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Make the directional scanner accept AU
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Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
#1 - 2012-01-31 12:20:27 UTC
Have a switch so you can switch between AU and km in the directional scanner. Would make thing simpler since a lot of other distances are measured in AU.

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Jaxley
The Tuskers
#2 - 2012-02-09 12:27:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Jaxley
One input field for AU and km each would be another alternative. Input AU, km is automagically refreshed with converted value.

Either way, I support this. Not a huge change which could fit well into the "little things" backlog.

The angle slider could be much less of a fickle thing too. There's like 5px between the 5° and 15°. Plus the actual slider knob is tiny as well.
Carmizan
Lords of Maelstrom
#3 - 2012-02-09 13:02:24 UTC
Jaxley wrote:
One input field for AU and km each would be another alternative. Input AU, km is automagically refreshed with converted value.

Either way, I support this. Not a huge change which could fit well into the "little things" backlog.

The angle slider could be much less of a fickle thing too. There's like 5px between the 5° and 15°. Plus the actual slider knob is tiny as well.


Agree with you i would suggest getting rid of the slider all together and allowing you to type the angle of scan
Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
#4 - 2012-02-09 13:18:11 UTC
It's not that hard to remember that 150,000,000km is 1 AU, working out distance in multiples of that is part of learning to use the directional scanner. Some improvements in the UI are simply a matter of making things less fiddly, which I agree with, simply makes things simpler though I'm somewhat against. I like Eve being needlessly complicated.

A change to the slider as suggested might be nice, as long as we still had a functional slider. I don't like the idea of getting rid of it altogether, typing in the angle would be annoying when you're trying to quickly narrow down a target's location.

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T'Khlau
Somnium Vita
#5 - 2012-02-10 16:38:57 UTC
yup support this
Xonus Calimar
CaeIum Incognitum
#6 - 2012-02-10 18:10:27 UTC
I would love it if CCP made these tweaks to the directional scanner.

I think it would also be interesting if they took the "field of view cone" graphic from the solar system view in the Navigation Panel (F11 key to toggle?), and use it in the actual Solar System Map. Might do wonders for visualizing results in 3D space.

Then again, you adjust the direction of the scanner with the camera, and you can't adjust camera in the Map view, hmmm....