Fester Addams
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Posted - 2004.03.18 16:10:00 -
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Ok enough is frigging enough.
There is such a thing as making mistakes but this last thing goes over the top.
The root of the problem lies in the fact that when you reload a gun a stack of the exact number of rounds needed to fill the gun is needed, very odd in my mind but thats OK.
Next odd thing is that when this stack is created it does not create a new stack with the fixed number, lock it as in use and subtracts the number of rounds from the original stack, it move total number of rounds minus the number of rounds needed to fill the gun creating a new stack for the large bundle of ammo, but thats OK too.
What is NOT OK is that if you are fast in ordering reloading of several guns in succsession then the new large stack is not "created" yet and the reload choise is all of a sudden "put offline".
Please please please think before you do things like this, there is quite a bit of difference between reloading a gun and putting it offline, it can meen the difference between surviving and loosing ones ship, not to mention ones pod.
Thus:
1: fix the stack moving thingie, move the amunition you are to use to reload the gun, not the rest of the bullets, that way the spare ammo will always be in the same place in your cargo making keeping track of ones ammo level much easier.
2: Lock the damn menues, decide in wich order stuff should be and make it so they are ALWAYS there, wether or not I have any bullets, missiles or whatever I should ALWAYS have the reload choise in the same place, let the game tell me I have no such bullets, make it non actiavatable or whatever but I am seriously getting tired of having to stop and read in wich order the pull down menue is in this time each time I want to use it.
Atleast make sure you dont put oposit things in the same place, why for instance have I fast tried to look at somthing and ended up targeting it?
Why do those two very different actions ever get placed so that there is any risk of confusion?
Mainly now, could you please move the put offline choise to the bottom of every menu, preferably with a toggle are you sure, yes/no.
As you will almost always have plenty of time when switching it off there is no reason why it should not have a confirmation to it.
I am sorry about the angry tone of the post but I have been anoyed about thise things for a while and having to go wait at a planet while my cap recharged to 95% so I could reactivate my gun could be seen as the drop just before the pitcher spills over... sadly I know I will put my guns offline again and again if it isnt fixed.
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