New IDEA for an upcoming patch !

RiTz21 · #1 May 22nd, 2002, 05:51 PM

Greetings from Montreal, Canada !

Note: I've NOT red the entire postings.. so this might have been suggested before...)

I've got a small suggestion for the designers of the game - not sure if they would read this but here goes...

When you design a unit/ship, it would be nice to have an additionnal button (similar to the "Only Latest" button) that would allow you to show ONLY the Components that FIT on your current design.

Let me explain further - This New button (toggle) would hide ALL components that cannot FIT the REMAINING space of the Unit you are designing !

For example, if I design an Escort (150 kt), actvating this "Hide Exceeding" button would NOT show me the Construction Yard Component (400Kt) as it does'nt fit in the remaining space left (150Kt).

Then for my Escort, if I add a Bridge to my design (space left = 140Kt), the REPAIR BAY (150 Kt) would dissapear from the component list.

So as you ADD more and more components to the design, you'll see only the components that can fit the remaining space. And of course if you REMOVE a component, the component list will re-add the components that were previously removed because of space limitation.

Your thoughts are welcome !

A bientot!
RiTz21

Skulky · #2 May 25th, 2002, 05:25 AM

As with all aditions you can always turn them off if you dislike them so this wouldn't be so bad if ppl didn't like it. However, i sometimes add more of a certain component adn then take off the old ones or whatever but overall i t hink this could be really good.

jimbob · #3 May 25th, 2002, 05:36 AM

Hi RiTz21,

That's a new one for me... I don't think anyone has suggested the "Hide Exceeding" button before. It would sure speed up the ship design process if Space Yard, all the Colonizers etc. would disappear during the process of building a scout! It would be especially useful for some mods in which there are nearly a hundred components to choose from (or so it seems)

Montreal! Unless I'm mistaken you're our first Montrealer here. My wife and I honeymooned in Montreal, v. nice city.

Taera · #4 May 25th, 2002, 08:03 AM

Great idea. Would be realy handy.

Crazy_Dog · #5 May 25th, 2002, 10:40 AM

That one helps

PDF · #6 May 25th, 2002, 02:12 PM

Nice but quite cosmetic, isnt'it ? I'd rather have a better AI and a scenario editor

... (but I know I won't ...)

BTW, Taeva, did you order SEIVG or not yet ?

[ May 25, 2002, 13:13: Message edited by: PDF ]

Baron Munchausen · #7 May 25th, 2002, 08:08 PM

Eh... as long as it's a button, that is optional, it would be ok. I frequently over-load my designs in order to have all I want in the hull and then make the hard choices of what to delete until it all fits.

Tenryu · #8 May 26th, 2002, 01:06 AM

Something new under the sun!
Nice thinking!