Maj Fail
United Imperial Armada
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Posted - 2014.11.29 02:07:38 -
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I havent been able to test the UI on singularity but from what I have read in your blog, i do not believe changing the UI in this manner will result in any significant improvement in game function. I often have a thunderstorm of idea's on how to make various UI's more efficient, and your's is one of the rare few i do not have many negative things to say about. While the overview could use a little work, (a little, not a lot), the real problem is screen surface. Space is big, and as such a large field of view feels more natural to the game.
While it is a shame that your UI tends to obscure the visuals, it is important to remember many of your players are very technical people. And some of them hardly see the space view. I myself enjoy the view, and agree the clutter needs attention. But your approach is somewhat misdirected. making the windows differently tranparent doesnt really help, and the blurring effect makes me think that it will only make things HARDER to see through the windows.
One feature i believe will increase playability for many users is your multi window support. As it is, you do not actually support it. You simply give the option to pan left or right with the camera, and assume a left to right stretching of the window. That method is probably the worst for the game, as it distorts the image and throws off window pop up locations. It also does not support switching between one and two monitor set ups without completely reconfiguring your default locations and the camera pan. Being able to open another, separate Windows* window, that you can drag and drop commonly used windows such as the overview, inventory or chat to, would almost entirely free up the space view on one of two monitors. while this may not be overly beneficial to single monitor users, i can guarantee dual mon users will praise it.
Additionally, and only marginally related, i would like to see support for having two full screened (borderless, full resolution) clients open. I realize that may be a shortcoming of the Windows* operating system, but understanding that computer will do what you tell them to do makes me believe that no matter what sort of drugs the windows developers are on, its possible to overide their mistakes. Those are my thoughts. Take em as they are. |