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SafariJohn

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Fleet Circle Additions
« on: April 05, 2018, 09:07:36 AM »

The space around fleet circles provides an excellent opportunity to display information to the player. The mission "!" is a good start, but the following would improve the game's quality further:
   
   - An eye-catching graphic for fleets that are trying to intercept the player. (A sound notification as recently suggested would also be nice.)
   
   - A marker on hostile fleets.
   
   - A marker on transponder-off fleets to emphasize them further.
   
   - Indications that the player's transponder is off.
   
   - A symbol for fleets that are detecting the player.

   - A unique indicator for the player's fleet.


Planets/markets could also benefit from some additional graphics around them.

   - An indicator for surveyed planets.

   - A faction-color circle or an emblem or something on planets with a market.
   
   - A marker for markets where only black market trade is possible.
   
   - A marker for markets where no trade is possible.
   
   - A special marker for player-owned markets.


All of this information is already available, these suggestions would only make it easier to see.


As a demonstration, even simple triangles could cover most of this information. Please excuse my crude mockups:
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Player fleet:


Hostile Hegemony fleet:


Unknown fleet intercept:


Pirate market (with faction flag) refusing trade:

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Death_Silence_66

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Re: Fleet Circle Additions
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2018, 03:27:34 AM »

Good suggestion. Being able to get information at a glance rather than having to mouse over an entity would be a nice quality of life improvement.
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