[Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

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[Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

Post by -=SiR KiLLaLoT=- » Wed, 1. Dec 21, 16:42

Greetings!

I discovered a strange thing ...

By rotating the map 180°, the windows of the trade menu become more readable.
The lists in the boxes tend not to overlap as they do in the standard view.
It would seem possible to make a major improvement with a few corrections.

Try it yourself and tell me what you think...
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Re: [Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

Post by kmunoz » Wed, 1. Dec 21, 16:50

-=SiR KiLLaLoT=- wrote:
Wed, 1. Dec 21, 16:42
Greetings!

I discovered a strange thing ...

By rotating the map 180°, the windows of the trade menu become more readable.
The lists in the boxes tend not to overlap as they do in the standard view.
It would seem possible to make a major improvement with a few corrections.

Try it yourself and tell me what you think...
The trade menus really just need to be docked to a corner of the screen. I can't think of a single reason why they need to be floating directly on the map.
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Re: [Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

Post by -=SiR KiLLaLoT=- » Wed, 1. Dec 21, 17:00

kmunoz wrote:
Wed, 1. Dec 21, 16:50
-=SiR KiLLaLoT=- wrote:
Wed, 1. Dec 21, 16:42
Greetings!

I discovered a strange thing ...

By rotating the map 180°, the windows of the trade menu become more readable.
The lists in the boxes tend not to overlap as they do in the standard view.
It would seem possible to make a major improvement with a few corrections.

Try it yourself and tell me what you think...
The trade menus really just need to be docked to a corner of the screen. I can't think of a single reason why they need to be floating directly on the map.
It is true!
I have asked for this solution several times in the past, but it probably requires a larger review and a lot of work.
What I discovered, however, does not require any additions but only a slight modification of values.
Give it a try too please, give me feedback and tell me if you find any improvement differences.
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Re: [Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

Post by adeine » Wed, 1. Dec 21, 19:53

If trade menus are due to get some attention, please consider this suggestion

Wouldn't be too difficult to implement, and not only improve usability but also make the game feel less like an excel spreadsheet.

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Re: [Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

Post by Raevyan » Thu, 2. Dec 21, 12:35

X Rebirth had a really solid trade menu (except for selecting ships to trade with). A searchable and sortable table with ALL offers, profit margin, distance and amounts in a single table. The map is very limiting by showing only a single offer for a given ware unless you try to rotate the camera and play with zoom on the map.

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Re: [Feedback - Suggestion] Improvement trade menu

Post by Axeface » Thu, 2. Dec 21, 14:22

If I could make a small related request. If I have trade offers open for a station, and click another station, switch to that stations trade offers rather than closing the whole menu and making me go to trade offers again.

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