SE5 Demo Bug Reports & Annoyances/Requests

[AMF]

Ok, I'll power it up again and try that. That might help a lot.

For those people with gigantic hi res monitors, they could probably get away with the larger versions, maybe the resolution options in the setup screen could be made to automatically choose pic size to optimize visible system space?

edit: but smaller pics only really help IF they result in more visibile system space, so I can actually see planet names etc.

Captain Kwok said:
Note:

Clicking on the column header with the icon/image in lists or the log cycles through different pic sizes. For example, the log can have big, small, and none. For list screens like colonies, ships, planets etc., you can have normal, small, and none. This greatly increases the amount of rows for the list screens.

[Renegade 13]

MarkSheppard said:
I completely disagree. We're talking about interstellar spacecraft here.

Tell that to the 3D designers who did the models for the spacecraft. The hulls angle inwards, do all sorts of things, the majority of them are not simple square slabs.

I think I see what you mean now. True, it could have been done that way, but there is no real gameplay reason why it should be done that way, other than for a tiny bit more realism. However, something like slot layout when designing a ship doesn't really help to immerse me in the game any more than I already am. Perhaps it is different with other people though, such as youself.

[Raapys]

As it stands, I'd say the whole slot thingy is completely unnecessary and just make for more tedious designing; there's enough slots for 'anything' anyway, so why bother with it at all? It basically just make you place the components instead of simply clicking them. More work, same goal achived.

It could be made to actually serve a purpose following some of the suggestions here, but that would probably be too much work for little gain.

[wrongshui]

Raapys said:
As it stands, I'd say the whole slot thingy is completely unnecessary and just make for more tedious designing; there's enough slots for 'anything' anyway, so why bother with it at all? It basically just make you place the components instead of simply clicking them. More work, same goal achived.

The directional damage would not work if components didn't have a set position. I like it, the AI stick engines at the back of the ship, so a fleeing enemy is usual disabled.

[RonGianti]

Ok, stuck at work, but read all these reports and have a suggestion, if its not presumptious:

Might it be better if this was relabeled (and right quick!) as a Public Beta? WE (Aarons fan club!) understand that this is a work in progress, but when people see DEMO, they think (and rightly so) COMPLETED.

Maybe a simple relabling would calm some nerves?

Sign me Aarons fanboy

[Q]

Bug?
I gave an highly damage ship the order to await fire and be destroyed. And I had some other ships with fuctional weapons in that sector. Nothing happens.

[Phoenix-D]

Did the other ships have movement points? I just tried fire on and it did work..

[boran_blok]

Can the bugs be put in an issue tracking system somwhere ? (where aron can assign priorities, and where everyone can search if their bug has or hasnt been found)

My own contribution (maybe, havent red thru whole thread)

When opening up planet report in the tutorial (maybe elsewhere too) and then going to the structures tab, you can right click to open a detailed info screen of a structure. you can right click on any other structure even when it is underneath the now opened info screen. I understand multiple can be opened, but sending clicks thru a screen is not standard UI behaviour.

[boran_blok]

Another one, when designing a ship, when adding engines while holding shift. If you go over the maximum movement. If you then remove the engine by clicking on it once more while still holding shift (you hear the error sound) the engine is gone, but the warning of movement remains. only way to fix is to add or remove one engine without holding shift.

[boran_blok]

And another one, when editing ship type the ship list in the ship designer overview does not update to reflect the changed type.