope in order to target and travel to it. Find unique stories, unique items, a reward or achievement or an epic battle to fight.

- Having a full screen telescope would also provide a cockpit free screenshot window to take some beautiful shots.

- Could maybe be enhanced to see other spectral ranges, such as IR or radiation bands. This could also be used if areas where visibility were extremely low to allow navigation (ie dust clouds or extreme low light areas)

- Could be upgraded to follow locked targets to see them when out of cockpit view.

- Maybe other 'uses' I haven't thought of?

Cheers.
 

Zueuk

Zueuk
Aussiedroid said:
I would like to see a zoom feature, which I could use to look more closely on an area of space. A mini-telescope built into your ship or available for an upgrade. It should be able to be viewed via a screen on the cockpit somewhere in smaller form (toggle-able), or could switch to full screen view to see things in more detail.
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+1 of course, how come that we're in space - but don't have any telescope?

It could be used to:

- See those ships slightly out of range to target or what action is going on in the near distance. (I find these things very hard to make out.)

- Could be used on a medium to long range if you have an upgraded unit to see further reaches of a system or neighbouring system.

- Could be used as an exploration tool, where you need to view a location/object/ship/structure via the telescope in order to target and travel to it. Find unique stories, unique items, a reward or achievement or an epic battle to fight.

- Having a full screen telescope would also provide a cockpit free screenshot window to take some beautiful shots.

- Could maybe be enhanced to see other spectral ranges, such as IR or radiation bands. This could also be used if areas where visibility were extremely low to allow navigation (ie dust clouds or extreme low light areas)

- Could be upgraded to follow locked targets to see them when out of cockpit view.

- Maybe other 'uses' I haven't thought of?

Cheers.
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+2 for other spectral ranges
 

ClearanceClarence

C
+ 1

Great suggestions! ED needs this.

An optical zoom of sorts would tremendously improve the enjoyment of exploration. Being able to take in more of the stunning scenery and vistas the game offers, would ad immensely to immersion and overall gaming experience.
 

katheb

K
I would love that, imagine seeing a little zoomed in screen showing you your selected target so that you can see your lovely weapons ripping them apart shred by shred... Um I am a trader really.
 

snig

snig
Seconded,
A detailed surface scanner could have a telecopic component in the left or right pane, showing optical, IR, radiation, possibly chemical composition breakdown etc. That would make exploration far more epic!
 
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