Growing concern - but optimistic

[Santiago]

If you don't need to see the ships, that's great. But some of us do and its not an aesthetic issue. Why bother having flashy 3d graphics if you can't see them and enjoy the game?
Why should modders be bothered to make shipsets (which are very popular) if all you can see is some small dot when viewing the entire system. Maybe MM should shrink the planets -don't need to see them either.

I know you can change the shipsize but its time consuming and tedious. The graphics seem way out of proportion imo.

[Phoenix-D]

Santiago said:
If you don't need to see the ships, that's great. But some of us do and its not an aesthetic issue. Why bother having flashy 3d graphics if you can't see them and enjoy the game?

Hey, you just defined an aethetic issue! Or at least what I *meant* when I said that.

And that's all I'm going to say about that, other than to note that I hope you never encounter drones in SE5 combat (oh dear are those things tiny).

[Santiago]

Its a playbility issue causing uneeded frustration. Even though I like SEV more after playing the demo a few more times- in its present state its not worth buying it at this time. Not for just this issue but all of them as a whole. I hve built the drones. They are way too small. But I think some should wait for SEVI: the text based version. no graphics at all.

[Phoenix-D]

So, STARS minus a few bitmaps?

[Santiago]

Pretty much and I still play STARS every once in while. Great game. But there's little point in arguing it. I'm not going to change your mind and you're not going to change mine. I see little chance of it being changed.

[Santiago]

Hold the shift key down to put multiple components on ships

[Phoenix-D]

Snafu: you want the SHIFT key. Hold it down while placing and another component pops onto the cursor. Just release it right before you place the last component.

Works for removing components as well.

The SE4 UI was a bit better than SE5's, but I don't think it was that efficient.

Santigo: now you've got me imaging a SE roguelike, too. Which would be..interesting, to say the least.

I think the drones are stealth. No see, no shoot.

[Black_Knyght]

Santiago said:
Its a playbility issue causing uneeded frustration.

That's the best point I've seen yet.

I play a game for fun and relaxation, not to add stress or frustration to my day. So far that's all I'm getting from my efforts to give SEV a chance. I have tried, over and over and over, to get past the issues that bug me and see what might be just around the corner.

I'm not seeing that corner at all.