Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List
A few user-interface enhacements (and one on fighters). Usability over eye-candy every time.
Large zoomable (2-D!) galaxy map, with detailed sidebar, so I can choose a system and get a list of planets, values etc in the sidebar. A bit like the old Mac classic Spaceward Ho!, or the little I saw of SE3.
What would be perfect for me would be the ability to 'zoom' to an area of the galaxy and show several systems as 'scaled-down' system maps. With fleet locations, WPs and ship movement lines, and ability to issue orders from here. I currently do this manually on a sheet of A3. See note on high resolution below!
Fleet list and galaxy map shown at same time, so I can
- see what fleets are in which system on the galaxy map.
- click on a fleet in the list and have its location highlighted in galaxy map.
Construction queue to show list and details for higlighted item at same time. Ability to select multiple queues and add same job (build a frigate at all 6 of these systems..)
Support for my 1600*1200 screen to show all this at once.. 8-)
Simplified, Starfire-like fighter combat with separate, low, 'anti-Fighter' hit probablities for most ship weaponry. One hit, one kill, no killing the whole stack.
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