Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Will we still be able to post HTML links ingame, that, when clicked, opens up/adds tab to our standard browser?

It's not just getting the same data, its also the ability to push things to the client via the IGB javascript methods that are functionally important.

NO ITS NOT FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD

IGB needs to relay WH mapping data besides reading it out. Also focring people into buying another monitor is absurd

There are other options to get a browser in the client such as overlays. You don't HAVE to get another monitor.

CREST can offer both. CREST has the ability to write and can in the future be used to trigger things in the client.

I feel like you're sidestepping the getting data into the client issue though.

On a personal note, I'm all for tossing the IGB out when there's equivalency of functionality on CREST. When eve launched back in '03 I loved having an IGB because I was single monitored. But I feel that with the pace of modern patching and upgrades having CCP trying to keep a web browser both current and secure is beyond the scope of reasonable.

Lors od people have problems with overleys. Also that require another application to be instaled and written especially for this.

Also i dont know (not saying it cant be done, i just dont know) if you can have responsive overley where you can ussue actions, like button press to let sey set destination to given system, etc...

Ccp - pls dont tell us we now have to write overley tools for every single app we use in igb. People will hate you for that.

It is if you play full screen and/or dont have second monitor

Strictly speaking you‘re right. But what‘s the advantage of playing in full screen mode? I think I turned it off in my first EVE weeks or months and never turned it back on again.

Well honestly lets take this bit by bit, at least by my own wormhole standard. I primarily use it to map wormholes because there is 0 options in the eve client itself. For this example, lets use Siggy.

I use siggy for 4 things.

1) Map out and list anomalies (we scan stuff down, copy it to siggy, then list it for all to see).

We can do this ingame, but we run into a few issues. Once we either jump wormholes or switch ships, all the scanning data is erased. And we cannot share our scanning data with others. Its pretty silly that we can't do that honestly. If someone scans something down, it should be shared with the corporation/alliance. We use Siggy for literally that because the ingame options are inadequate. I'd pretty much just show scanned signatures to all in corp and alliance as they are scanned (just update it ingame and let it persist till the signature ends or changes). So yes more power to the scout and prober.

2) Wormhole mass amounts. Yes I calculate mass amounts through a wormhole through siggy. There is some signal of what mass is in the game itself though. There can or cannot be an option for this ingame, but it is hardly a requirement. I can do the math pretty easily by hand.

3) Mapping out Routes. You probably could have a really interesting time creating a ingame wormhole mapper. Right now all the mappers are outside, and there is 0 ingame. Basically take the ingame map, wipe it out when inside of a wormhole, and create a star chart. Everybody (and I mean everybody) knows what wormhole goes where. There is 0 reason to keep this a "secret" to people and to make them use the magic of "Google" or the Eve Website to find out.

4) Intelligence storage. I use it to see where my scouts are. I also store up pos setups for future information. I also put up notices of where possible activity is . I also put in warning wormholes so we know when we connect to someone interesting. This "could" be an option, but not a requirement. We also use this to keep an eye where a person is, so we don't role the hole in their face when we don't want to.

You want to alleviate some of the angst, those are your 4 issues as I see it with wormholes. Now you won't be able to create a better mapper than the players, but if you can create a viable option, because there is none currently.

Summary.
1) Relay probe scan info to corporation and alliance live, as you scan it. Live update probe screen for all.
2) Clarify wormhole mass amounts a bit more for new peoples (specific amounts aren't needed, but a 4th stage might be)
3) Possible ingame wormhole mapper.
4) We can track fleets using ingame map in kspace, should make it possible to track people also in wspace.