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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#41 - 2013-10-12 21:34:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Mara Rinn
Quintessen wrote:
Presuming the title bar isn't someone's customized desktop thing going on…


That's a window title bar from what appears to be an X11 window manager of some kind.

Here's a screenshot from my Mac. Obviously photoshopped, but you just can't get good help these days: http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2459/22hb.png

Day 0 Advice for New Players
Mocam
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#42 - 2013-10-12 21:34:37 UTC
A couple suggestions.

The layout is different and this will affect returnees and such.

First - add some mouse-over info on the various portions of the displayed details. ("undocked", isk symbol, etc.)
Second - add a customization section to the initial options (esc menu); IMO - general tab or a new one. or a right-click menu.

Allow people to specify their own color tones and such - nothing hyper fancy, a fairly simple drop-down menu to pick colors - maybe put in an option on what is seen (animated image or not, full body or not)...

Some folks have issues with different color pallets so let them decide what they would like to see and it should resolve any "would like to see more of my char" and "not too much!" concerns. Let it default to as you have it but let them adjust it a bit as they see fit.
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#43 - 2013-10-12 21:59:58 UTC
Mocam wrote:
First - add some mouse-over info on the various portions of the displayed details. ("undocked", isk symbol, etc.)
Second - add a customization section to the initial options (esc menu); IMO - general tab or a new one. or a right-click menu.


The character information pane has info about current skill in training (for each character), skill queue duration, current ISK, unread mail and notifications, the current ship the capsuleer is aboard, and the current location.

Too much customisation could be a bad thing. We've had CCP setting the tone of the login and character selection pages for 10 years, why change now?

Day 0 Advice for New Players
Rommiee
Mercury Inc.
#44 - 2013-10-12 22:07:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Rommiee
So....

Is that a yes or no on being able to switch characters without logging off ?

If not, then its just eye candy without the additional functionality that everyone has been asking about for years...
Utremi Fasolasi
La Dolce Vita
#45 - 2013-10-13 00:35:43 UTC
This is beautiful.
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash
C C P
C C P Alliance
#46 - 2013-10-13 09:39:21 UTC
and it will have sound too :D

all brand new, but one thing is old and I'm sure you all missed her voice while logging in. (for those who play with sound of course, the rest of you can just pffft off - or at least turn it on once and just .. ah . . bah! who am I fooling. )

Bjørn Jacobsen | Deceased Audio Designer | EVE Online & EVE : Valkyrie | CCP Games | I might be slow at replying - but at least I'm bad at football.
Maximus Aerelius
PROPHET OF ENIGMA
#47 - 2013-10-13 10:59:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Maximus Aerelius
OK, just logged onto SiSi and these are my thoughts:

1) Great you didn't put a mirror on...was testing Marauders so \O/ thank you

2) The Char Selection Screen looks pretty sweet. My only gripe so far is that the Chars are in alphabetical order. What about putting them in Skill Point order? This would put my main on the Left and I'd know it was my Main. Now this isn't really an issue for me after having the same Char for so many years but for the other guys out there Left - Right is how we read and is just logical.

3) Keeping the focus on last logged in Char is great. Love that idea.

I'm looking forward to see the changes that are yet to come with this screen.

Nice work thus far CCP Sisyphus | Team Kuromaku | Team Klang

EDIT: Bring back Aura so say something like "Entering environment Capsuleer" or even better "Welcome back Maximus". That wouldn't be too hard would it and would get us right in the mood. Lol

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CCP WhiteNoiseTrash
C C P
C C P Alliance
#48 - 2013-10-13 11:04:15 UTC
having Aura say your name, Uhm.. that will take a while to get working.
;) would require a different system, so the voice would actually change, and that would probably require five full time jobs in just replying to all the complaints from that :D

Bjørn Jacobsen | Deceased Audio Designer | EVE Online & EVE : Valkyrie | CCP Games | I might be slow at replying - but at least I'm bad at football.
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#49 - 2013-10-13 12:07:05 UTC
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash wrote:
having Aura say your name, Uhm.. that will take a while to get working.
;) would require a different system, so the voice would actually change, and that would probably require five full time jobs in just replying to all the complaints from that :D


Any system employed to pronounce more or less strange names will fail.

Regardless of actually using a computer.

Airport announcers

Just imagine what stuff Eve players would come up with ....

CCP Greyscale: As to starbases, we agree it's pretty terrible, but we don't want to delay the entire release just for this one factor.
Vilar Diin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#50 - 2013-10-13 12:57:42 UTC
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash wrote:
having Aura say your name, Uhm.. that will take a while to get working.
;) would require a different system, so the voice would actually change, and that would probably require five full time jobs in just replying to all the complaints from that :D



What happened to the original person who did the "Aura" voice? Can we get her back for a few days?
Simc0m
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#51 - 2013-10-13 14:41:27 UTC
Hello Devs,

Is there any way you can place a countdown timer that shows how long you have until dual character training expires? Right now there is no way to check besides writing down the date you activated dual character training on a post-it note. It's a super anoying problem that you can solve on the cool new character screen, we have been talking about this issue in the feature/ideas section here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=258088&find=unread

Thank you for your time.
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash
C C P
C C P Alliance
#52 - 2013-10-13 19:57:40 UTC
Vilar Diin wrote:
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash wrote:
having Aura say your name, Uhm.. that will take a while to get working.
;) would require a different system, so the voice would actually change, and that would probably require five full time jobs in just replying to all the complaints from that :D



What happened to the original person who did the "Aura" voice? Can we get her back for a few days?


