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Lenneth Minmatar Soar Angelic	Posted - 2006.12.01 14:52:00 - [1] I have been trying to use the new map, but i got my issues with it. It is annoying as hell to navigate the map with the mouse, because the info-window that pops up when you mouse-over a system. Even more annoying, if you happen to mouse-over a system, but you wanted to select a system thats to the upper right side of that system. Now you have to move your mousepointer down a bit, click to make the info go away and select the system you wanted in the first place without moving the pointer over any other system. Is there a way to turn off the mouse-over feature and just get the info window to pop up when you click a system while only showing the name of the system when you mouse-over it? And are there options where you can select, what stuff in the info-popup should show and what not? I am not really interested in how many moons a planet has. Or how many planets a system has. Just in stations and maybe asteroid fields. That would help filtering out the onslaught of infos you get when you select a system. Does the tab "Solarsystem Map" do anything? I can select and deselect stuff but i dont see anything happen. Someone else pointed it out too, the mousewheel is reversed, for zooming in i am used to rotate the wheel forward, not backward (i use AutoCAD at work, thats how zooming always worked for me for the last 15 years). But the same goes for the camera in space. I would love to see an option for reversing both. Flatten map is bugged, doesnt stay flattened when reentering the map.
Doomed Predator The Phoenix Rising Distant Star Alliance	Posted - 2006.12.01 14:58:00 - [2] The Solarsystem map is like the seamless map except its for your current system. The only things i don't like are that the regions seem to be switched or something,their position is very different from the old map and that the region names get all weird when a missile hits something.It seems to be some sort of graphical bug. --------------------------------------------- The first mod to edit my sig gets a keg of beer(2 pink kegs if its done by a female) I don't like beer - Serathu Sera often mods in a dress, does that mean I can have his 2 kegs? - Cortes
Mesacc Gallente	Posted - 2006.12.01 15:16:00 - [3] I agree the mouse over popups are kinda anoying. Id like to see an option to only show popups when you click on a system.
Price Checka	Posted - 2006.12.01 15:27:00 - [4] Yes, I get a few wierd Graphics glitches also. One being the region names. They almost look like television static when they mess up. And please!!!!! The scrolling is now reversed. Please fix
Oylmpia Minmatar Parhelion Industries	Posted - 2006.12.01 18:56:00 - [5] Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 18:58:29 Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 18:56:12 The bloody map ********** sucks. You had a map which worked for years, THEN THE DEVS JUST HAD TO BREAK IT? Why, someone asks? BECAUSE THEY CAN! #%?#?%()( Fix it! a) Get rid of the popups b) Give stars' names back c) Fix 3d map issue (it doesn't stay flat altough it's supposed to) - 3d map is useless d) Fix slowness (it takes ages for map to open & load) And, e) Make region names at least 75% smaller. Since everything is so small and tiny already (fonts etc.) why I need that huge SINQ LIASON text in there? FIX FIX FIX The game's useless without a map.
Mistique One	Posted - 2006.12.01 19:30:00 - [6] Originally by: Oylmpia Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 18:58:29 Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 18:56:12 The bloody map ********** sucks. You had a map which worked for years, THEN THE DEVS JUST HAD TO BREAK IT? Why, someone asks? BECAUSE THEY CAN! #%?#?%()( Fix it! a) Get rid of the popups b) Give stars' names back c) Fix 3d map issue (it doesn't stay flat altough it's supposed to) - 3d map is useless d) Fix slowness (it takes ages for map to open & load) And, e) Make region names at least 75% smaller. Since everything is so small and tiny already (fonts etc.) why I need that huge SINQ LIASON text in there? FIX FIX FIX The game's useless without a map. /Signed
General Apocalypse Amarr The Merchant Marines Miners With Attitude	Posted - 2006.12.01 19:31:00 - [7] Originally by: Oylmpia Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 18:58:29 Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 18:56:12 The bloody map ********** sucks. You had a map which worked for years, THEN THE DEVS JUST HAD TO BREAK IT? Why, someone asks? BECAUSE THEY CAN! #%?#?%()( Fix it! a) Get rid of the popups b) Give stars' names back c) Fix 3d map issue (it doesn't stay flat altough it's supposed to) - 3d map is useless d) Fix slowness (it takes ages for map to open & load) And, e) Make region names at least 75% smaller. Since everything is so small and tiny already (fonts etc.) why I need that huge SINQ LIASON text in there? FIX FIX FIX The game's useless without a map. I don't usualy agree whit Matar but man. / Triple Signed ----------------------- Amarr Invictus
mechtech	Posted - 2006.12.01 19:36:00 - [8] /signed Also, show lines by selected region doesnt work. Combined with the popups, lag, and weird zoom and scroll speed, its 3x harder for me to find systems to set up buy orders.
