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PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
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Posted - 2013.06.03 17:02:00 -
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So, I came up with this idea the other day when asking for an easier way to set a destination. Currently, I use the map (F10, wait for it to load, type in system name, search, right click on system, set destination) which is 6 steps just to set a destination.
The other process, is to type out the system name in a chat field, highlight it, right click, autolink it as a solar system, then right click the now linked text, and hit set destination (also 6 steps).
Why is this process SO arbitrary?
Wait, didn't we just get a new fancy autopilot menu and destination bar?
Why can't I click on that, type the name of the system I want to go to, and have it set automatically?
So, click the bar (or since that currently changes how the bar is displayed, maybe a faint + sign at the end to indicate a new destination) type in where you want to go, hit enter, destination set.
You could add in all sorts of presets for it as well, I'd love it if I could type in Jita 4 4 and have it take me to that station. Since EVE lexicon almost always stats things as system planet # moon #, it could be pretty easy to make interpretative fields.
Dodixie 2 3 - Dodixie system, second planet, third moon (station if preferable).
I'd rather have that than having to spell out the name of the entire NPC station I want to set the destination to.
Typing Jita 4 4 is infinitely better than typing Jita 4 4 Navy assembly plant structure Kallakitoakwendaw array factory plant Or whatever the hell the stations are named. |
Aurora Fatalis
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.06.03 17:10:00 -
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Sounds good. |
Thorian Crystal
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
Sanctuary Pact
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Posted - 2013.06.03 20:06:00 -
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Also it is awkward when I have a route, but then there are 3 jump gates marked yellow. How hard is it to mark only the next jump gate yellow? Just add a check which one of the yellows is the next one in the route, and unyellow the rest. |
Trolly McForumalt
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
14
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Posted - 2013.06.03 21:18:00 -
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You use the map? Why don't you just go to 'people & places' (or whatever it's called - should be the same tab as your contacts & bookmarks)?
Edit: Having a drop down text box in the current nav UI would be pretty nifty. |
Trolly McForumalt
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
14
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Posted - 2013.06.03 21:20:00 -
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Thorian Crystal wrote:Also it is awkward when I have a route, but then there are 3 jump gates marked yellow. How hard is it to mark only the next jump gate yellow? Just add a check which one of the yellows is the next one in the route, and unyellow the rest.
Are you talking about the route UI? The colors correspond with sec status. |
Ehcks Argentus
EVE University
Ivy League
6
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Posted - 2013.06.03 22:16:00 -
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Trolly McForumalt wrote:Thorian Crystal wrote:Also it is awkward when I have a route, but then there are 3 jump gates marked yellow. How hard is it to mark only the next jump gate yellow? Just add a check which one of the yellows is the next one in the route, and unyellow the rest. Are you talking about the route UI? The colors correspond with sec status.
When you set a route, your overview turns the gates and stations you're traveling to yellow. Normally this is great. But if you have a path that backtracks through a system, two gates or stations will be yellow. A complicated enough route can have a lot of yellow spots.
I agree, it should follow the path you set and only make the next one yellow. |
Adunh Slavy
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Posted - 2013.06.04 01:30:00 -
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Ehcks Argentus wrote:
When you set a route, your overview turns the gates and stations you're traveling to yellow. Normally this is great. But if you have a path that backtracks through a system, two gates or stations will be yellow. A complicated enough route can have a lot of yellow spots.
Right click the name, in the route area for the next gate, warp to, jup etc are there. Don't have to worry about which yellow gate is next |
SGT FUNYOUN
Arachnea Phoenix Battalion
Hoodlums Associates
68
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Posted - 2013.06.04 01:40:00 -
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OH MY GOD YESSSS!!!
+1 CCP Please. |
BlakPhoenix
Veni Vidi Vici Reloaded
Darkspawn.
23
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Posted - 2013.06.04 09:17:00 -
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yessss, desto bar with search field for region, constellation, system, station, bookmarks, etc. |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
352
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Posted - 2013.06.18 19:11:00 -
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Bump to hopefully get a "oh hey, good idea" response from important people. |
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Schmata Bastanold
Keep It Burning Stupid
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Posted - 2013.06.18 19:16:00 -
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Sorry to disappoint you but this +1 is only from me, nobody among nobodies.
I am not my skills but...
http://eveboard.com/pilot/Schmata_Bastanold |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
353
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Posted - 2013.06.24 20:12:00 -
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Schmata Bastanold wrote:Sorry to disappoint you but this +1 is only from me, nobody among nobodies.
It's okay I'll still take the +1. |
Commander Ted
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
737
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Posted - 2013.06.24 20:45:00 -
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my god i have been wondering about this for years.
one of the most frequent activities i perform in this game requires navigating multiple menus, it is ******* stupid.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=174097 Separate all 4 empires in eve with lowsec. |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
359
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Posted - 2013.06.27 17:55:00 -
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Yay I got a CSM to like my post, to bad he didn't comment. James Argent, what a scumbag ;).
