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Seggested Change in the Orders system |
JBud
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Joined: February 26, 2008
Posts: 1900
From: Behind you.
|  Posted: 2008-12-17 20:49
Hey I think that when you press the button to give an order that a small pop up with a list of avalable ships to send the order to
OR
Assign AI a number usable by # instead of @ so that you could make
a usable script like /order [Name/#AI number] [Order] [Order option]
like:
/order #XLII Reload Shigernafy
or
/order #XIXL Capture Exathra
or for a human
/order @163560 Defend Exathra
Just a few ideas i had i wanted to contribute
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HMSBlueprint
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Posts: 119
| Posted: 2008-12-18 05:05
as far as i believe you can order ships of a LOWER rank than you?
am i right? cos if so jbuds idea is a good one
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Supertrooper
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Joined: March 18, 2004
Posts: 1895
From: Maryland, U.S.A
| Posted: 2008-12-18 12:56
I like the idea.
I've always wanted to have a dropdown menu when you right click on a ship's diamond, similar to EvE's with various options. i.e - Jump To, Order, Whisper
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From: Philly
| Posted: 2008-12-18 20:28
Equal or lower rank.
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Leonide
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Joined: October 01, 2005
Posts: 1553
From: Newport News, Virginia
| Posted: 2008-12-19 00:42
i have to agree with Jbud and Crim here. it is a very nice idea.
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Enterprise
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Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
| Posted: 2008-12-19 04:10
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On 2008-12-17 20:49, Fatal JBudolph The Red Nosed Dreadnaught wrote:
Hey I think that when you press the button to give an order that a small pop up with a list of avalable ships to send the order to
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Fantastic idea actually.
Now if only I could see all the ships in a system without repeatedly going to F2.
-Ent
[ This Message was edited by: Enterprise on 2008-12-19 04:13 ]
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Gejaheline
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From: UGTO MUNIN HQ, Mars
| Posted: 2008-12-19 06:53
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On 2008-12-19 04:10, Enterprise wrote:
Fantastic idea actually.
Now if only I could see all the ships in a system without repeatedly going to F2.
-Ent
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...I was going to make some kind of joke about turning DS into a clone of EvE, but the right-click thing is actually a fairly reasonably suggestion, really. The contact list might cause a clutter issue, though.
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Fattierob
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| Posted: 2008-12-19 08:34
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On 2008-12-19 04:10, Enterprise wrote:
Now if only I could see all the ships in a system without repeatedly going to F2.
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time for homeworld 2 style non linear ship size placement?
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Eledore Massis [R33]
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Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2695
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2008-12-19 16:57
good suggestion, hope this gets some attention.
would be more like the old order system.
Click on a player, select order, click on target.
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Winters Rapture
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United Nations Space Command
Joined: December 09, 2007
Posts: 355
| Posted: 2008-12-21 15:05
I like this idea alot, i run into the issue all the time about having to order almost all other ships that i only want 1 ship to follow, and having to tell all the other ships that it was a false alarm. i really hope this idea gets implemented!
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JBud
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From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2008-12-21 15:17
well atm the orders system has been COMPLETELY removed cuz of orders spam...
I say that we make the orders system like i seggested and add a limit to the amount of orders you can send in a period of time...
like say you can send a total of 5 orders in a 10 minute period or something
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Doran
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Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2008-12-21 15:44
extra work, but an orders menu is probably the way to go
orders button (lets say... Ctrl+O)
-Orders [first layer, what you want done]
.Attack
.Defend
.Move
.Repair
.Build
--Class [second layer, which group of ships order's sent to]
..Scout
..Frigate
..Destroyer (etc.)
---Member [third layer, who's acutally getting the order]
...All (sends it to everyone)
...Ship XI
...Ship XII
...Ship XIII
...Ship XIV (etc.)
so for example, pressing CTRL+O (brings up the menu), and then press 1 (attack), 4 (cruiser class), 1 (all cruisers) will order all the cruisers in the area to attack your target. CTRL+O, 1, 8, 3 could order Engineer XXVI to go build your target, or whatever.
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Jim Starluck
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From: Cincinnati, OH
| Posted: 2008-12-21 17:23
Quote:
| ...and add a limit to the amount of orders you can send in a period of time...
like say you can send a total of 5 orders in a 10 minute period or something
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Perhaps the rate at which you can issue orders is dependent on your ship size. The Command Dreads and Stations in particular would be able to do it a lot faster.
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JBud
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From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2008-12-21 17:33
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On 2008-12-21 17:23, Jim Starluck wrote:
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| ...and add a limit to the amount of orders you can send in a period of time...
like say you can send a total of 5 orders in a 10 minute period or something
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Perhaps the rate at which you can issue orders is dependent on your ship size. The Command Dreads and Stations in particular would be able to do it a lot faster.
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I like it
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0stego
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From: Sol System, Earth, Canada, AB.
| Posted: 2008-12-22 10:19
Sounds good Doran so long as the order window is small...or transparent to reduce clutter on the game screen.
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