Science & Industry

Has anyone seen anything from CCP regarding updating the PI interface?

I have a smallish production line- 5 characters extracting and 1 character producing robotics. It is reasonably lucrative, but the interface is kind of painful to use.

I'd at least like to see being able to select multiple facilities of the same type- For example, being able to select multiple factories so you can change routes/production all at once instead of having to change like 23 factories per planet.

Also, being able to name launch pads so you can easily know what needs to go where- On my factory planets I have three launch pads- Two for inputs and one for output. Eventually I memorize the launch pad names, but it would be awesome to be able to name them.

Being able to move an extractor rather than destroying and building it again, then linking it again, then upgrading the link, then routing the materials, then selecting all the extractors (while we're at it, why not just be able to type in "10" for the number of extraction heads?) then moving them, blah blah blah...

It'd be great to see a "little things" pass on PI.

Thanks for listening.

Yeah, there has been talk about it, but it's most likely pretty far down the list.

That being said, Iv'e read complaints about it being a click fest. True, it is immersive, but you are running and building factories, mining and refining planetary resources, importing and exporting those resources, and dealing with the hauling logistics to boot.

Dumbing it down too much would be a mistake in mho. Keep it interactive. Clean it up a little, and expand it for sure, but don't make it stupid easy. It would take all of the fun out of it.


Dan

Saving 1/3'rd the clicks would be a HUGE improvement.

I'd like to see:

-Select and configure multiple factories at once
-Name launchpads
-Select and route materials to multiple factories at once

I want to keep it interactive too- Making it stupid simple and passive would hurt things.

But that said, I literally, in the literal sense of the word, had to replace the button switches in my mouse.

They weren't great switches originally- Logitech didn't go all out and put in good switches, but I just thought it was funny that after I set up 6 toons worth of planets the button switches were all wonky.

I think being able to select multiple factories makes that "two things".

For example- I run six chars in my pi chain.

Once it is set up, 5 chars extracting and one manufacturing, it takes ~1 hour a day if I'm focused.

If I decide to change from robotics to enriched uranium, however, that takes hours and hours and hours to do.

If you set up p4 production, holy crap that takes a lot of effort to change from one product to another.

I do like your idea though- Being able to network materials around, perhaps set a "source" that all factories automatically draw from, and then perhaps use additional storage as overflow, would be awesome.