First, I absolutely love the new UIs. The only improvement I can think of is that it would be cool if the UIs would be character specific so that when I logged my Gorn, Gorn UI. Romulan, Romulan UI, etc, etc. Right now they don't seem to 'stick'. Did I mention how enamored I was with how the new UIs look though?
Second, will you add more UIs in the future (like Vulcan, Breen, Ferengi) or add a custom UI feature so that we can create our own? Would love to have a Vulcan one.
I'm hoping to do another pass on the brightness of the default color schemes on Tribble, but in the meantime, try out one of the classic color schemes.
You can find them in Options > Basic > Color Schemes. There's Federation Classic, Klingon Classic and Romulan Classic.
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A world to defend
A city to protect
innocents to save
"Why?" They ask "they hate you"
We're heroes it's what we do.
*patiently waiting on Paragon City*
OMG! Are you serious? This is a command that I can use? How have I not known about this?
There seem to be a lot of undocumented commands that players have discovered for themselves. I've discovered some by looking through the command list, and I've seen others post commands that I've never known about. I still would like them to fix the green boxes so that their borders align with those of their HUD elements.
I haven't had a chance to test a lot of the new content, but I must say that I like the looks of the new UI (on the fed side of things). I'm also kind of fond of the bridge viewscreen image used when hailing a contact. Looking forward to running some missions and hopefully getting to see things from a Klingon/Romulan perspective. If what I've seen so far is any indication this new expansion will be fantastic! Keep up the great work Cryptic!
I'm hoping to do another pass on the brightness of the default color schemes on Tribble, but in the meantime, try out one of the classic color schemes.
You can find them in Options > Basic > Color Schemes. There's Federation Classic, Klingon Classic and Romulan Classic.
I've heard it said that you guys aren't married to the Fed Classic Blue. A shade or two lighter would be nice. Not bright like the other color schemes, but the current one is too somber for my tastes.
BTW, If you don't mind. How come you don't do a more sophisticated Red Alert at the top that sort of parallels the the TOS Movies? By having it elements strobe towards the center?
And the Sector Red Alert could be changed from a Red Alert to a Priority One Message indicator. (Because in Star Trek you would get the message before rushing off to help, right?)
I get tired of moving the mini map and other windows....
You know that's a brilliant suggestion. I don't really need my HUD on my ship, other than time and things like Duty Officers. But all of the powers are pretty much worthless.
On that note, I'd like an armory on my ship, where I can go to test out my new weapons and dps on holographic ground enemies; and in that section of the ship, the powers tray would pop back up.
Hmm...that sounds kinda complex actually.
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What about a 'Faction - Classic' option that loads the 'Classic' scheme related too your faction. So for a Fed toon you'd get the Federation - Classic skin, a KDF toon the KDF - Classic skin and a Romulan toon the Romulan - Classic skin?
There seem to be a lot of undocumented commands that players have discovered for themselves. I've discovered some by looking through the command list, and I've seen others post commands that I've never known about. I still would like them to fix the green boxes so that their borders align with those of their HUD elements.
It would sure be nice if someone sorted them all out and post a comprehensive list of verified commands.
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You know that's a brilliant suggestion. I don't really need my HUD on my ship, other than time and things like Duty Officers. But all of the powers are pretty much worthless.
On that note, I'd like an armory on my ship, where I can go to test out my new weapons and dps on holographic ground enemies; and in that section of the ship, the powers tray would pop back up.
Hmm...that sounds kinda complex actually.
There is one by extension - sort of - the Foundry. I already made an Armory mission so to speak. The name is Capital Ship Combat Simulation.
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OMG! Are you serious? This is a command that I can use? How have I not known about this?
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Let us know how it worked for you.
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Please enable us to buy a token with Zen to faction change a 25th Century FED to a TOS FED.
Wondering who came in and snuck the Lcars screens and grey paintjob onto my tan-ish Recluse's walls?
(yes, this is a nitpick, I have a ship with a unique bridge, and the border for hails is still the standard-ish TNG viewscreen...)
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There's a lot of posts so I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but is there a way to set up the color schemes so they are character specific? So my Romulan can use the Romulan Scheme while my fed uses the TNG scheme, without requiring me to switch back and forth manually when I switch characters? I like the old implementation whereby each faction has a different color, but from what I understand, the new system sets a single color scheme globally, for all your characters.
There's a lot of posts so I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but is there a way to set up the color schemes so they are character specific? So my Romulan can use the Romulan Scheme while my fed uses the TNG scheme, without requiring me to switch back and forth manually when I switch characters? I like the old implementation whereby each faction has a different color, but from what I understand, the new system sets a single color scheme globally, for all your characters.
