Status Icons
 

I was looking at the ICON bar today and it occured to me that there were Icons on the bar that I did not recogonize. I opened the HTML manual, but it did not have them listed. I would like to know what they are so here ya go.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1054690922.bmp

Re: Status Icons
 

That is "use component", unknown, "Use Facility" (not used in game AFAIK), and replay of selected ship's movement (I think maybe)

Read across/then down.

Re: Status Icons
 

Assuming you mean the red boxxed ones..

Top row left to right:
"use" item (emergency propulsion or supply pod, UNUSED

Second row left to right
[not sure, someone else will know answer], play movement log for all ships (simultaneous games)

Slick.

Re: Status Icons
 

I'm too slow... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: Status Icons
 

The button on the bottom right is actually "play movement log for all ships"

EDIT: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif read SJ's and not Slinky

[ June 04, 2003, 06:29: Message edited by: Phoenix-D ]

Re: Status Icons
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That button is evil incarnate. Never press it unless you have a few hours to kill. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's amazing! You read a post by someone that didn't even make a post in the thread! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ June 04, 2003, 06:32: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: Status Icons
 

Thanks Guys for the help. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Status Icons
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That button is evil incarnate. Never press it unless you have a few hours to kill. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Quote:

EDIT: read SJ's and not Slinky

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's amazing! You read a post by someone that didn't even make a post in the thread! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually, there is a way of speeding up the process so that it takes at most, seconds.

I click on a empty system and like magic it is over. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Similarly in a battle replay, just click on an empty spot away from the battle.

EDIT: Ooops, I could be wrong about the bottom right button. It works with the other buttons.

[ June 04, 2003, 07:12: Message edited by: tbontob ]

Re: Status Icons
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That doesn't work with the show log of all ships button. What it does is systematically go through every ship you own and show its movement log. I have tried getting out of it, but the only things possible are waiting it out and ctrl + alt + del.

And in regards to your edit, yeah, you are wrong about the show for all ships button. It is indeed evil incarnate. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ June 04, 2003, 08:09: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: Status Icons
 

so we don't know what the one that looks vaguely like a spiral is?

Re: Status Icons
 

Nope.

Re: Status Icons
 

That evil incarnated button may also crash your game, if it feels that the replay isn't long enough to cause enough pain!

Re: Status Icons
 

holding mouse over it will not work??? (on work computer)

Re: Status Icons
 

I had read not to use that replay ship movement. Something about not working correctly, so I just try to remember what I am doing, it is hard, but I get by.

Re: Status Icons
 

It always works for me. Works too well, even. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: Status Icons
 

Yeah, replay all ship movements is real EVIL. Every time I click it, I had to use Cntrl-Alt-Del.

Why MM keeps it still ? Surely nobody use it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Re: Status Icons
 

To quote the HTML manual that button is "Not being used."

Edit: I'm talking about the swirly looking button.

[ June 05, 2003, 02:43: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

Re: Status Icons
 

I seem to remember the swirly button being activated for a while, during Classic beta (somewhere in v0.20 thru v0.99). I can't for the life of me remember what it was for, though... I think it was during a test multiplayer game I was having with Rambie, and I recall thinking "why does that have a button?"...

Maybe I'm just remembering going through all the interface files and changing the blue borders to red, to see what it looked like... I did do that around the same time.