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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0024123AI War 2SuggestionFeb 21, 2022 10:09 pm
ReporterDaniexpert Assigned To 
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version2.631 Multiplayer Swaps And Performance 
Summary0024123: Ship line swap UI suggestions
DescriptionAfter some discussing on discord, player "zxc" came up with an idea to easily make the swap ship line UI more usable and less convoluted.
His idea is to select a ship line (i.e.: a V-Wing), then select the fleet where to send it, with the difference that in the list, only the empty slots from the other fleets appear, because in mid-late game that list becomes inconvenient to use due to the large numbers of ships shown. The drawback is that the player loses the possibility to directly swap two ship lines, and needs to do this operation twice. It should be anyway faster than searching through dozens of ship lines for what you really want. For comparison, right now is like in the first image, the solution is in the second image.
On top of this, I made a small mockup (check pdf) to show another more complex solution to list all fleets and ship lines, that should feel less convoluted and easier to use. In short, each fleet becomes a button that, when it's pressed, expands and lists all the ship lines contained in the inside, indented a bit on the right, so it's easier to search and select the free slots or another ship to swap.
The third idea is to have on the top the possibility to select what you want ship type to display and / or in which order to display them: by type, by name, by number.
Hope I was clear enough.
Credits to zxc for the first idea.
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Daniexpert

Nov 16, 2020 11:02 am

manager  

image1.png (3,700,329 bytes)
image2.png (3,569,570 bytes)
Mockup.pdf (114,046 bytes)

Chris_McElligottPark

Nov 16, 2020 11:23 am

administrator   ~0059611

Well, the option to add this is certainly simple enough, at least, which is a good thing! I will look into that soon.

tadrinth

Nov 16, 2020 12:42 pm

reporter   ~0059613

I would love this change. Greatly simplifies the most common use case.

BadgerBadger

Nov 16, 2020 1:13 pm

manager   ~0059614

I think Swap Away would be a useful addition

Daniexpert

Feb 21, 2022 10:09 pm

manager   ~0064671

Swap away was added some time ago.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Nov 16, 2020 11:02 am Daniexpert New Issue
Nov 16, 2020 11:02 am Daniexpert File Added: image1.png
Nov 16, 2020 11:02 am Daniexpert File Added: image2.png
Nov 16, 2020 11:02 am Daniexpert File Added: Mockup.pdf
Nov 16, 2020 11:23 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0059611
Nov 16, 2020 12:42 pm tadrinth Note Added: 0059613
Nov 16, 2020 1:13 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0059614
Feb 21, 2022 10:09 pm Daniexpert Status new => resolved
Feb 21, 2022 10:09 pm Daniexpert Resolution open => fixed
Feb 21, 2022 10:09 pm Daniexpert Note Added: 0064671