Questions, problems, revisions (Beta 4B)
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Well, I just played my first four or five hours worth after having the game sitting around for a week or so. Here are my comments (negative only, there are plenty of positive things, but there is no need to decide whether you want to fix those).
Some of these are petty, some are macro-level, but none are "Major substantive changes I would like to see at this late date". Some may have been mentioned; I've followed the forums a bit, but not enough to know every bug/issue that has already been posted.
1. Scroll bars (on tech discovery screen specifically, but probably elsewhere) should scroll by a page when you click on the bar (and not the arrows).
2. Is there a scroll speed option for the galatic map (there should be if there isn't)?
3. Parenthesis are cut off on the starbase improvement screens.
4. There should be a UI way to kick multiple ships out of orbit without having to double-click on each.
5. There should be a way to bring up more lists for each side. For example, when I want to trade planets with an opponent, I have to go scroll around to find out which they are, and then remember 3-4 (or more) and where each is. The diplomatic functions could use more UI comfort in general, such as an ability to bring up the tech specifications from that menu, so you know what you are trading, things of that nature.
6. There should be some option to pause (or at least slow down) battles. I hear random blasting sounds and see flashes, but I have no idea what happened, as the screen quickly flicks elsewhere.
7. The "E" in Restaurant of Eternity should be capitalized for consistency with other entries in the tech selection screens.
8. The manual states that trade goods are "licensed" in trading them to other sides. How long, what type of license, etc.?
9. I believe I had at least one occassion where I retook control of the senate, but it said, "You continue to control . . . ."
10. Is there any way to send defending ships along with your traders? Right now, it seems a bit ridiculous to try to defend them; you need to manually cruise along the trade routes as far as I can see. You would think there would be an escort function.
11. You should be able to close pop-ups with return (I guess escape works, but why not return as well).
12. Why is there a vertical line (looks like an "I" with out the top and bottom bars) at the end of certain treasury report items (such as your espionage reports)? It makes the correct number hard to read.
13. Politics are currently quite strange. I have no idea why I win or lose senate races. I was getting absolutely mauled, down to the last few resisters on my home planet, and suddenly I win. Other times, I get out to a good jump, and I suddenly lose control.
Some of these are petty, some are macro-level, but none are "Major substantive changes I would like to see at this late date". Some may have been mentioned; I've followed the forums a bit, but not enough to know every bug/issue that has already been posted.
1. Scroll bars (on tech discovery screen specifically, but probably elsewhere) should scroll by a page when you click on the bar (and not the arrows).
2. Is there a scroll speed option for the galatic map (there should be if there isn't)?
3. Parenthesis are cut off on the starbase improvement screens.
4. There should be a UI way to kick multiple ships out of orbit without having to double-click on each.
5. There should be a way to bring up more lists for each side. For example, when I want to trade planets with an opponent, I have to go scroll around to find out which they are, and then remember 3-4 (or more) and where each is. The diplomatic functions could use more UI comfort in general, such as an ability to bring up the tech specifications from that menu, so you know what you are trading, things of that nature.
6. There should be some option to pause (or at least slow down) battles. I hear random blasting sounds and see flashes, but I have no idea what happened, as the screen quickly flicks elsewhere.
7. The "E" in Restaurant of Eternity should be capitalized for consistency with other entries in the tech selection screens.
8. The manual states that trade goods are "licensed" in trading them to other sides. How long, what type of license, etc.?
9. I believe I had at least one occassion where I retook control of the senate, but it said, "You continue to control . . . ."
10. Is there any way to send defending ships along with your traders? Right now, it seems a bit ridiculous to try to defend them; you need to manually cruise along the trade routes as far as I can see. You would think there would be an escort function.
11. You should be able to close pop-ups with return (I guess escape works, but why not return as well).
12. Why is there a vertical line (looks like an "I" with out the top and bottom bars) at the end of certain treasury report items (such as your espionage reports)? It makes the correct number hard to read.
13. Politics are currently quite strange. I have no idea why I win or lose senate races. I was getting absolutely mauled, down to the last few resisters on my home planet, and suddenly I win. Other times, I get out to a good jump, and I suddenly lose control.