Test Server Feedback

I looked over the graphic changes and I'm impressed. Seems like an incredible upgrade compared to the old look. Also, some of the icons make more sense, some less sense. But that's always the case with icons, I'm content with nice looking ones with a little bit more sense for now.

Also, some of the new themes are pretty, indeed. I've immediately changed my SiSi-theme to a fine looking Gallente one. Now everything has a sweet green shade and visibility is still good!

Aaaaaahahaha! Aura became a ****** monochrome version of iron man.

Good thing we got our character creator improved earlier, in Incarna times.

Since this is a modernization theme/re-skin, I really think we should have the option to opt back to the current TQ version UI, there is nothing functionally changing, so there shouldn't be an issue with allowing for this.

I am not a big fan of the UI themes and some of them are just not going to be workable as they are now, the glow thing is totally broken on Amarr theme where you cannot read the text if you mouse over something.

There was nothing wrong with the current UI other then it lacked a pin and a transparency for the ship fitting window and the new industry window, other wise it was just fine.

A picture says more than words..

This is the star in Thera, which looks awesome if you wear sunglasses . Everyone, stay away from the Thera sun or you will get blind.

http://i.imgur.com/fspB02b.png it's almost better as you can see.

On TQ I can read all of this.

Ok, lets get down to business here, since this is going to be the new UI.

1. Neocon - needs the option to be opaque (solid) as well as transparent (clear) for one, to match the other windows in each theme.

2. The Station Services icons need to match the neocon icons in style and in image completely, and the icons need to scale in size just like the "Agents/Guests/Offices/Hangars" row does now.

3. The Tabs in all windows need to scale in size across the whole of the window from the left to the right wher they will then meet the pinning/minimizing/close portion.

4. Tabs need to go transparently when the window is pinned as well as the window, there is no need of contast opaque objects in the windows when they are pinned. it is distracting and in the way.

5. Tabs should not have background lighting/brightness... they should match the neocom in that the button is the color of the table or theme like the neocon and the mouse over should hightlight the text or the icon as it does with the neocon icons for consistance in appearance - this shoul be completely uniform.

6. Notifications Button should have a transparency option.

Important:
7. Theme Enviromental Presets - 1 for each station, and 1 for space - then you have the option to set them all the same or to each station with what you like - suggested because some themes work with some stations and some do not - so presets keeps it dynamic and doesn't keep the user having to keep manually adjusting the theme.


As it stands you have two different themes for the same icons in two places - this needs to be cleaned up - the neocom is the better of the two themes - it is clean easy to work with and consistent - use that as your pattern for the rest.

That type of thing is what we have been asking for the jump animation but ignored for ages. I still need to turn my head away when I jump any gate in this game, otherwise in 4-5 jumps travel I would vomit over my computer.

So do not keep your hopes up.. CCP seems to like us to feel sick when playing their game.

You can share the UI with all your toons or with someone else for that matter - there is a thread on this. I am not at my main PC so I will EDIT and post it HERE when I get online on that rig later on today.

CPP please don't kill aura. Her new appearence is ugly

Also
I want to see coulors in interface. I don't bouther speed of work with interface. If I need speed I use keyboard shortcuts.
Simply give option to use colored interface instead of monochrome one. I don't belive that you can't.

New station service icons are too small

Transparency. You promised that we'll be able to change it. One more issue is that it changing when I do something. It adds some sort of discomfort and I don't believe that I'll be used to this.

Whilst you are at redesigning the UI
can you please take a look at tactical overlay? There is too much white that when overlaps makes space extremely bright and difficult to look at at low zooms.

I use the overlay for the vector between the target and my ship, coupled with the new keyboard flight controls. Its useful, but its not comfortable to use shortcuts for modules so I mouse click. This triggers the optimal/falloff sphere on an already white film and max targetting sphere.

A passable option would be to have the same menu as for the new sensor overlay.