That was an idea, and we have been iterating on it a lot - but the actress who performed it, doesn't work as a voice actress anymore (so I'm told), she moved to the US and some other things.
So it would have to be for a few days for sure, but to make it all fit together, it would most likely require that all the voices were re-done and not just anything new.

But yea, that could work - it's not up to me, but we will most likely discuss it again.

Lors Dornick wrote:
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash wrote:
having Aura say your name, Uhm.. that will take a while to get working.
;) would require a different system, so the voice would actually change, and that would probably require five full time jobs in just replying to all the complaints from that :D


Any system employed to pronounce more or less strange names will fail.

Regardless of actually using a computer.

Airport announcers

Just imagine what stuff Eve players would come up with ....


That too, anything out of the ordinary would sound terrible - and EVE players tend to have out of the ordinary names as well as combinations that would be impossible to mix without it sounding like two separate recordings. It could (COULD!) be done with synthesis, but again, anything out of the ordinary would sound terrible and if it didn't sound terrible, that synthesis algorithm for voicing would be worth quite a lot of money.

Bjørn Jacobsen | Deceased Audio Designer | EVE Online & EVE : Valkyrie | CCP Games | I might be slow at replying - but at least I'm bad at football.
Sir Spottington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#53 - 2013-10-13 21:49:11 UTC
not agaisnt this change as it isnt anything game changing and i only look at it for a few secconds while logging in, having said that...

it dont like it tbh, probably because im used to the same one for almost 3 years and the layout will take getting used to. Im sure after a couple weeks with it in tq i will end up prefering it


Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#54 - 2013-10-13 22:57:11 UTC
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash wrote:
That was an idea, and we have been iterating on it a lot - but the actress who performed it, doesn't work as a voice actress anymore (so I'm told), she moved to the US and some other things.
So it would have to be for a few days for sure, but to make it all fit together, it would most likely require that all the voices were re-done and not just anything new.

But yea, that could work - it's not up to me, but we will most likely discuss it again.

You could put out a contest, of sorts, amongst the player base for your voice acting needs.
Describe how the NPC needing a voice actor and take submissions form the players, chose the best 10~20 or so and take a vote amongst the rest of the players for the best voice for the NPC.
Once a winner has been chosen you could send the dialog for voice acting and then iteration. Of course this would take a while but I'm sure there are many who would like it.

If you don't follow the rules, neither will I.
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#55 - 2013-10-13 23:06:24 UTC
i am wondering. will those banners come back? ads with plex offers and stuff? Or will they stick to the launcher?

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Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#56 - 2013-10-14 03:01:49 UTC
Lors Dornick wrote:
CCP WhiteNoiseTrash wrote:
having Aura say your name, Uhm.. that will take a while to get working.
;) would require a different system, so the voice would actually change, and that would probably require five full time jobs in just replying to all the complaints from that :D


Any system employed to pronounce more or less strange names will fail.

Regardless of actually using a computer.

Airport announcers

Just imagine what stuff Eve players would come up with ....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTDC70SLgXk is a much better airport name announcement prank. Mr Terry Wrist and Mr Al Kyder order tickets, don't show up and get paged at a major Australian airport.

There'd be issues with unpronouncable names (ZZZAFK CloakyZZZ), 'sneakily' obscene names (Far Queue) or offensive/libelous names.

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Turelus
Utassi Security
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#57 - 2013-10-14 06:42:41 UTC
I feel the actual colour scheme of dark red looks a little bad but I can only assume that's expansion specific.

Will there be a replacement for news? the character selection screen was the last page to hold any news articles.

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
dark Vova
Fire Angels
#58 - 2013-10-14 13:31:59 UTC
I did not get to go to the test server to the pilot.
  I was able to create new and I come to them.
but Vova does not go dark.
character the switch does not allow you to choose dark Vova .... akaund on the main server is running.
Can you help me?
Jasmine Assasin
The Holy Rollers
#59 - 2013-10-14 13:43:02 UTC
Simc0m wrote:
Hello Devs,

Is there any way you can place a countdown timer that shows how long you have until dual character training expires? Right now there is no way to check besides writing down the date you activated dual character training on a post-it note. It's a super anoying problem that you can solve on the cool new character screen, we have been talking about this issue in the feature/ideas section here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=258088&find=unread

Thank you for your time.



This please.
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#60 - 2013-10-14 20:01:54 UTC
Simc0m wrote:
Hello Devs,

Is there any way you can place a countdown timer that shows how long you have until dual character training expires? Right now there is no way to check besides writing down the date you activated dual character training on a post-it note. It's a super anoying problem that you can solve on the cool new character screen, we have been talking about this issue in the feature/ideas section here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=258088&find=unread

Thank you for your time.


I, too, support this suggestion.