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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.09.29 12:13:00 -
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You know how when you are flying in a bright system and you can't see if your modules are on and you can't see your cap? Well I thought it might be nice to have an Optional background that goes behind your modules with settings for color and transparency. I'm no artist, but I made a picture to show what I mean...I'm sure CCP devs can do better.
Then since I had the picture I thought I'd have some fun with it and came up with the idea to make it into a Dashboard. It would be totally optional with settings for light/dark and maybe there could be several dashboards to choose from.
Just something to liven up the inside of your ship since we spend so much time in them. I don't know if the devs could do it or not, but hey it's just an idea I had to make EVE a little more fun.
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quave
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2008.09.29 23:37:00 -
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I like it, beats having to find a dark area in space just so you can see if your modules are active. As for the dashboard idea, i'd only use it if i could set the whole UI to match it.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.03 19:26:00 -
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Yeah well that's why I suggested it as an option. I know not everyone would like to use it.
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Aesj
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Posted - 2008.10.04 00:50:00 -
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I like this idea a lot. There's a lot of systems where the background is so friggin' bright you can't tell if your modules are blinking or not. |
quave
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2008.10.04 11:02:00 -
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Edited by: quave on 04/10/2008 11:03:36
 Originally by: Commander Spectre
Yeah well that's why I suggested it as an option. I know not everyone would like to use it.
sorry i wasn't very clear about that, i would love to use it, but i think it would look out of place to have a dashboard with the quality of trinity graphics, only for it to be surrounded by the rest of the user interface which looks like windows 95. If they modernised the whole UI then i would love to see this as a feature.
Edited for spelling
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Freezehunter
Gallente
O.W.N. Corp
OWN Alliance
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Posted - 2008.10.04 11:51:00 -
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/signed
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Clansworth
Burning Sky Labs
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Posted - 2008.10.04 18:22:00 -
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I do think there should be some sort of outline around the HUD, and the modules definitely shouldn't be transparent like they currently are. I think for best appearance though, the 'dashboard' should have the appearance of smoked glass. This would provide the increased contrast on the modules that is required, but still let the interface have the floating feel. The opaque textured example is too distracting.
Of course, I would like all the windows to look the same, which would mean they would have to get the 'glass' look as well. The current transparency on them is fine, just the outline/edge needs to be changed.
The new HUD glass window should be movable though... as you could then move it to the second screen (when CCP finally supports a second screen... Hint Hint Hint!!!) |
Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.04 19:30:00 -
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Yeah well like I said...I'm no graphics designer and I'm sure a better looking dashboard could be made by CCP. I just made that pic to give an idea of what the concept was.
Multiple monitor support would definatly be a big improvment. With all of the windows you need open like, overview, drones, local channel, corp channel, fleet channels, and such it leaves the screen very crowded especially if you don't have a widescreen monitor. Duel or even triple monitors would be great if you have the video cards to support it. |
Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.05 02:04:00 -
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Ok well I put a bit of a border around it and added a blinds effect that I think makes it look a bit better. See what you think.
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Dray
Caldari
The Priory
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Posted - 2008.10.05 08:36:00 -
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Edited by: Dray on 05/10/2008 08:39:25
Oh hell yes 
Bright systems make me a sad panda when its comes to the HUD.
Hmm just remembered the option to set widescreen.  Not to keen on how much of the viewing area you lose though so I still like this idea.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.05 16:47:00 -
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Edited by: Commander Spectre on 05/10/2008 16:52:11
Ok I cleaned it up a little because the buttons came out a little transparent on the bottom. Here I used a nice bright background so you could see how much better the module buttons and capacitor readouts would show up.
Again I understand that not everyone will like it just as a matter of personal tastes. So it would be totally optional. I hope a dev can give me some feedback.
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quave
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2008.10.05 17:24:00 -
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Nice improvement, i like it alot.
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z0de
Gallente
The Bastards
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Posted - 2008.10.05 17:35:00 -
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I like.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.07 12:10:00 -
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Ok...in a shamless effort to bump the topic I'll post another version of my idea with a new camoflage insert.
Hope you like it.
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Odizzido
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Posted - 2008.10.07 13:45:00 -
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This should be top priority. It couldn't take long to make either.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.07 18:18:00 -
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This one I call "Padded Cell". For those that need that sort of thing.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.07 18:33:00 -
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I have several different wood versions...How about Oak?
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Tobias Sjodin
Ore Mongers
Black Hand.
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Posted - 2008.10.07 18:57:00 -
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I didn't know oak was green.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.07 19:58:00 -
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Ok ya busted me...I'm a bit colorblind...lol. I tried to darken the wood pattern I have and got the wrong color :p
But I got more so here's another wood, stained wood is the pattern...and I didn't mess with the colors...
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.07 20:14:00 -
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Or maybe something in Leather?
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.07 20:54:00 -
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Here's a kinda retro Black & Chrome theme...looks a bit 80s style to me.
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Del Narveux
Dukes of Hazard
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Posted - 2008.10.07 23:25:00 -
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I like this, also I'd like to see something similar for where the system/autopilot information goes for the same reasons.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.08 09:54:00 -
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So you mean a background on the left side of the screen behind where it says how many more jumps and what the next system in route is then?...hmm...I would probably recommend a dark color for that because a pattern could make it hard to read. Like this...
You know I was thinking that there needs to be an indicator for drones to tell if they are active or passive. Also it would be nice to see thier health while in the drone bay. So I thought they could change the drones window like this...
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Elena Morin'staal
Minmatar
Tau Online Explorator Corp
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Posted - 2008.10.08 11:27:00 -
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This is one of the best things I've seen suggested! I want this.
Awesome stuff.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.08 11:41:00 -
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Originally by: Elena Morin'staal
This is one of the best things I've seen suggested! I want this.
Awesome stuff.
Well thank you very much In fact thanks to all the people in this thread for thier input.
I spent alot of time on the dashboards, I'm glad someone likes them. Really I just wanted to help the players and saw an easy way to fix some problems and add a little flair to the User Interface. While I still don't know if CCP will even consider them, at least I know some players are interested.
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Mullethead
Darkwave Technologies
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Posted - 2008.10.08 14:30:00 -
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Originally by: Commander Spectre
So you mean a background on the left side of the screen behind where it says how many more jumps and what the next system in route is then?...hmm...I would probably recommend a dark color for that because a pattern could make it hard to read. Like this...
You know I was thinking that there needs to be an indicator for drones to tell if they are active or passive. Also it would be nice to see thier health while in the drone bay. So I thought they could change the drones window like this...
This is a first rate idea...seeing which mods is on is hard in bright systems and the drone thing would just make it so much easier to control whats what with em.
How bout it CCP?
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Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2008.10.08 21:38:00 -
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/sign for everything in this thread.
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.09 11:56:00 -
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bump
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Commander Spectre
The Funkstars Guild
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Posted - 2008.10.09 15:05:00 -
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Well still no word from CCP in this. Come on devs, just post something so I know you at least looked at my thread.
Thanks
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Angel Lightbringer
Caldari
Dark Evolution Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.09 15:21:00 -
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Friendly bump
Like the idea much, for the same reason (finding a dark spot)
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