Anyone else have touble seeing the tiny ships?

jpinard · #1 January 5th, 2001, 04:10 AM

When people make shipset mods, it would be nice if they could all maximize the space provided by the pixels so the ships aren't so hard to decipher (sooo tiny!).

Just a thought. I have a 19" monitor and it's real hard to tell the difference between ships.

Tampa_Gamer · #2 January 6th, 2001, 02:15 AM

So do I - I'm with you.

Nyx · #3 January 5th, 2001, 06:47 PM

Well, I don't think they should necessarily use all the space, I like seeing small ships and big ships. But when they're small and black they get lost against the background. Including some exhaust trails or something in the remaining space might be a nifty compromise.

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Tomgs · #4 January 5th, 2001, 09:00 PM

The Sallega ships are the smallest I have seen. They can sneak up on you because they are so small they just about dissapear into the background. Maybe its a stealth trait for their race. Even when I know there is one in the system sometimes it takes a while to see it. I just tend to overlook a graphic that small.

Puke · #5 January 5th, 2001, 09:49 PM

heh, if you want to be a real dick when you are fighting humans, make a ship set that looks like part of the starfield. of course, you will probably forget about your own ships that way too.

no, i would never do that. sheesh.

Nyx · #6 January 5th, 2001, 10:24 PM

But the trick is, that you can cycle through the "next ship" selector to find all your own ships, and he can't. The downside is that you'd need to make your race flag look like the starfield too or you'd never be able to put more than one ship in an square without losing the stealth bonus.

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