[Feature Request] A simple UI improvement for ship informations and behaviour!

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-=SiR KiLLaLoT=-
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[Feature Request] A simple UI improvement for ship informations and behaviour!

Post by -=SiR KiLLaLoT=- »

Hello everyone!

I wanted to ask if it was possible to make a small improvement of the "owned units" interface.

Currently, to show the ships/stations information and its behavior, you must use the right mouse button on an unit, choose the option "ship information" and then use the table at the top to move from the "information" to the "behavior". This choice is a bit cumbersome when you get hold of a large number of ships or staion.

I already found a "temporary workaround" that allows you to quickly see the information without fiddling between the menus, but consists in having all the ships docked on the same station and from the map use the small icons of the ships to show "on the fly" the information OR the behavior on left table... In short, an impractical solution.

Well, in this regard I had a little idea on how to improve this aspect, ie, use a single table that shows both the information and the behavior in a single solution simply by selecting the ships from the menu of the owned units.

I leave a picture to show what I mean

UI example


Having said that, I would like to take this opportunity to ask for a further improvement on the menu of the owned units.
As you can see from the screenshot, to do a "sorting" of my units, I had to use a "renaming" of the ships with specific "acronyms" to make sure that the alphabetical order shows me the ships in a certain way.
I had the same problem with X Rebirth and you can see some screenshot of my workaroung.

XR - Workaround 1
XR - Workaround 2
X4 - Workaround

I asked a modder to add a feature that would allow the sorting of the units owned.
The feature was included in this X Rebirth mod (thank you very much the author!: D)
With this mod it was possible to sort ships by name or by type/zone as you can see in this screenshot:

Sort by name
Sort by type/zone

Maybe you can use the code to get a base to work on!

I have many friends who are playing X4 for the first time and everyone agrees that the interface should be a little more practical to use!
Please improve this aspect of the game as soon as possible, X4 needs it and many people already love it more than you can imagine!!!! :D :D :D

Sorry for the google translation, i hope you understand ^_^u


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Re: [Feature Request] A simple UI improvement for ship informations and behaviour!

Post by bl3ek »

-=SiR KiLLaLoT=- wrote: Sun, 9. Dec 18, 19:24 Well, in this regard I had a little idea on how to improve this aspect, ie, use a single table that shows both the information and the behavior in a single solution simply by selecting the ships from the menu of the owned units.

I leave a picture to show what I mean

UI example

This is a simple, yet very good idea. It removes so many clicks from the 'day to day' management of ships. Great idea.

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