I'd like to see...

[Cryptotec88]

the following information added to the Log screen that shows up at the start of each turn:

A Field that shows when ships have reached their destination. For example: Minelayer Swoop has reached Osshod VII in the Ossod Quadrant.

I get tired of having to go thru all of my ships every turn and occasionally I miss one of two who waste turns just sitting.

Am I missing something?

[Jubala]

Good idea. Also information about when a planet has finished it's construction queue and when a queue is empty. And a toggle on construction queues to report when they are empty so we can turn it of for all those domed colonies that won't build anything when they have all their facilities.

I'd also like to see more detailed minefield Messages. "The Eee have encounterd out minefield and lost 1 ship" is immensly unsatisfactory as it doesn't tell me what shipclass it is or what the name of the ship was. The same when I lose ships in an enemy field. "We have lost 7 ships" doesn't tell me much. I want to know what ships and with what cargo if any.

And combat reports as well. More details! In multilplayer games where people rename their ships I want to know the shipclass, not just the name. And when it comes to planets I want to know if I destroyed any cargo on it and how many facilities, what facilities and how many people died. A combat viewer (VCR) would be perfect. A modified Version of the tactical combat that just takes input and let's us watch would be good. With play, x2, x3, x4 and so on speed, pause (to check damage/cargo), fast forward, rewind, go to end, go to beginning type buttons.

[This message has been edited by Jubala (edited 30 November 2000).]

[Tampa_Gamer]

Agreed. One of the items in my wishlist to MM was a toggle button to indicate whether the planet should show up in the "Construction Queu" screen. This way we could toggle-off those small planets until we put a breathing race on it.