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Pet status for UI

morgansmithmorgansmith Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited June 2013 in Controls and User Interface
Could we get an UI element to let us know how many fighters we have out and their health status please? The things are so small, they get lost in large battles and it is hard to know if they are ok or need to be relaunched or not.
[SIGPIC]stats of my ship coming soon[/SIGPIC]
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  • kyeto13kyeto13 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    There is a UI option on the ESC menu, under HUD I believe. You can select which brackets and health bars show.
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  • morgansmithmorgansmith Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Nice I didn't know that!
    [SIGPIC]stats of my ship coming soon[/SIGPIC]
  • morgansmithmorgansmith Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    ok, I went home and looked through all of the UI and HUD options and didnt find anything that would display the heath/status of my hanger craft.
    [SIGPIC]stats of my ship coming soon[/SIGPIC]
  • foundrelicfoundrelic Member Posts: 1,380 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    YEah I don't think there is one. I would love to have this for any ship that can create pets.

    Oddy witht he Aquarius, MVAE, Carriers.


    THough the Carrier one would have to be a count rather than a line of HP/shield indicators and dedicated Carriers can have 12 pets out at once, that's a LOT of clutter.
  • wraithshadow13wraithshadow13 Member Posts: 1,728 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I would love this as well. Champions has one so i dont see why STO shouldn't steal it for the pets here either. Personally i wouldn't mind getting some kind of fighter like control over the MVAE or Saucer as well, some times those things are not the smartest.
  • morgansmithmorgansmith Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Thats all I want! Just some dots for pete sake!. make the dots cycle from green to red as they get closer to death. Have the red ones de-cycle when you press the launch key, replacing them with fresh fighters.

    like this
    (OOOOOO)

    press launch again and you get this:

    (OOOOOO)
    [SIGPIC]stats of my ship coming soon[/SIGPIC]
  • rikaelusrikaelus Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    /sign

    We definitely need more status panels. One for pets is a given; a slim shield/hull bar would be fine, or something even simpler than that. Some representation of the pet type would be helpful, too, if you're usuing multiple at once.

    Another panel for mission-specific ships would be nice, too, such as for STF's.

    Simply put: more info, please. All the data is there. It shouldn't be hard to write a panel around it. =/
  • cavaduscavadus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    A pet status panel is sorely needed. I rarely ever have a clue what as to what my fighters are up to or how they are doing and pretty much just spam launch them as soon as the CD is up in heavier battles.

    I don't recommend activating brackets for fighters. Once you get into fights with carriers your screen starts to look like a mess.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • blunted74blunted74 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I concur. This is needed and dont think it would be hard for them to do
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  • rathlordrathlord Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Could not possibly agree more. I bought my first carrier less than an hour ago and already distraught over the lack of UI. Makes it horrid to control.

    For the sake of the community, if you agree with this, please post so that this can get some attention and a fix.
  • mattimeo97mattimeo97 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Try Options > HUD, scroll down to 'Your Officers.' There are tabs there listed as 'Your Mine and Fighter Names,' Your Mine and Fighter Life,' and 'Your Mine and Fighter Reticles.' Try ticking them from 'Targeted' to 'Always,' and see if that works for you. I don't have a carrier currently, or I'd try it myself. If it does, you won't get a neat UI, but you'll at least get a visual life bar and be able to pick them out on the screen.
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  • nachobizniznachobizniz Member Posts: 22 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I love the colored dot idea. Simple. Effective.
  • bberge1701bberge1701 Member Posts: 726 Bug Hunter
    edited October 2012
    As an Odyssey/Bortasq' owner, I've taken to using the "Set Focus" function to pin my pet's status to my UI. This only works for a single pet, but works well for my purposes.
  • skodmunkforumskodmunkforum Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    a pet/fighter status window is in need.
  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I use the video options to have my pets show names.

    This is useful except when:

    Set to "fire on my target", they all cluster up and 3 names are in "perfect overlap".
    They fly out of my cone of vision, I frequently have them blasting generators while I'm watching the gateway for probes.
    They scatter all over creation in intercept mode against 2 flight deck carriers in a Gorn fleet action

    Dots, numbers, something would greatly help me know the status of my squadrons. I can't think of a single modern carrier that isn't getting updates of it's fighters and know what they are doing/up to...
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  • skodmunkforumskodmunkforum Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    do it, give the interface the love it deserves !
  • chuckingramchuckingram Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    morgansmith wrote: »
    Thats all I want! Just some dots for pete sake!. make the dots cycle from green to red as they get closer to death. Have the red ones de-cycle when you press the launch key, replacing them with fresh fighters.

    like this
    (OOOOOO)

    press launch again and you get this:

    (OOOOOO)

    This would be perfect.
  • skodmunkforumskodmunkforum Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    During 5 man missions its kinda hard keeping control of how many hangarbay flyers are still alive and where they are.
    Except right after a Borg Cube dies, every single Bird of Prey will be one shot of the explosion.
  • ydypydyp Member Posts: 6
    edited May 2013
    Necroing this threat, as it seems we still haven't gotten this option with the new UI.
  • salsad00msalsad00m Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Seriously, this is needed. Its a huge pain the way it is.
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