You could try increasing the gamma setting in your display properties. If you're desperate you could try increasing the Star Ambient Color setting at the beginning of each Map_* file (you'd have to restart for the changes to take effect though). That sets the base lighting level in system, a value of 255, 255, 255 would make everything in the system fully lit from all sides.
Torps have base speed of 0.8 ( 800 in-game ), the speed setting for Bolts and Torpedoes is in the Main_BitmapEffects.txt file. They seem pretty good to me, but I'm flying around in a battleship with a top speed of 600.
I think adding waypoints on the nav map would be an excellent addition. Hopefully that makes it in.
[ October 14, 2003, 04:47: Message edited by: Mehrunes ]