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Please fix shuttle selection or put it back

paulymanpaulyman Member Posts: 228 Arc User
edited January 2013 in Controls and User Interface
While I liked the idea of being able to preset your shuttle of choice and were able to move seemlessly into shuttle missions I do not like they way it works now.

First off you apparently are always in your shuttle.. No matter which ship you are in you are still in your shuttle. Your character information window still shows your shuttle as your ship. When you do elite content and need to repair it is even more clumsy you still have to tell it you want to use 1 repair part even if you want 1 injury which is bad enough and something i had been able to live with. but now you open the window and there is your shuttle not the ship you are in... then you have to select your ship then go through the whole process. basically you are adding an additional penalty for death to those who actually repair their injuries because it takes longer than the respawn timer to go through this process.

So I thought today i will just delete my shuttles and then there will not be a default shuttle... then when they are all gone i can add another and just not set it as default shuttle... NOPE it adds one in again.

So basically any toon i wish to do elite level content with i can not have a shuttle on. please either fix it to where we can set a primary ship or deselect the default shuttle.
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  • gradiusvgradiusv Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I'd like to second this, the process is very clumsy at present. If the repair screen would default to the currently piloted ship, it'll be a big help.
  • mikearoomikearoo Member Posts: 342 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I Agree.

    It is clumsy, it shows my shuttle information not my ship information on half my characters, plus if you are mid STF and need to do a quick repair, you have to specify your ship twice before you can do the repair, a bit annoying.
  • moozleonemoozleone Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    The best that I can tell as to why you see shuttles in everyone's info, is because it depends on what the name of your shuttle is compared to the name of your ship. If your shuttle starts with a letter before your ship, it appears first, i.e. shuttle's name is Alpha, ship's name is Beta, you'll always see the shuttle.
  • adamkafeiadamkafei Member Posts: 6,539 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    moozleone wrote: »
    The best that I can tell as to why you see shuttles in everyone's info, is because it depends on what the name of your shuttle is compared to the name of your ship. If your shuttle starts with a letter before your ship, it appears first, i.e. shuttle's name is Alpha, ship's name is Beta, you'll always see the shuttle.

    Nope, I have the USS Clarity (Starship) and the USS Yellowstone (Shuttle, couldn't be bothered to invent a name for an unused ship) and on login it shows the shuttle
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  • cletusdeadmancletusdeadman Member Posts: 248 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Oh, and the new Toron doesn't allow you to assign a bridge officer.
    Pretty much 100% usless.

    ... I'm just saying.
  • amokhsamokhs Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Agreed

    I dont want to fix my shuttle in an stf
    I dont want to fix my shuttle in an stf
    I dont want to see my shuttle

    Please fix this or revert the changes this is ridiculous the way it is now and hasnt been fixed
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    My klingon has a shuttle named "Zzzzz" to avoid the alphabetic name issue. It still shows up for repairs during STF and I have to manually select my ship.
  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    If I understand this correctly, this thread is basically about a UI issue with ship repair, where the shuttle is always the ship selected for repair regardless of what you happen to be flying at the time.

    I have moved the thread to the Controls and UI sub-forum, where I believe it will get more focused attention from the Development team responsible for user interface. I hope this helps.
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  • rvgmuffinmanrvgmuffinman Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    bluegeek wrote: »
    If I understand this correctly, this thread is basically about a UI issue with ship repair, where the shuttle is always the ship selected for repair regardless of what you happen to be flying at the time.

    I have moved the thread to the Controls and UI sub-forum, where I believe it will get more focused attention from the Development team responsible for user interface. I hope this helps.

    It is more then just the shuttle being shown for the ship repair screen. The shuttle name also appears on the login screen as your active ship rather then your ship. It also shows when you right click on someone your your self , then click on info to see the bio you will also see the shuttle as the active ship.

    On one of my characters I am flying the fleet defiant but it always states that I am in my type-10 shuttle.
  • marc8219marc8219 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I was getting so sick of having to manually select my ship every time I needed to repair I have dismissed all shuttles I have. Fortunately my only shuttle is the To'duj fighter so I can reclaim it whenever this gets fixed. I was considering getting a z-store shuttle for my Fed, but will not until this get fixed.
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  • aspheasphe Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    The work-around I've used is to rename or discharge/reclaim the 'non-shuttle' ship. While this works, renaming might not make some people happy. Discharging/Buying another JHAS will annoy most people and the fact that renaming/discharging anything tend to bring about the need to redo your power tray angers everyone.