It's on their minds and they have heard the pleas, but at the moment we have to wait for the programmers to get around to it. I imagine that they are up to their eyeballs in work, grinding it out to the last second to get this expansion pack out in a month and a week or so.
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One thing I noticed last night. When I tried to split some items off, grabbing the space where the slider goes previously moved the marker to my mouse. This time, it just grabbed the window and moved it around. The only way to move the slider was to click and hope it was the amount I wanted, then click again, and again.
I want my slider to slide!
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Don't know if this is the right thread for this issue, anyway.
On Holodeck the windows key brings the game to the windows bar and set my screen to the desktop. On Tribble the windows key brings up just the windows bar.
Perhaps this is better (and intended) because when in combat and hitting the windows key bringing you to the desktop is not something you want.
I use the windows key for opening frefox to check STOwiki for the Path to 2404 mission.
There's a lot of posts so I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but is there a way to set up the color schemes so they are character specific? So my Romulan can use the Romulan Scheme while my fed uses the TNG scheme, without requiring me to switch back and forth manually when I switch characters? I like the old implementation whereby each faction has a different color, but from what I understand, the new system sets a single color scheme globally, for all your characters.
It's on their minds and they have heard the pleas, but at the moment we have to wait for the programmers to get around to it. I imagine that they are up to their eyeballs in work, grinding it out to the last second to get this expansion pack out in a month and a week or so.
Currently, if you leave the UI color scheme on 'Default', then your characters for the different factions will retain faction-specific UI colors (Blue for FED, Red for KDF, Green for ROM). It's not character specific as far as I can tell (can't specify Reman or TNG UIs), but it's halfway towards what you're looking for I believe.
I like the new UI mostly because all of the elements change color when in combat rather than just a little message at the top of the screen saying "alert condition red". yeah it does look a little cartooney but i'm willing to overlook that.
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Second, will you add more UIs in the future (like Vulcan, Breen, Ferengi) or add a custom UI feature so that we can create our own? Would love to have a Vulcan one.
Yeah, that really should be a per-character setting, I like the idea of tailoring it to my character's individual ships.
This is my only particular concern.
Custom colours would be nice, but per-character choice is ahead of that for me.
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As well as per environment. Eg: Space, Ground
I get tired of moving the mini map and other windows....
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Try answering the question...
A city to protect
innocents to save
"Why?" They ask "they hate you"
We're heroes it's what we do.
*patiently waiting on Paragon City*
OMG! Are you serious? This is a command that I can use? How have I not known about this?
There seem to be a lot of undocumented commands that players have discovered for themselves. I've discovered some by looking through the command list, and I've seen others post commands that I've never known about. I still would like them to fix the green boxes so that their borders align with those of their HUD elements.
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You know that's a brilliant suggestion. I don't really need my HUD on my ship, other than time and things like Duty Officers. But all of the powers are pretty much worthless.
On that note, I'd like an armory on my ship, where I can go to test out my new weapons and dps on holographic ground enemies; and in that section of the ship, the powers tray would pop back up.
Hmm...that sounds kinda complex actually.
There is one by extension - sort of - the Foundry. I already made an Armory mission so to speak. The name is Capital Ship Combat Simulation.
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Annnndd, you're welcome.
Let us know how it worked for you.
Please enable us to buy a token with Zen to faction change a 25th Century FED to a TOS FED.
Wondering who came in and snuck the Lcars screens and grey paintjob onto my tan-ish Recluse's walls?
(yes, this is a nitpick, I have a ship with a unique bridge, and the border for hails is still the standard-ish TNG viewscreen...)
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
I think you messed up your quotes a bit. The first quote is from me, but the second one is from captaind3.
I really like all the themes you made, looks way better then the old ones. keep it up.
Though Im not sure if green text for target reticles is so pretty.
I think that would improve the experience a lot -- and also help remembering who you are talking to.
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If not, why not?
It's on their minds and they have heard the pleas, but at the moment we have to wait for the programmers to get around to it. I imagine that they are up to their eyeballs in work, grinding it out to the last second to get this expansion pack out in a month and a week or so.
I want my slider to slide!
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On Holodeck the windows key brings the game to the windows bar and set my screen to the desktop. On Tribble the windows key brings up just the windows bar.
Perhaps this is better (and intended) because when in combat and hitting the windows key bringing you to the desktop is not something you want.
I use the windows key for opening frefox to check STOwiki for the Path to 2404 mission.
Currently, if you leave the UI color scheme on 'Default', then your characters for the different factions will retain faction-specific UI colors (Blue for FED, Red for KDF, Green for ROM). It's not character specific as far as I can tell (can't specify Reman or TNG UIs), but it's halfway towards what you're looking for I believe.