Elite: Odyssey

Sakashiro
21 May 2021, 4:57pm
Amata Lirein
SakashiroJust when I logged in to go to Delphi, they announced another hotfix.



Shouldn't a hotfix be something to be happy about?

I'm unhappy about the timing. I kept Steam open all afternoon so it would pick up any hotfix they might push. But of course they wouldn't do so until I started playing.
Dirnivir
21 May 2021, 4:59pm
i am going to play skyrim, someone tell me when the galaxy is back online.
Sakashiro
21 May 2021, 4:59pm
I'm glad they now use Steam to deploy the fixes. It updates so much faster than the launcher did during the alpha.
Burstar
21 May 2021, 5:20pm
You know, Braben says he plays the game and yet they keep borking the UI every time. Like, not even buggy, just randomly slopped together is my issue.

The glaring UI issues that scream out at me so far (I have not played it much) are in the Star Map.

That button design choice I can get used to. The category stops every 3rd button, on the other hand, are nothing but aggravating time wasters. Worse, they are extra wear and tear on your input devices unnecessarily. You want a divider fine. 4? Come on. It bugged me when they had them in the FC UI but that's tolerable because you use it sparingly. The Star Map on the other hand is used all the time. .

But the worst call they made was...
"Hey, what is the Star Map used for 90% of the time?"
'Finding a desired system and plotting a course to it.'
"Okay, make the Plot Course command 5 button presses away and be sure to have an obstructing divider"

And holistically, their refusal to use standard rules for ALL their menu lists is mind boggling. The System panel, and Station menus mostly can be scrolled through and come back to top like a wheel list... Star map and inventory transferring windows stop at the end and force you to go back up.... Pick a section, flip a coin, heads you can scroll wrap, tails you can't. And pure genius: lets make the inventory transfer window cursor start at the bottom but put the easy mode buttons way at the opposite end, and the confirmation buttons way back at the bottom. Bonus points if you can make one of the Transfer All buttons basically useless...

I highly doubt Braben actually plays this anymore. he probably loads it, leaves a station and makes a cargo run or something and says 'yup, works great for me!, I don't know what everyone's problem is yahulk!"

Last edit: 21 May 2021, 5:31pm
Dirnivir
21 May 2021, 5:25pm
BurstarYou know, Braben says he plays the game and yet they keep borking the UI every time. Like, not even buggy, just randomly slopped together is my issue.

The glaring UI issues that scream out at me so far (I have not played it much) are in the Star Map.

That button design choice I can get used to. The category stops every 3rd button, on the other hand, are nothing but aggravating time wasters. You want a divider fine. 4? Come on. It bugged me when they had them in the FC UI but that's tolerable because you use it sparingly. The Star Map on the other hand is used all the time. .

But the worst call they made was...
"Hey, what is the Star Map used for 90% of the time?"
'Finding a desired system and plotting a course to it.'
"Okay, make the Plot Course command 5 button presses away and be sure to have an obstructing divider"

if you hold click it plots route
Burstar
21 May 2021, 5:38pm
Dirnivir if you hold click it plots route


And how did you find that out?
Dirnivir
21 May 2021, 5:39pm
Burstar
Dirnivir if you hold click it plots route



And how did you find that out?

by holding A
Sakashiro
21 May 2021, 5:39pm
Burstar
Dirnivir if you hold click it plots route



And how did you find that out?

It actually says so when you hover above it.
Burstar
21 May 2021, 5:40pm
Dirnivir
Burstar
Dirnivir if you hold click it plots route


And how did you find that out?


by holding A


So... random luck. Any other commands that work via long press?
Sakashiro
21 May 2021, 5:41pm
Hotfix size: only 11 MB.
Amata Lirein
21 May 2021, 5:42pm
SakashiroHotfix size: only 11 MB.


According to steam: 65MB for me
Aleksander Majjam
21 May 2021, 5:44pm
Amata Lirein
21 May 2021, 5:45pm
Sakashiro
21 May 2021, 6:03pm
Amata Lirein
SakashiroHotfix size: only 11 MB.



According to steam: 65MB for me

Well that's strange indeed.

Amata Lirein
21 May 2021, 6:07pm
Sakashiro
Amata Lirein
SakashiroHotfix size: only 11 MB.




According to steam: 65MB for me


Well that's strange indeed.

[img=723x146]https://i.imgur.com/xT3et9w.png[/img]


Quite so...

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