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

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Sir Substance
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2013-02-19 20:53:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Sir Substance
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.


best three business days spen this release, except for the dev who changed the combat log so it doesnt clear during a session change. he/she is currently best dev.

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Whitehound
#22 - 2013-02-19 21:36:09 UTC
Solstice Project wrote:
*lol* Whitehound is such a bittervet ... xD

I neither play EVE long enough nor am I bitter to qualify as such...

I guess I have come to the realization that I am not as much of a sucker for eye candy as I used to be. Cool

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CCP BunnyVirus
C C P
C C P Alliance
#23 - 2013-02-19 21:44:39 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


almost none

3D Artist
Inkarr Hashur
Skyline Federation
#24 - 2013-02-19 21:56:13 UTC
CCP BunnyVirus 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


almost none


Were the in-space backgrounds generated or derived in some way from the 3D starmap itself?
Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2013-02-19 22:01:12 UTC
Inkarr Hashur wrote:
CCP BunnyVirus 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


almost none


Were the in-space backgrounds generated or derived in some way from the 3D starmap itself?



Not all the stars you see are part of the bitmaps. The stars of the Eve universe are overlaid on top of the bitmap.
John DaiSho
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#26 - 2013-02-19 22:01:22 UTC
I really love it, too. One thing I would like to have added to it is being able to rightclick any star and set route to it.

"where do we roam today? lets see... *spins the camera* that star over there!"
CCP BunnyVirus
C C P
C C P Alliance
#27 - 2013-02-19 22:02:05 UTC
Inkarr Hashur wrote:
CCP BunnyVirus 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


almost none


Were the in-space backgrounds generated or derived in some way from the 3D starmap itself?


In some way they are, but the stars on the background have nothing to do with the nebulas.

3D Artist
Seline Taal
Taal Order
#28 - 2013-02-19 22:06:30 UTC
John DaiSho wrote:
I really love it, too. One thing I would like to have added to it is being able to rightclick any star and set route to it.

"where do we roam today? lets see... *spins the camera* that star over there!"


Reminded of Star Trek, something like "Second star on the left and keep on till morning", that would be pretty cool.

Arguments on time spend aside it its still a really nice thing to add and makes the EvE universe seem even bigger, regardless of the three days spent Roll

If you can do what John DaiSho mentioned in three days too I would consider them well spent Big smile
Inkarr Hashur
Skyline Federation
#29 - 2013-02-19 22:07:58 UTC
Jada Maroo wrote:
Inkarr Hashur wrote:
CCP BunnyVirus 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


almost none


Were the in-space backgrounds generated or derived in some way from the 3D starmap itself?



Not all the stars you see are part of the bitmaps. The stars of the Eve universe are overlaid on top of the bitmap.


I assume the closer ones then. As setting a very long auto-pilot route gives you a route that fades out and seems to disappear beyond the next-ish constellation, or roughly 12 or so jumps.

Very interesting.
Inkarr Hashur
Skyline Federation
#30 - 2013-02-19 22:09:19 UTC
John DaiSho wrote:
I really love it, too. One thing I would like to have added to it is being able to rightclick any star and set route to it.

"where do we roam today? lets see... *spins the camera* that star over there!"


Remember how lots of brackets in space causes client issues?

Yeah...
Octavian Madullier
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2013-02-19 22:09:49 UTC
but other than the pretty visuals ...

Why are u using autopilot anyway ???

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Inkarr Hashur
Skyline Federation
#32 - 2013-02-19 22:15:13 UTC
Octavian Madullier wrote:
but other than the pretty visuals ...

Why are u using autopilot anyway ???


I don't know if you're posting in a tongue-in-cheek manner or genuinely unaware that setting a route in space gives you what is called an auto-pilot route, regardless of whether you actually engage your auto-pilot.
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#33 - 2013-02-19 22:30:03 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Pretty, but useless.


So is pretty much every pop icon in the world. It doesn't make them any less rich or famous.

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black widowx1
Kingsparrow Wormhole Division
Birds of Prey.
#34 - 2013-02-19 23:02:49 UTC
Yeh, i really like this feature. It's the little things you guys put in each patch, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. It's awesome, don't ever change CCP <3

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Rroff
Antagonistic Tendencies
#35 - 2013-02-19 23:10:52 UTC
I think its a great feature, nice little immersion touch and they do represent your actual position rather than just being random lines to random stars.

Would be nice if there was a little info box for noteable systems to i.e. Jita being a trade hub, other systems with lore, etc.
Whitehound
#36 - 2013-02-19 23:20:10 UTC
Rroff wrote:
Would be nice if there was a little info box for noteable systems to i.e. Jita being a trade hub, other systems with lore, etc.

How about a friendly sat-nav voice telling you about all the sights and places?

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stoicfaux
#37 - 2013-02-19 23:20:46 UTC
Hrm. It keeps reminding me of Skyrim, specifically the skill "trees."

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Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#38 - 2013-02-19 23:24:25 UTC
Entity wrote:
The one other thing I'd like to see is another line drawn from the first star in the route to the relevant stargate.

I actually reported the lack of that line as a bug (When this feature first was on Sisi). It came back "intended behavior". OK, now its a feature request.

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Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#39 - 2013-02-19 23:25:54 UTC
CCP BunnyVirus 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


almost none


It annoys me when people say they only want the Dev's to focus on what they perceive as "useful". Let the Developers decide what is and what isn't useful. I for one love the change, it really adds to the immersion of the game. The little things tend to go a long way in such a big universe.
Rroff
Antagonistic Tendencies
#40 - 2013-02-19 23:27:51 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Rroff wrote:
Would be nice if there was a little info box for noteable systems to i.e. Jita being a trade hub, other systems with lore, etc.

How about a friendly sat-nav voice telling you about all the sights and places?



TBH as an option as a new player it would have gone a long way to engaging me more with the game.