eeevans	Posted - 2006.12.01 19:51:00 - [9] i quite like the fancy map features.... but does anyone find the new one to be extremely dark?? the region jumps are almost impossible to see from any reasonable distance out....
Oylmpia Minmatar Parhelion Industries	Posted - 2006.12.01 20:00:00 - [10] Edited by: Oylmpia on 01/12/2006 20:01:20 Originally by: eeevans i quite like the fancy map features.... but does anyone find the new one to be extremely dark?? the region jumps are almost impossible to see from any reasonable distance out.... Luckily you can at least color the jumps between stars by region ;) And sorry for being so aggressive earlier on. It's just sometimes hard to see the reasoning behind some decisions. I wish CCP had a full-time professional usability expert working in their developement team.
Kylania Gallente	Posted - 2006.12.01 20:09:00 - [11] Originally by: mechtech /signed Also, show lines by selected region doesnt work. Combined with the popups, lag, and weird zoom and scroll speed, its 3x harder for me to find systems to set up buy orders. You can change the zoom speed between modes. STARMAP -> Animations -> Instant I love the new popups, even though they are very very tiny. I guess if you're not playing at 1680x1050 they might be very large though, either way it's WAY easier to find information about systems. -- Lil Miner Newbie Skills Roadmap \| CCG Card Lookup
Beer Winch	Posted - 2006.12.01 20:11:00 - [12] I normaly dont like to complain about much, but the old map was way better. I even get stuck on the solar system map and cant get the universe to come back...i usually have to log off than back on to get the map to work...very frustrating. The old map was easier to see...the lines seem to fade out way early (as you zoom out) and the star dots dont seem to be as bright.
Arondos Minmatar Old Timers Guild	Posted - 2006.12.01 21:03:00 - [13] JUst give me the option to use the old map and I will be happy. My biggest gripe is getting stuck on my current solar system and nto having the jumps show up when I plan a trip. Yes I'd like to see where I am going so I can look for campers. Life isn't fair and neither is Eve. Get over it.
Kim Chee Caldari	Posted - 2006.12.01 21:10:00 - [14] The new map is fine, but it needs a bit of love. The popup info bubbles are nice, but some kind of configurable delay (or toggle to turn them off) is required. Quite often I'm trying to plot a route around Jita, and they do get in the way. Personally, I'd like an option to not have to hold down ctrl to switch modes. When the in-flight camera hits the outer endstop, it'd be logical to have it just continue zooming into solar system view. I know not everyone would like this though, so a toggle option in preferences is the way to go here. Like others said, an option to reverse the mousewheel zoom direction would be nice as well.
Trung Nhi	Posted - 2006.12.01 21:36:00 - [15] Fix this: When u start up map it's all tilted on the side and u'll have to flip it around to actualle see anything, problem is i keep flipping it the wrong way and end up with an upside down version. Talk about confusion when i have to activate statistics to show number of active players in stations and see that Jita is down south!!!
Chade Malloy Anarchy Unleashed	Posted - 2006.12.01 22:00:00 - [16] Am I the only one or did others notice a considerable drop inframerate too since the new map got in? I usually had about 60-75 fps outside station, now its down to 30-40 Also i noticed the stars of the map blended inside the normal playing background, maybe thats what causes the bad framerate? Originally by: Oveur Jesus Christ. The Freighter ate the Stargate god and the Dreadnought didn't!

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