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DatonKallandor

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New Weapon Tooltips
« on: December 05, 2018, 12:07:17 PM »

The new weapon tooltips are awesome, please keep them in.
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2018, 04:13:31 PM »

Very much agree. Amazing, and I didn't even think the old ones were lacking!
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2018, 08:27:21 PM »

I did notice the change, and really liked it...looks a lot more tidier and easier to read.

Interestingly enough when I did a comparison between Starsector 0.8a & 0.9a the Phase Lance icon seems to have changed (0.8a on left, 0.9a on right):


The weapon tool tips on the ship outfitting screen don't contain the cargo and pricing information however (probably because cargo doesn't matter if it's being installed), but it might be nice to see the pricing you will pay if you are purchasing a weapon from the local market (or black market), if you are not taking it from storage...but it's a pretty minor thing.
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2018, 09:19:01 PM »

They are indeed awesome, except for the fact that it doesn't list rate of fire within the burst.

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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2018, 09:20:27 PM »

Or at the very least, doesn't list the total burst length as something that could be construed as the rate of fire, that had me confused for a bit.
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DatonKallandor

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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2018, 05:42:10 AM »

The tooltip even adapts to cut out stuff the weapon does or doesn't have. If you've got a clip-based weapon, it adds the sustained damage per second and flux per second in paranthesis and the seconds per reload and reload size.
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2018, 06:04:25 AM »

What it doesn't do anymore is remove the "9999 burst size" like before for interuptible weapons.
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2018, 06:23:11 PM »

What it doesn't do anymore is remove the "9999 burst size" like before for interuptible weapons.

Ah, hmm. Screenshot?
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2018, 11:52:33 PM »

It's not a modded thing specifically:

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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2018, 11:38:47 PM »

Also, I would slightly change the order of the stats so that DPS and Flux per Seconds are always following eachother. Those stats work in tandem and I keep looking for FPS since it changes place depending on the weapon.
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Re: New Weapon Tooltips
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2018, 05:41:38 PM »

It's not a modded thing specifically:

Hmm, not seeing the same for the current version of the Storm Needler, so that's a bit odd.

Either way, though, fixed this up!

Also, I would slightly change the order of the stats so that DPS and Flux per Seconds are always following eachother. Those stats work in tandem and I keep looking for FPS since it changes place depending on the weapon.

Good idea, moved it up above flux/shot.
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