Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Part 1: PI Templates

I think this Idea needs a revival :P

Old Thread from long ago
There are probably other threads with this idea, but my search skills aint that uber, I can't find them!

Having your PI setups stored as templates, similar to how we have saved Ship fittings. OMG that would be super awesome!

I have 5 toons doing PI at the moment, and another 5 are incoming, it takes me HOURS to set it all up properly. and then when you gotta reset, you have to move your setup to a different spot on the planet to get the best extraction results, so much of time spent when you could just click a template and off you go!

Of course you'll have to setup your templates in the beginning, and then you'll probably tweak them every time you apply the template, but it would be much more productive to have a template.

PS. I don't expect the paths and schematics to be saved with the templates, just the structures and links (Extractors/Spaceports/Storage facilities etc.) Setting up the schematics and routing should still be done manually, we can't be making it too easy now, that won't be right!

Part 2: Extractor Formation similar to probes.
I dunno if this is a good or bad idea, but it will definitely make the life of a PI'er easier.

1) Do the normal survey thing.
2) Select the extraction duration.
3) Select the number of heads to use.
4) Click an Extractor formation button to have the extractor heads form in a group
5) Then hold "Shift" and move the whole set of heads around. Release Shift to move the heads around individually.

And another bump :)

A definite +1 from me.

Le Bump!

I know I would be able to spend less time clicking planets and more time mining ore (and getting barges blown up) if we had customizable (and exportable!) structures templates for PI. I am not too excited about moving extractor heads in formation, as I usually use an irregular extractor head formation to begin with.

A colleague of mine has started a forum with many suggestions on how to improve the PI interface. Swing on by and see what he has to say: http://www.kinzland.com/eveoforums/jtr/index.php

additionally, for planetary links. Right now there's a minimum distance that determines the smallest possible CPU/PG usage of a link. Make this be the CPU/PG usage for all sufficiently short links, after which the CPU/PG usage would increase normally.

In other words, make it so it doesn't cost extra powergrid to put a little wiggle room in your PI setups. Trying to place processors on the exact pixel is minimize PG use is bad design.

Very quick read but I love it. +1

I might actually setup my PI again sometime. It is so annoying to do similar setups more than once, and there are so many possible ways to arrange things, each time I finish one I am dreading ever having to do it again.

Do this!

I agree completely with the suggestion and have mad it myself in the S&I survey thread. I also see no reason why we couldn't have schematic layouts saved once you set them up.

I would like very much for the inputs and outputs to default to the largest storage available for a schematic too (same is the hangar being the default in manufacturing).

It woukld also be great to be able to set the number of runs for any given factory.

oO, I just though of another thing they can add.

Instead of clicking the item then clicking route, it can be drop down box driven.

So the storage will have the items, and in the "Routing" tab you select the place the item needs to go and click an add button, rinse repeat until all sources are filled.