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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0001497AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Interface Ideas - Game and Menu ControlsNov 22, 2010 3:10 pm
Reporterthemachineissentient Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Product Version4.037 
Summary0001497: make loading transports easier
DescriptionI'm thinking the ability to select transports and ships, and provide a button to load them. Right now, I have to pause the game, zoom in and make sure that I right-click properly. Sometimes it is possible that you must right-click several times on the transport to get the correct sound that means you loaded the ships.

So..

1) select ships and transports on the sidebar of a planet using additive or subtractive buttons
2) click the load button(needs to be added), and the game will load the ships
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keith.lamothe

Nov 20, 2010 1:24 pm

administrator   ~0004079

Chris, if we do this, I suggest it be a context menu item called "Auto Load" or whatever, and give it the usual direct-keybind option.

Unless it really, really needs a spot on the permanent UI, but I'm not thinking so.

Chris_McElligottPark

Nov 20, 2010 1:26 pm

administrator   ~0004081

Yeah, I think that would be the case -- context menu. Low priority for now, though, there are much bigger fish to fry.

Machine, if your transports are a slight bit away from your other ships, you can load them super easily from far zoom just by right-clicking on the far zoom icons. You don't have to zoom in unless those icons are obscured by something else.

Winter Born

Nov 22, 2010 3:10 pm

reporter   ~0004236

Also to note the sweet spot on transports is about 1/4th the size of the icon making hitting it hard for me many times. It seems selecting transports has gotten harder since 3.x

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Nov 20, 2010 12:33 pm themachineissentient New Issue
Nov 20, 2010 1:19 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Nov 20, 2010 1:19 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => considering
Nov 20, 2010 1:24 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0004079
Nov 20, 2010 1:26 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0004081
Nov 22, 2010 3:10 pm Winter Born Note Added: 0004236