Small request for MM

Grandpa Kim · #1 July 20th, 2002, 07:42 PM

Your point about the moons hits home with me. I always use the option to show space yards, space ports and resuppy depots. If you put any of these on a moon, it does NOT show. You have to remember that you put a resupply depot on that moon. With a large empire, you can easily forget.

Kim

Deathstalker · #2 July 20th, 2002, 08:04 PM

Easy way (at least to see your own moons), launch a mine or sat into orbit (or build a base), then you at least see something is there hanging above the planet. (mines work best, no one else knows they are there)

Baron Munchausen · #3 July 20th, 2002, 10:04 PM

Yes, we have a standing request for this and some other UI enhancements. Besides indicating the presence of inhabited moons with a flag, we've been asking for additional letters to indicate other 'system wide' facilities on planets, like Urban Pacification Center, System Robotoid Factory, etc. This would help tremendously in managing a system. It's very tedious to go searching every planet in a system for a particular facility.

As far as ships, yes it's probably best to have the flag appear on all ships. But... this is part of another problem with SE. It's always obvious who controls a ship, which makes 'unauthorized' activities impossible. We need a good IFF for all ships, but we also need the ability to turn it off.

[ July 20, 2002, 21:05: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

Captain Kwok · #4 July 20th, 2002, 10:11 PM

Beta Testers:

Have their been any requests or attempts at introducing components that can generate intel and research points?

Q · #5 July 21st, 2002, 01:00 AM

In the system window the empire flags are shown for ships over planets, asteroid fields or warp points but not for ships in "open" space. There only the ship picture is show. Usually you can identify from the ship picture the empire to whom it belongs, but if you are in a game with heavy use of allegiance subverter or boarding this may not be true any more and it becomes tedious to click on every ship just to control if they are friends ore enemies.
Therefore my request that the empire flag is always shown.
Same would be good for moons where the main planet is not colonized. As it is now you may overlook a enemy colony because the empire flag is not shown.

[ July 20, 2002, 12:01: Message edited by: Q ]

capnq · #6 July 21st, 2002, 03:08 AM

If a ship belongs to an enemy, its presence will clear any Sentry orders your ships have.

Lord Kodos · #7 July 21st, 2002, 03:47 AM

yeah i know what you mean with that ship flag thing.as a psychic race,and one that uses alot of intel about 30% of my navy is usually the other empires ships so its tedious to tell witch ones are mine and witch are theres.I personally like the moon thing though its sneaky lol i put a massive missle base on a moon you land,on the planet lol you do the math...