19 User Interface Problems

Nitram Draw · #1 June 27th, 2001, 10:46 PM

Check the hide obsolete designs in the construction window.

Suicide Junkie · #2 June 27th, 2001, 11:20 PM

A direct quote, which I answered.

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2 When ships are marked obsolete in the ship listing they don't appear in the construction ship listing

You are saying they do appear, and you want to get rid of them now, right?

In the ship designs window, "only show latest" should be on.
In a planetary window, "only latest" will apply to everything, facilities, units, ships, upgrades.

Be sure both of those options are checked. You can get at the planetary one through your empire options window, or through any construction queue.

Scott Barrie · #3 June 28th, 2001, 07:18 AM

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Originally posted by capnq:

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17. When you "Recover Units Remotely" from the sector you're in, it doesn't include the "Move to" command. This is problematic if you want a ship to move somewhere, and then return to its original sector and recover units remotely there.

I don't see what the problem is here. To do what you describe, all you have to do is give the ship the Move order, then the Recover Units order, specifying the appropriate location for each. You can give a ship several consecutive orders, and they'll be done in the order given.

Of course that can be done, but you shouldn't have to. Hence the nitpick. If you click Move To at position X, and then Recover Units at position Y, why should the game assume you want to recover units from position X?

There are work arounds to all the original 19 points, really.

Atrocities · #4 June 28th, 2001, 07:33 AM

Well I agree with a few of them, but I say send the entire list to Aaron as you have planned. I like the idea of ENTER closing the windows very much. I hate having to click CLOSE everytime.

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Scott Barrie · #5 June 28th, 2001, 09:41 AM

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Originally posted by Taqwus:
Interface thread. Must... post...

* A 'find system by name' option would be nice if there isn't one (I don't recall there being one).

Right click on the system map, then select "Goto System".

Jubala · #6 June 29th, 2001, 01:20 AM

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Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:
A minor point, since I agree with the rest of your post, but Acid Globules and Enveloping Acid Globules are both Weapon Family 29, and Plasma Charges and Hyper Plasma Bolts are both Weapon Family 26 in the standard components.txt file.

Man, Malfador is fast at responding to user requests!

Eh, no, they are not. I just checked to make sure. Acid Globules are in family 2033, Enveloping Acid Globules are in family 2034, Plasma Charge are in family 2028 and Hyper-Plasma Bolt are in family 2029.

DirectorTsaarx · #7 June 28th, 2001, 07:39 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaKodiak:
A minor point, since I agree with the rest of your post, but Acid Globules and Enveloping Acid Globules are both Weapon Family 29, and Plasma Charges and Hyper Plasma Bolts are both Weapon Family 26 in the standard components.txt file.

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Originally posted by Jubala:
Eh, no, they are not. I just checked to make sure. Acid Globules are in family 2033, Enveloping Acid Globules are in family 2034, Plasma Charge are in family 2028 and Hyper-Plasma Bolt are in family 2029.

Well, you're both right; remember that weapons have TWO family designations. A component family and a weapon family. I think the component family determines whether a component is upgraded when the "Upgrade" button on the ship design screen is used. I think the weapon family is used in the AI design files to determine if a particular weapon is used on a given ship design.

In other words, the acid globule and enveloping acid globule are in the same weapon family, and therefore the AI can use the same design entry to design ships with either weapon; but they're in different component families, so a human player can't just "Upgrade" a design with acid globules and get enveloping acid globules.