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Chloe Celeste
Disciples of Acheron
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Posted - 2013.06.05 02:29:00 -
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I am liking a lot of things with the Odyssey expansion but one thing that was on the test server and debatd heavily on was the redesign and placement of the new Station Undock Button. Now the release of this button has gone over several revisions but I am one of those who believe it is in the wrong place (no longer at the bottom of the icon bar aka "Neocom" any longer and thus takes up valuable space on the Station Services window. It must also be stated the the original version of the Station Undock Button was a lot bigger, so CCP does get some kudos from me, however, if you are like me then I urge you to give your constructive feedback about the Station Undock button in this thread.
The size and placement is not only an issue either, but when undocking in Odyssey shows absolutely no progress meter or text on the center or bottom center, respectively, to illustrate you are ungoing the undocking process. This is something that I found it handy to know in case I want to abort undocking. I setup my undock shortcut which also aborts the undock if pressed during the undocking process.
Solution
My suggestion or solution to this annoying modification is to place the yellow Station Undock Button back at the bottom of the Neocom bar and adjust it to fit the size that it previously was before Odyssey. Get rid of the blue/cyan Enter Captain's Quarters button as an image and put back the standard button for the Captain's Quarters -- the same button as the Agent Finder button. That way theres no in excess of 5 lines of spacing that takes up too much room and in my humble opinion makes the game look cheap and corney -- which we all know isn't the case.
Second, the lighting during undocking isn't noticable and frankly doesn't need to be for those who made creditable and constructive agruments but would love to see some text at the bottom center of the screen that lets you know you are undocking. A simple animation of the undock process is hard to notice and due to the previous suggestion we requested that be removed and the image put back to a regular picture at the bottom of the Neocom bar. I believe that having text at the bottom center that says "Undocking from Station" and smaller text 1-2 lines below that says "Click to Abort Undocking" and have that clickable while also continuing to provide the Abort Undock from pressing the customizble shortcut keystroke to achieve the same effect would be simple yet robust and still provide a new but better look for the game.
In Summary - " Quotable Summary "
Get rid of the new Captain's Quarters and Undock Buttons in the Station Services tab and put the Undock Button (Non-animated picture) back the bottom of the Neocom as it was previously. Put some text at the bottom center of the screen while undocking and a clickable link on the Abort Undock text without making it look like an animated button. Undock shortcut still undocks and aborts the undocking process . Keep the current lighting an all other effects during undocking.
These changes if implemented would not only give a better more refined look to the game but it is also new and remains in the same spirit of the Undock buttons as introduced in Odyssey without taking up too much space on the Station Services window. With that extra room it could be used to add additional buttons for station features that can be introduced in the game later on. One idea that comes to mind is when "Walking in Stations" is finished there could be buttons that will automatically take you to specific places in the Station or open up a pop-up menu with those "Auto Go To Places". More immediate benefits will increase the length of the Guests section .
To me it's common sense not to get locked into a layout that takes up this much room as the animated buttons do for "Enter Captain's Quarters" and " Undock"
** Sorry this is so long, just wanting to get my complete thoughts down for everyone to read. |
Maximus Aerelius
PROPHET OF ENIGMA
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Posted - 2013.06.05 08:48:00 -
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This is not the Forum you are looking for! You are looking for the Official Odyssey Feedback Thread
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Thorian Crystal
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
Sanctuary Pact
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Posted - 2013.06.05 15:43:00 -
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Yes, please. The new big buttons are too big and take space unnecessarily much. Also they should activate only on mouse click, not on mouse press. |
Chloe Celeste
Disciples of Acheron
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Posted - 2013.06.06 16:32:00 -
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Thanks Maximus
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