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Any chance of EVE on a tablet?
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Xanadu7
Chicken Pot Pie
#1 - 2013-01-31 00:31:35 UTC
Or a laptop touchscreen interface? Touch select and gestures to control targeting, warping, info, panning, zooming, etc. Or is that just too LCARS. :-p
Akiyo Mayaki
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-01-31 00:38:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Akiyo Mayaki
I'm positive this isn't the first thread regarding this topic.

Lurk more.

No
Pyre leFay
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-01-31 00:38:49 UTC
2017 look for the tablet game. Eve Command: Planetary Interdiction.
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#4 - 2013-01-31 00:51:43 UTC
Pyre leFay wrote:
2017 look for the tablet game. Eve Command: Planetary Interdiction.

Otherwise known as Space Farmville

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#5 - 2013-01-31 01:22:18 UTC
I like the whole idea of a kinect based interface for eve, simply because the thought of 200+ neckbeards flailing in front of their computers during a fleet fight makes me laugh.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#6 - 2013-01-31 01:27:35 UTC
Its possible to use a touch screen with eve now but a tablet is a long way off as the screen isnt big enough to use the ui very well.
Irya Boone
The Scope
#7 - 2013-01-31 01:45:55 UTC
Who cares about tablet anymore ...

Already used http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304707604577426251091339254.html

CCP it's time to remove Off Grid Boost and Put Them on Killmail too, add Logi on killmails .... Open that damn door !!

you shall all bow and pray BoB
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#8 - 2013-01-31 01:57:13 UTC
I read an article a while back where a dev was talking about Eve on Tegra 3+ tablets. They were talking about a limited Eve client, though...you wouldn't have been able to undock.

It won't happen for a long time because the hardware isn't there. There's not a tablet on the market that could have rendered Asakai properly.

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.
Tavin Aikisen
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#9 - 2013-01-31 02:08:08 UTC
There is a remote access ability too. I was able to login to EVE (which was running on my PC at home) using my Samsung Galaxy smart phone.

But of course it's very choppy and is limited by your wifi bandwidth too. But it worked. I was able to interact with the market etc. I can't remember the software I used it was posted here on the forums though.

"Remember this. Trust your eyes, you will kill each other. Trust your veins, you can all go home."

-Cold Wind
CENTUREAN
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-01-31 02:47:37 UTC
About 5 years ago I was using my iPhone to play eve. Could undock fly etc. I'm sure I can do the same with my iPad. I think I used iteleport/vnc. It's been a while.

Playing eve in a tablet/phone is nothing new
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-01-31 03:36:38 UTC
Well, personally I think it would suck to play it on a touchscreen. But that might be because I'm generally bad at this game.

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Shalia Ripper
#12 - 2013-01-31 03:58:52 UTC
Admit it, you just want to fondle your avatar in the CQ.

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Teebling
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-01-31 04:10:56 UTC
Good luck with the overheating UI!
yer mammy
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-01-31 04:14:47 UTC
no! go away!
Hazzard
Chaotic Dynamics
#15 - 2013-01-31 05:00:24 UTC
I can't imagine trying to click on **** using a tablet. An awful interface for this game.
Dea della Morte
Perkone
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-01-31 05:03:09 UTC
Market trading on a tablet would be pretty much all you can get out of it. And it can be amazing, with the new API CCP is rolling out sometime soon, it can be even better. But no, don't expect to be flying spaceships on a tablet. Steve jobs once said " we use the most innovative control system there is, we all have 10 of them, our fingers" yea no he was wrong, the limitations of a touchscreen is too great to implement any complex system of any kind. Mouse and keyboard is the way to go, and will be untill somone finds a way to plug wires into our head, and controll it like that.
Seleia O'Sinnor
Drop of Honey
#17 - 2013-01-31 08:41:00 UTC
For Space Excel I can think of no worse interface than a touch screen. I hope this never happens unless they get the poor usability fixed in the current client.

Odyssey: Repacking in POS hangars for modules +1,  but please for other stuff too, especially containers. Make containers openable in POS hangars.
Sir Munphf
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#18 - 2013-01-31 09:37:54 UTC
I am usually using remote access from my smartphone to play eve - easy way how to perform some relatively easy tasks - however, I dont think that it is usable for pvp or lvl 4+ missions for example :D
Dheeradj Nurgle
Hoover Inc.
Snuffed Out
#19 - 2013-01-31 09:44:31 UTC
Search button. It exists for a reason.
Stegas Tyrano
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-01-31 10:08:54 UTC
CCP Unifex mentions wanting to put PI and some other stuff on tablets, quite alot in the CSM minutes.

They're definitely looking at corp/alliance chat out-of-game, in browsers so PI out-of-game or on tablets can't be too far ahead of that.

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