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stormysector

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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #45 on: August 08, 2024, 04:52:11 AM »

Yeah, please, add a search box for planets' name, if it isn't already implemented. In the current version, I've been using the "Planet Search" mod and it proved to be quite useful, for me.
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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #46 on: October 24, 2024, 05:41:53 AM »

You never cease to amaze me. Your a genius and it shows. Well done and amazing work, thanks for sharing it.

One request I have is to make the game playable with only the mouse. I think in the main over head UI while flying around you can get stuck with no close button. I forget now that I am typing this but I remember trying to play with only the mouse and have to hit key board buttons like escape to exit out of menus/game elements. It is possible for the game and there for would be great if the entire game was playable with using only the mouse. (It basically is already to a degree with letting the AI play for you).

I am only mentioning this because years ago my laptops key boards escape key broke, along with a few other keys - I lived by the coast and the sea air rusted internal parts of my old laptop. Anyway, new laptop and have never tried to play the game with only the mouse but I felt it was near possible to do so but not quite able to do so, like getting stuck in some UI elements because no close button existed other than to press escape. Maybe it has been addressed since then when I tried to play that way but I thought I would mention this quality of life suggestion, especially for disabled people benefit.
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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #47 on: October 24, 2024, 09:17:25 AM »

Hi! Hmm, it may not work *everywhere* but I believe right-clicking (possibly outside the dialog area?) should dismiss most dialogs the same way that the Escape key would. I really don't remember if there are any exceptions to this, though.
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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #48 on: November 13, 2024, 09:39:24 PM »

One thing which may solve the current "useful information but too much clutter" is an advanced information checkbox
Toggling it on would list every useful bit of information that's been suggested, adding columns as needed, and additionally allow filtering by certain planet conditions like how hot it is, etc.

You'd have the simple and easy to look through view, and then when you're making the final choices on where to settle, enable advanced and see if there's any issues with it.

And I'll throw in a +1 to the planet name search bar suggestion, that'd be quite useful
Might also be nice to allow sorting by tags, but while nice, searching for the names at least would be great
« Last Edit: November 13, 2024, 10:02:37 PM by Wyrdean »
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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #49 on: December 04, 2024, 02:02:42 PM »

Very late to the party with this one.

Finally getting around to a .97 run, triple-checking that my Tech Mining mod still works. (Insane work stress.)

This should be a truly helpful feature for the colonist-play that some players prefer.

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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #50 on: January 14, 2025, 07:44:58 AM »

It occurred to me, it's a bit of a waste that Planet Search is only really useful for finding good colony sites. How about building some mission around it? Instead of always giving you direct coordinates (or cluster/startype combinations for bounties), quest givers could sometimes describe specific conditions of a star system or planet to lead you to your mission objective/treasure/bounty.
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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #51 on: March 02, 2025, 10:10:12 AM »

Is this still in development, or was it rolled out since Jul? Is there a more raw version of the game than the download link, or does this code exist as a mod for testing purposes? Just wondering because the QoL would be amazing if I could use it already...
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Re: Planet Search Overhaul
« Reply #52 on: March 02, 2025, 10:31:57 AM »

It's still in development. No release date yet.
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