Time for a more friendly Galaxy Map
So I've been playing for about a month and it's mainly good but the Galaxy map needs many changes:
1) Nice and easy, make the red a bit purple and/or the orange a bit yellow so I can differentiate between them without having to turn one off.
2) System finder, add a MRU!
3) Route finder, working out every possible route in a sphere centred on the current location is stupid, I can only go in one direction at a time so either calculate routes in a cone centred on my current view, or even better only calculate a route when I select a destination.
4) CRITICAL. When I view a system map, then when I close it I would like the galaxy map to be in the same place, reverting the view to current location every bloody time is a major pain. Perhaps a user option if there is anybody who prefers the current method.
5) The jump distance slider: Do not have it reset whenever you look at something, I've set it to maximum load so I want it to stay set at maximum load. Perhaps a "Lock" checkbox to allow user to select how this works for them.
6) Save the route when a game is saved.
7) Markers: Let me apply a marker to a system and have that saved so I can centre the map to that system on a single click. About 4 or 5 should be enough for most people.
8) The fast route is good and the economical route is quite good too but I would like a middle ground route as well, perhaps optimised to 1/2 to 2/3 max jump distance to get a good mixture of range and fuel consumption.
That's the few points I can remember at the moment, I'm sure there will be lot's more once I close this message.
So I've been playing for about a month and it's mainly good but the Galaxy map needs many changes:
1) Nice and easy, make the red a bit purple and/or the orange a bit yellow so I can differentiate between them without having to turn one off.
2) System finder, add a MRU!
3) Route finder, working out every possible route in a sphere centred on the current location is stupid, I can only go in one direction at a time so either calculate routes in a cone centred on my current view, or even better only calculate a route when I select a destination.
4) CRITICAL. When I view a system map, then when I close it I would like the galaxy map to be in the same place, reverting the view to current location every bloody time is a major pain. Perhaps a user option if there is anybody who prefers the current method.
5) The jump distance slider: Do not have it reset whenever you look at something, I've set it to maximum load so I want it to stay set at maximum load. Perhaps a "Lock" checkbox to allow user to select how this works for them.
6) Save the route when a game is saved.
7) Markers: Let me apply a marker to a system and have that saved so I can centre the map to that system on a single click. About 4 or 5 should be enough for most people.
8) The fast route is good and the economical route is quite good too but I would like a middle ground route as well, perhaps optimised to 1/2 to 2/3 max jump distance to get a good mixture of range and fuel consumption.
That's the few points I can remember at the moment, I'm sure there will be lot's more once I close this message.
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