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SCC

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Campaign radar
« on: April 01, 2020, 03:54:11 AM »
Do the circles on the radar correspond to 1, 2, 3 thousand units? If not, they should.
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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2020, 06:50:54 AM »
A scale really would be useful.

Someone also recommended that your radar range show when looking at the map, which would be really useful when trying to survey an entire system.
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Alex

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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2020, 10:07:49 AM »
It's 2000 units per ring, same as the map grid size.
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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2020, 02:06:16 PM »
I would like scale on the radar so much that I actually made a screanshot of the game, and focused on the radar just to make a proposal and compare it to the original, after a few minutes on Photoshop I got these two:

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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2020, 02:52:59 PM »
Or just have a tooltip when you hover over it. ;)

Quote from: pedro1_1 on April 01, 2020, 02:06:16 PM
I would like scale on the radar so much that I actually made a screanshot of the game, and focused on the radar just to make a proposal and compare it to the original...


The numerical scale on the radar itself is a good idea, but the font might need to be bigger. Don't forget the radar occupies only one small corner of the screen. Those numbers will be hard to see.
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SafariJohn

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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2020, 06:23:44 PM »
IIRC, nowhere in the game does it state that one small map square = 2000 units.

TBH, I feel like the system map could do without the grid. Would be nice to have trailing and/or full circle dotted orbit lines, though.
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Alex

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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2020, 06:31:24 PM »
Quote from: SafariJohn on April 01, 2020, 06:23:44 PM
IIRC, nowhere in the game does it state that one small map square = 2000 units.

(Nearly every/every tooltip that talks about ranges...:))
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SafariJohn

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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2020, 06:45:54 PM »
Quote from: Alex on April 01, 2020, 06:31:24 PM
Quote from: SafariJohn on April 01, 2020, 06:23:44 PM
IIRC, nowhere in the game does it state that one small map square = 2000 units.

(Nearly every/every tooltip that talks about ranges...:))

You're right, it does, but grey font makes it easy to miss. Also, the hyperspace map only shows 6000 unit squares, which could easily confuse people. I know it's confused me when I'm modding.
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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2020, 08:22:54 PM »
Quote from: SafariJohn on April 01, 2020, 06:45:54 PM
... Also, the hyperspace map only shows 6000 unit squares, which could easily confuse people. I know it's confused me when I'm modding.

Doesn't the scale adjust up and down as you zoom the map in and out? Or did I hallucinate that feature?
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Re: Campaign radar
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2020, 12:23:39 AM »
Starscape mode disables two smaller grids.
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