Sector space your bridge and you!

piggles

This is a suggestion about making ship bridges more useable.

So while visiting my ship bridge (a crossfield) I noticed the view screen was actually a window for once and not some weird flat 2d image of space, this gave me an idea that instead of flying in sector space using the external view only why can't I fly the ship from the bridge and see actual sector space through the window/view screen, I feel since most of the time when in sector space not many people are "flying" the ship, but instead using auto pilot anyway, this would go a long way to adding some immersion into the game and giving some love to the unused bridges.

Note: I'm not here to discuss the technical side of this, but I do accept there may be some hurdles.

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piggles

well looks like my laziness bit me on the bum there, thanks for the quick reply

altough I am suprised the last part seems difficult, a non-interactable copy of your bridge (just like a cutscene) would be overly difficult, could it not just be renedered client side?

rattler2

If it is for immersion, probably best to just consider that Sector Space view could be some sort of display for the Helm console. As for a viewscreen overlay... eh... with how many styles we got attached to bridges... probably not feasable with a 10+ year old engine.

Other than that this is an FCT subject. Normally they would be pretty much closed on sight, however I will leave this open just a bit longer for you @piggles#7213 for at least one more response from you. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

piggles

Yeah I guess this idea will just have to live on in my dreams, but I struggle to belive that its entirely down to a old engine but just as much a effort/reward for the people with their hands on the money and the whips on the devs

rattler2

Well... the technical aspects were covered in the FCT.
Anyways... I'll go ahead and close this now. And like I said, feel free to ask if you have any questions.