    So try this on Tribble first. Also this 'feature' will tend to come back if you rename/discharge/reclaim anything (ship OR boff).

    They really should just engineer it so we can assign ships to certain slots... and have the power trays and whatnot be slot specific. Or heck, even store those locally on our PCs (how fast will it take for us to learn how to edit it?).

    PS Don't hold your breath waiting for this to be fixed. Like the power tray issues, or the drunk transporter chiefs at Qo'nos...
  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    gradiusv wrote: »
    I'd like to second this, the process is very clumsy at present. If the repair screen would default to the currently piloted ship, it'll be a big help.
    /signed +1.


    Also, and I don't know if this is related to the shuttle, but pre-S7, when I pressed the U while I was on the ground it would open my character window, showing my toon's paperdoll and ground gear. When I pressed it in space, it would open on my ship gear page.

    Now I press U and it always seems to start with my charcter's paperdoll screen, no matter whether I'm on ground or in space...

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  • darkeddiedarkeddie Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Please, please fix the selection of ships. It's been broken for months and at some point it was claimed it was fixed but it's not. I've submitted several bug reports but they all go unanswered.
  • synkr0nizedsynkr0nized Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Kind of silly to have NPC dialogue and UI screens defaulting to the shuttle/small craft. I rarely am even using it.
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  • stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I agree, it should be reverted to the old (not broken) ship selection method.

    My fleet members were planning a bunch of shuttle missions in private PVP/PVE events, but we can't do them due to this new system.

    And yes, the Character Info > Current Ship is annoying, and it seems only half of the time it shows the person's correct ship name and class. I personally don't mind everyone seeing I have a Tholian Widow Fighter, but I find it bothersome to find out what type of ship soe guy is flying, only to be befuddled by a Danube Runabout.
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  • hippiejonhippiejon Member Posts: 1,581 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    +1

    This is an issue that has been affecting the game for MONTHS now. Their idea to "fix" ship selection and make it better for all of us , quite simply never "worked as intended" and has done nothing but make the game more difficult and annoying to play.
  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Ya, fix it or put it back. The old system wasn't an issue except to some who wanted to shortcut the way they selected their shuttle, instead EVERYONE got a broken 'fix'.

    Either FIX IT or UNFIX it !!!
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  • molaighmolaigh Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    /signed

    Please fix... And please make "/signed" an acceptable length for a message.
  • loading159loading159 Member Posts: 184 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    /signed +1.


    Also, and I don't know if this is related to the shuttle, but pre-S7, when I pressed the U while I was on the ground it would open my character window, showing my toon's paperdoll and ground gear. When I pressed it in space, it would open on my ship gear page.

    Now I press U and it always seems to start with my charcter's paperdoll screen, no matter whether I'm on ground or in space...

    Yes this shuttle non sense is extremely anoying. Plus what lordhavelock mentioned, I really liked how the character/ship screen would open correctly when on/in ground/space. Just checked, renaming the shuttle to start with a letter after my ships first letter makes the ship come up first to change gear. The info page now opens properly when on ground it opens to your character and in space it opens to your starship.

    Also, I fly the fleet advanced escort. Recently I bought the mirror version so I could use the mirror hull material on my fleet ship. I want people to see when they look at my info that my ship is the fleet ship, not a shuttle.

    Lets also fix the loading problem with everyones info while we're at it. Made a bio, no one can see it. fix please.
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  • auriciusauricius Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Same here. My game is horribly broken. It's beyond annoying now! The display for most of my toons are broken, some however seem to be unaffected by the problem... I'm yet to find any explanation for that, as I have shuttles on every single one of my characters. Also, the game just renamed my star cruiser when I got rid of my shuttle, tried renaming the ship itself, that didn't help, got rid of the shuttle and now I'm stuck with it's name on my ship! Please fix this ASAP!
  • deathspeedmkdeathspeedmk Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Its not just that is annoying its the way in which you repire anyway ethoir via parts or vender
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