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To the Dev that did the Lines in space for the Autopilot

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Seline Taal
Taal Order
#1 - 2013-02-19 17:47:21 UTC
I feaking love you! My fave part of todays patch, well done dude!
Whitehound
#2 - 2013-02-19 18:36:57 UTC
Pretty, but useless. I have already turned it off. Does anybody know what use it has besides drawing zic-zac lines on my screen?

I do like the fact that one can now optimize the current route without opening the map. However, it still cannot handle more than 10-11 waypoints. X

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#3 - 2013-02-19 18:39:48 UTC
Whitehound wrote:

I do like the fact that one can now optimize the current route without opening the map. However, it still cannot handle more than 10-11 waypoints. X


-sigh-

I'm an idiot, don't mind me.
Marlona Sky
State War Academy
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-02-19 18:46:15 UTC
It's the little things like this that help the players emerge into the game. Well done.
Seline Taal
Taal Order
#5 - 2013-02-19 18:54:55 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Pretty, but useless. I have already turned it off. Does anybody know what use it has besides drawing zic-zac lines on my screen?


I think its that the lines point to the stars as they are in space, for me this made the whole traveling seem even larger than it already is.
Whitehound
#6 - 2013-02-19 18:58:31 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
It's the little things like this that help the players emerge into the game. Well done.

Did you actually try it? It is just a wild zic-zac on the screen and each time you jump does the screen flicker and the lines are somewhere else. Roll It is not as cool as I thought.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Beckie DeLey
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-02-19 19:00:37 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
*****, moan, cry


Well, aren't you just a sunshine?

My siren's name is Brick and she is the prettiest.
Whitehound
#8 - 2013-02-19 20:05:38 UTC
Beckie DeLey wrote:
Whitehound wrote:
*****, moan, cry


Well, aren't you just a sunshine?

Why, what? I turned it off, ugly.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-02-19 20:08:07 UTC  |  Edited by: sabre906
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-02-19 20:17:19 UTC  |  Edited by: DeMichael Crimson
Space Lines?



EDIT:

+1 to the Devs for making autopilot Star Trails.

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#11 - 2013-02-19 20:21:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
The stars in EvE are not just a random pattern, they actually represent your star map.

For the moment actually having the route you are going to take is simply another visualization tool... interesting (and helps with the immersion factor) but it does not claim to enhance functionality in any meaningful way. At this point it's really not intended to.

However the next step is to allow you to turn on star info overlays (if you wish) where you can hover over a star on your route and get info... perhaps even interact with it to a degree (remove from autopilot route, add to avoid systems, perhaps even hover to get access to all of those juicy details available through the map but just for the system you are hovering over). For new players especially I can see this being intuitive and engaging, giving even more strongly the impression of actually being in a living breathing high tech universe.

I'd be a little happier if that little line tracked back all the way to the gate you are going to be jumping out of, or even connecting all the way back to the gate you jumped in through. Heck, some people would probably like to see the route behind them as well (perhaps depicted with a different color line).

Still, no criticism from me for those that find it distracting. I'm just pleased that CCP provided the means to turn it on/off easily. It shows that CCP is coming to realize how important customization to taste is to our finicky generation of gamers... and that is a good thing.

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Pinko Schulz
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2013-02-19 20:23:28 UTC
sabre906 wrote:
...


Heres a little something for the stomach acid

Now go play Angry Birds again.
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-02-19 20:24:03 UTC
sabre906 wrote:
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh


This was discussed by one of the developers. It took 3 business days.

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#14 - 2013-02-19 20:24:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
sabre906 wrote:
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh

Stars representing actual points on the star map and in space has been in place for quite some time, you just had no way to visualize it before.
Adding the lines was a fairly trivial thing (not to take away from the dev that did the work).

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sabre906
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-02-19 20:26:41 UTC  |  Edited by: sabre906
Ranger 1 wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh

Stars representing actual points on the star map and in space has been in place for quite some time, you just had no way to visualize it before.
Adding the lines was a fairly trivial thing (not to take away from the dev that did the work).


You mean when the wallpapers got changed? That "some time" isn't much time. And all it means is wasted manhours a few months back, as opposed to last month.

Montevius Williams wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh


This was discussed by one of the developers. It took 3 business days.


Makes you wonder what else they could have done in 3 business days.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-02-19 20:28:53 UTC
Seline Taal wrote:
I feaking love you! My fave part of todays patch, well done dude!



Not my favorite but nice one.

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#17 - 2013-02-19 20:29:32 UTC
sabre906 wrote:
Ranger 1 wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh

Stars representing actual points on the star map and in space has been in place for quite some time, you just had no way to visualize it before.
Adding the lines was a fairly trivial thing (not to take away from the dev that did the work).


You mean when the wallpapers got changed? That "some time" isn't much time. And all it means is wasted manhours a few months back, as opposed to last month.

Montevius Williams wrote:
sabre906 wrote:
I wish they would do things that are useful rather than interesting. With the effort it takes to assign stars on each wallpaper for every system in Eve, one must wonder how much dev time went into this...Ugh


This was discussed by one of the developers. It took 3 business days.


Makes you wonder what else they could have done in 3 business days.

Fortunately work flow priorities aren't handed out by "internet experts" at CCP. Smile

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Inkarr Hashur
Skyline Federation
#18 - 2013-02-19 20:39:36 UTC
It isn't a bad thing to enhance the sense of scale of your universe.
Entity
X-Factor Industries
Synthetic Existence
#19 - 2013-02-19 20:40:11 UTC
The one other thing I'd like to see is another line drawn from the first star in the route to the relevant stargate.

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Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2013-02-19 20:43:49 UTC
*lol* Whitehound is such a bittervet ... xD
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