0023120: Improve UI feedback for galaxy-map pathing mode - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0023120	AI War 2	GUI		Apr 9, 2020 10:07 am	Apr 9, 2020 10:07 am

Reporter	BadgerBadger	Assigned To
Severity	minor
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	2.021 Hotfix

Summary	0023120: Improve UI feedback for galaxy-map pathing mode
Description	The game has 3 pathing modes; Safest, Shortest and Default. It would be good to have some UI feedback for which mode you are in, and to make it really obvious to new players that there are multiple modes. From an email: I think that... potentially in the galaxy map options section (for things like find planet and whatnot), we'll also want to have a little thing there that shows the mode you are in, maybe. The other thing we could do for now is in the planet popup, if you're showing a path to the planet at the moment, have it say which mode you are in for the pathing in the planet popup. Aka, you've got some ships selected on other planets and hover over a planet, and it says something like "Ships from 2 other planets will be sent to this planet by default pathing if you right-click it, or the safest route if you hold S and click it, or the shortest route if you hold D and click." Or something to that effect, and obviously with the real keybinds. I think that more than changing line colors or something, that would make things more clear.
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