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Tiberius Steiner
Fair Trade Holding
2
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Posted - 2013.06.27 21:16:00 -
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+1 Great Idea. I become insane with this tricky process of setting the right destination. But then, when you set several destinations you get two or more yellow gates.. Ahhhrg..!!! |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
367
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Posted - 2013.07.11 18:32:00 -
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Bump because its July, and I posted this in the reasonable ideas thread. |
ratuchikaka
Endless Void FW
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Posted - 2013.07.11 19:15:00 -
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OP you should read #4
Anyways typing "Jita 4 4" on People & Places would be great. +1 |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
367
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Posted - 2013.07.11 21:04:00 -
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ratuchikaka wrote:OP you should read #4
Anyways typing "Jita 4 4" on People & Places would be great. +1
I do that sometimes, but I don't know if that is any faster/less effort than using the map. I use people/places to search for people usually so my preset settings are often for corp/character. Usually I find it easier to hit (F10 > click map options if not open> type destination > right click > Set destination). But that process involves the star map usually not having tiles/sov switched on which makes the load time atrocious.
For the people/places menu it would be (press people and places, select the right drop down box, search for destination, right click, set destination) so not really terribly more efficient, I also find drop down boxes to be a pain in the ass (I use them a lot in RL work but whatever).
Either path currently works, but they both work badly. It would be much easier to add a little plus icon next to Destination, have it instantly bringing up the search, and just start typing. Having a live search would be even better, so just typing in Am would bring up all systems with those first two letters, and so on as you type it out. Click the system you want, destination set. Or hell, add the ability to simply press the down arrow and enter, doubly easy.
There is a lot of ease and functionality that could be built it, but its a matter of CCP actually, you know, doing it. |
TheSmokingHertog
TALIBAN EXPRESS
107
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Posted - 2013.07.11 21:33:00 -
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Bump for good idea,
Beside, I have solved this by adding all my active systems to a personal folder filled with bookmarks. |
Isbariya
Thundercats
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2013.07.12 05:07:00 -
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Damn nice idea, wondered myself why CCP did not implement it in the first place ...
The new Autopilot UI is nice, all that is missing is the option to search for a destination in it. |
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Xia Kairui
Delete Inc.
Enigma Project
33
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Posted - 2013.07.12 06:49:00 -
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Good idea, but until it is finished here is a workaround I am using:
I have a private chat channel with the MotD containing stations I frequently travel to as links. So if I want to go to Jita 4 4 I open the channel, right-click the station and Set Destination.
It's a chat channel thus it works across alts. |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
369
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Posted - 2013.07.12 18:58:00 -
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Xia Kairui wrote:Good idea, but until it is finished here is a workaround I am using:
I have a private chat channel with the MotD containing stations I frequently travel to as links. So if I want to go to Jita 4 4 I open the channel, right-click the station and Set Destination.
It's a chat channel thus it works across alts.
Yeah I've heard of a few friends who do that, or keep an item in each trade hub station so it shows up in assetts. These are however, all solutions to symptoms, the real problem is that the process for setting a destination is difficult, unintuitive, hidden, and long. |
Hallvardr
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
18
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Posted - 2013.07.14 17:58:00 -
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Use the assets work-around all the time ...
What ever they (we) come up with it should auto fill. As you type the system name then planet then station/moon it should (could) suggest the spelling ... google'esk style. If you can't spell it or remember it accurately, you can't set as destination.
Its a database / spreadsheet in space. .. it shouldn't be this difficult. |
Caldari 5
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. S.A.S
WHYS0 Expendable
92
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Posted - 2013.07.15 02:43:00 -
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Sounds like a good change |
Dersen Lowery
Laurentson INC
The Last Chancers.
594
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Posted - 2013.07.15 05:09:00 -
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Great idea. +1.
Proud founder and member of the Belligerent Desirables. |
BlakPhoenix
Veni Vidi Vici Reloaded
Darkspawn.
38
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Posted - 2013.07.15 10:27:00 -
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yes |
Tiberius Steiner
Fair Trade Holding
4
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Posted - 2013.07.31 11:33:00 -
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+1 for having more comfort in the game by such a simple idea |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
384
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Posted - 2013.08.01 21:38:00 -
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So despite my best efforts, this wasn't chosen as one of the 100 little things by the CSM people. So, I'm hoping to get more public exposure and hopefully get this in Odd 1.1. |
Archess Nei
5
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Posted - 2013.08.02 07:52:00 -
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A idea so useful, wonder why it isn't already implemented. +1 |
PinkKnife
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
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Posted - 2013.08.16 20:54:00 -
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Bumping for Odyssey 1.1 and to hopefully get blue tags, yay blue tags. |
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