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Dev blog: Starmap Improvements - A Map To Treasure

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CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2014-12-04 15:11:52 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Phantom
With the Rhea release we will see an interesting (experimental) new star map.

The main features of this new opt-in starmap are
  • Seamless zoom from universe scale down to solar system scale
  • Display in a window that can be resized, moved around and docked at the sides of the screen
  • Grouping of stars in constellations and regions
  • Performance improvements
  • Continued development beyond Rhea
  • To use this new map after Rhea, you first need to active this feature in the ESC menu under General settings.

Discover more details and pictures about this new star map in CCP Rise' latest dev blog Starmap Improvements - A Map To Treasure.

We welcome your feedback and suggestions on which features you would like to see next in the new star map!

Known issues
Labels jitter when zooming in and out
Routes including wormholes will not appear correctly when new map is open
Solar system markers are being worked on

Features not yet implemented
Search
Jump range
Probe scanning
Sovereignty filter
Links (all links connect to old map only)
Wormhole systems
...and more

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tgl3
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-12-04 15:14:16 UTC
Posted a bit early, Phantom? Link is dead!
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#3 - 2014-12-04 15:14:30 UTC
Hooray a more useful map! Also yeah, the link is dead.

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CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#4 - 2014-12-04 15:16:19 UTC
tgl3 wrote:
Posted a bit early, Phantom? Link is dead!

There is unfortunately always a slight delay between publication of the blog and until it is visible for everyone. But I promise, it is there! Somewhere out there...

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tgl3
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-12-04 15:17:45 UTC  |  Edited by: tgl3
CCP Phantom wrote:
tgl3 wrote:
Posted a bit early, Phantom? Link is dead!

There is unfortunately always a slight delay between publication of the blog and until it is visible for everyone. But I promise, it is there! Somewhere out there...

And it's up! Awesome!

EDIT: Will this be on Sisi before the release?
Double edit; The lack of probes (and presumably d-scan integration) in the new solar map initially makes it useless, but I'll still throw feedback in on the rest on release.
Jade Blackwind
#6 - 2014-12-04 15:21:45 UTC
The new map looks awesome! Pity there's no search function in the beta though.
Dierdra Vaal
Interstellar Stargate Syndicate
#7 - 2014-12-04 15:25:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Dierdra Vaal
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These modes can also be resized and makes it very easy to run the map on a second monitor full time.


I assume that it still runs inside the same window (as far as the Windows window manager is concerned) as Eve? So for it to run on a second monitor I need to stretch the Eve window over 2 monitors? Or is it a separate window?

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BUT CCP RISE, THIS STILL ISN’T DOTLAN


(I first read this as "this still isn't dolan").

Is it CCP's intention to make dotlan unnecessary, or at least make a map that rivals dotlan?

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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#8 - 2014-12-04 15:26:57 UTC
Finally!

I've been in the hype train for the new starmap for AGES (actually, two weeks).

Glad to see the deblog, looks amazing!

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CCP Rise
C C P
C C P Alliance
#9 - 2014-12-04 15:28:21 UTC
Dierdra Vaal wrote:
Quote:
These modes can also be resized and makes it very easy to run the map on a second monitor full time.


I assume that it still runs inside the same window (as far as the Windows window manager is concerned) as Eve? So for it to run on a second monitor I need to stretch the Eve window over 2 monitors? Or is it a separate window?


Yes, same window as eve, you would need to stretch the eve window to two monitors.

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Lair Osen
#10 - 2014-12-04 15:29:01 UTC
So the search doesn't work, how about auto linking to 'Show Info' then 'Show on Map'?
Ix Method
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-12-04 15:29:29 UTC
Some glorious things right there, hugs for everyone.

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CCP karkur
C C P
C C P Alliance
#12 - 2014-12-04 15:29:40 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP karkur
tgl3 wrote:
EDIT: Will this be on Sisi before the release?.

The map is now live on Sisi Big smile

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l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#13 - 2014-12-04 15:32:22 UTC
I'm a bit underwhelmed :/

But the "strategy and information" mode sounds exactly like the thing I was hoping for in the first place. Thanks for updating it.

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Katrina Bekers
A Blessed Bean
Pandemic Horde
#14 - 2014-12-04 15:33:16 UTC
How cool is a game, a dev, and a dev team who acknowledge the stellar (pun intended) excellence level reached by one of their most acclaimed gamers (Wollari, that'd be you)?

Even cooler if they set the goal of emulating the success and functionality of dotlan evemaps!

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Alphax45
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-12-04 15:34:15 UTC
I need new pants :D

Good Job CCP
Samsara Toldya
Academy of Contradictory Behaviour
#16 - 2014-12-04 15:36:37 UTC
Have to check it out... later Sad

I see Overview and HUD in this screenshot: http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/66726/1/2.png
Am I now able to undock, look around and overlay the map to identify the stars I see without setting random autopilot routes to have "lines in space"?

Will we finally be able to see at least TWO different things at the same time?
Like: Secstatus PLUS pilots in space or Secstatus PLUS kills last hour or station service PLUS system cost index?

It's been a pita to identify systems with low system cost index and have to switch the map to station service to see if there is a station with manufacturing (damn, what system did I look at???)... or to find the least active lowsec entry system (switching between kills last hour, pilots in space, pilots docked, secstatus and back).
Never understood why the secstatus colour would be removed while looking at jumps last 24h and so on...
Liu Ellens
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2014-12-04 15:41:41 UTC
CCP, you really really make it difficult for me to follow my plan of letting my subscription run out...

Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there for shure.
Abby Silverwind
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#18 - 2014-12-04 15:46:07 UTC
Looks great can't wait to test it out

Happy Abby

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Defier Orilis
Defiance Eden Initiative
#19 - 2014-12-04 15:47:06 UTC
Are you guys removing the F11 key side screen panel (i rarely used it anyway) then and replacing it with the floating new map as F11 key shortcut?
Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#20 - 2014-12-04 15:50:59 UTC
YAY!:
- Whoever designed the UI on the map needs a promotion to the head of the UI redesign team to show how it is done.
- Not sure if you can improve on perfection, some system names are a bit dim even when they are "next door".

Boooo:
- Scanning uses the old map still.
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