Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Sorry for spamming, but I have been using the new beta map exclusively and it is starting to grow on me.

Would it be possible to get an option to highlight a faction warfare zone or alliances sovereignty and check for example the 'average pilots in space last 30 minutes' and 'ships destroyed last hour'? Similar to: http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Amarr_VS_Minmatar#kills or http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Caldari_VS_Gallente#kills or http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/verite/influence.png

That would make it much easier using the map to plan out roams through low-sec FW zones or sovereign space while keeping the boundaries clear cut.

So for example if we accepted a contract to harass CFC or N3 space then we can check one box to look at an alliances sovereignty, then another to find un-docked pilots. The same applies if we are planning a roam to faction warfare low-sec, check the borders of the individual factions, and then click another box to see number of un-docked pilots, pilots killed in last 30 minutes, as well as contestation levels.

Thanks again.

So just started playing around with using the dock left or right fetcher as i have just figured out how to put eve on 2 monitors \0/. and so the two things that i notice that stand out the most

1) is the probes are a tad hard to move about. This gets much better when using dock left ie a second moniter.

2) It would be really nice if you could some how work out a probe interface to go with the map.

3) Also plus one for removing the inersha.

Bugs

1) The map does not show when you get a double hit off of your probes pics incoming
the first is of the new map http://prntscr.com/6q0kkh the second is of the old map http://prntscr.com/6q0l3a the red arrow is the same hit shown on the first pic the green arrow is the missing hit form the beta map

Thanks for the reply.

The most used feature for finding targets was the ''Average pilots in space in last 30 minutes'' option. Here is the option from the old map: http://i.imgur.com/FFhgWUL.png

Here it is from the new map: http://i.imgur.com/6x1KrKn.jpg

Those pictures were taken at the same time, so as you can clearly see the new map is less usable since the variation of the colours is simply not there. If there is anything you could do to make it easier to find clusters of pilots then myself and my corporation would be eternally grateful.

I asked my fellow corp mates to test out the probe function, here is their feedback:

''It doesn't show me where in the system I am''
''Handling probes is very buggy, it's like before they fixed the handling on the old map, where you can't grab sides of the cube and stuff''
There's a bug with the placement of the probing ui when opening/closing the map, seeing symbols for the actual probes seems to do more harm than good, and clicking results in the probe window needs to filter out the rest, like it does on system map''
''It is irritating that the zoom changes when I double click to focus''
''There needs to be a tracking camera for the map while probing, I don't want to click shift after every single jump. That feels like the most pressing issue right now. Other than that it just needs more functionality.''

- Very much this issue above! ^^

- Also it starts 180 degrees shifted, Tenal should be in the "north". Of course, there are no such things in space as north and south, so I guess I can get used to it :)

- Jump distance "bubble" is missing.

- And please can we get a full-screen mode as the old map?

Otherwise I really like it!.

at the moment, if I double click on a scan result, in the old window, my solar system view focuses on that scan result, in the new beta map, it doesn't happen

I have a suggestion for future releases of the map that does not seem to have been suggested in here before.

The ability to drag and drop systems, constellations, and regions (as you would do to link them in chat) onto the starmap and have the map move focus to the system/const/region that was dropped onto it. I feel this would help with ease of use and convenience for the new map.

There is a lot of information the map provides but it's cumbersome to put it all together. Expanded search and filter tools would be useful. Take all the variables offered in the map and make them adjustable, searchable and filterable with multiple layers.

- Average pilots in space in the last 30 minutes [lowsec only]
- Manufacturing Index [highsec only, Metropolis region]
- Barren planets [lowsec only, Metropolis region, station count = 0]

If you have a list of specifications you are looking for in a system the in-game map should be the ideal place to locate it. Third party websites are the best choice at the moment because it's too difficult to string together all the information from the in-game map.

Filter all things.

(I have not fiddled with the new map for a while so apologies if this has already been implemented )

Double clicking on scan results in the probe window to focus the map on that signature - this will be released on Tuesday next week.

Regarding your fullscreen map issue, could you perhaps submit a bug report for this with some screenshots?

Since it was just announced this feature is going out of beta in Mosaic, I thought I'd hop on Singularity and see how it was coming along. Here is some feedback:


Absolutely Necessary:

• If this new feature is going to be used for dscan, we absolutely need a "My Position" object that we can click a button and go back to. In the old map, after warping or moving I'd fast hit F10 twice to reload the map and get back to the "You are Here" position icon as my center point, so I could narrow my dscan angle/range and move the camera manually around that to find someone. Currently the new map has no functions to make dscan usable for hunting.
• Even in fullscreen mode, the scanning window doesn't scale to take up the entire screen up - there is blank space all around it on the sides and bottom. I've uploaded a screenshot to illustrate. Bug logged: EBR-36465
• The universe map needs the ability to search for individual wormhole system J-Code/Locus and bring up the basic solar system orientation map. Not necessary to show signatures; just planets, moons, so we can see distances between and the orientation. We can actually do this with Thera since the search window will find the stations, but not the system name (screenshot). Logged EBR-36467

Needs Improvement:

• Need a setting to be able to adjust or completely turn off the inertia when panning and zooming. Experienced probers need the ability to "snap to" very quickly, when adjusting probes or camera angle for dscan.
• Once probes are down to a very short range, and you complete scanning a signature, you zoom out and move the group to another signature. On the old map, you could easily click and hold next to the cube, and drag out to bring all of the probes back out to a larger radius to start scanning the new signature. With the new map, you have to zoom BACK in on the cluster, and drag them out; or reset from the probe window. This is a minor annoyance, but it wastes time.
• The circular mouse icon needs to be changed to a pointer, as it isn't fine enough to grab a probe cube face or arrows easily for movement.

Would Be Nice

• The map needs a way to have the probe scanner window/menu inside of it, or the ability to pin the probe scanner in front of the map window. With the old map, it was always in the background, so you could still look at your overview, dscan window, probe window etc. With the new map, if you aren't in fullscreen mode, all of your probe window tools get pushed behind, and every time you want to probe again you have to click it to bring it to the foreground.
• As mentioned before, being able to see your DSCAN radius as a sphere, or cone on the map around your location would be a nice feature, so you can be sure that you are hitting proper ranges. Experienced dcanners know how to do this blind, without visuals and just range numbers, but it would definitely make dscanning easier for new players to have a visual aid. Sounds like this is being planned as a future feature.

Removing Derplicate