Fixing the Horrid UI

[Noble713]

Fleets
If you select a fleet and right-click to bring up its report, it will display the attack/defense formations, list all the ships, and display TF information on a sub-tab, and the warp transit order on a sub-tab. You can't change any of this stuff without leaving the Fleet Report. I shouldn't have to go to the Fleet Transfer Screen to change the Task Force formations and strategies for a single fleet I'm looking at already.

Fleet Report
Task Forces Tab:
-Clicking on the attack/defense formations and strategies should open up a drop-down box so you can change them.
-Double-clicking on the Task Force Name should allow you to edit it.
Warp Transit Order Tab:
-Add "Move up" and "Move down" buttons so players can edit the fleet's transit order directly.

Fleet Transfer Screen:
-Should be able to change Fleet/Task Force names by double-clicking on the text.
-Instead of the buttons along the bottom, should be able to change strategies and formations by clicking on them, opening up a drop-down box.
-Double clicking on ships should add them to/remove them from currently-selected task force.

[dmm]

Most-needed UI fixes, IMHO, in order of importance:

#1: show what a planet is building in the info that first comes up when you click on a planet. Instead of "click, q, Esc" or "click, right-click, Esc" you should just have "click."

#2: a hotkey for facilities.

#3: a hotkey for cargo (planets or ships)

[Actually, I much prefer SEIV's 2D top-down UI (although I do like SEV's hexagon grid better than SEIV's square grid). I'd make THAT my #1, except I know that ain't gonna happen.]

[Captain Kwok]

You can play top-down in SE:V too...

[Raapys]

Problem with SE V's top-down is the fact that half the screen is actually unused when you zoom that far out. I play near-top-down( i.e. zoomed out until the top and bottom of the sector just fits in my view), can't understand how anyone would want to play with the 'standard' setting new games start with O_O

[dmm]

Captain Kwok said: You can play top-down in SE:V too...

Yeah, but only if you zoom out so far that everything is tiny. Plus the flags are "on edge" and unviewable. Unless you know something that I don't (90% possibility).

[Spectarofdeath]

Give me back SEIV with 3d combat and update graphics!!!

[dmm]

#4: a way to dismiss Log items as you deal with them (along with a filter to show only non-dismissed items).

[dmm]

#5: an easy way to change decks in Ship Design screen (e.g., up/down arrows or PageUp/Down or 1/2/3) while you are "holding" a component on your cursor.

[dmm]

BTW, I like the new ship design method, even though it does take more time. It feels more realistic (LOL at goofy self). I only wish it were more functional as far as gameplay (e.g., weapon arcs, shield arcs, engine placement affects directional acceleration). Nothing too too complicated, though, lest it bring the CPU to its knees.