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{ui ship} Customize ship motto
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 Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:31 am Posts: 500 Location: In the lab, ELoEHQ 
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 I know full-well that if Dan hasn't gotten around to giving us a pvp alerts button on the btab, he's not going to pay attention to this suggestion whatsoever, but just so I said it:
I want a little box on my ship, right under 'Combat Reputation' and all that, which I can edit to say whatever I want, visible to anyone who clicks on me, all the time. I want a ship motto. We have pretty much zero customization on our ships. They look identical from scout class all the way up. No mod has any effect on appearance until you are over rank whatever dark chassis blah blah who cares, my point is that I'd really like to have even some small control over my ship's appearance, something so that I don't look exactly like every other ship of my race out there. While I'm on the subject, hey Dan, how many hours did you spend working on the symbols for professions, only to have them never be seen again after char creation? Just wondering why you chose to not have the profession symbol displayed on each player's ship.... _________________  And by the way it's not about making money, it's about taking money. Destroying the status quo because the status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to... RULE it. |
| Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:27 pm |
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 Joined: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:47 pm Posts: 2180
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Dr Bill wrote: I know full-well that if Dan hasn't gotten around to giving us a pvp alerts button on the btab, he's not going to pay attention to this suggestion whatsoever, but just so I said it: I want a little box on my ship, right under 'Combat Reputation' and all that, which I can edit to say whatever I want, visible to anyone who clicks on me, all the time. I want a ship motto. We have pretty much zero customization on our ships. They look identical from scout class all the way up. No mod has any effect on appearance until you are over rank whatever dark chassis blah blah who cares, my point is that I'd really like to have even some small control over my ship's appearance, something so that I don't look exactly like every other ship of my race out there. While I'm on the subject, hey Dan, how many hours did you spend working on the symbols for professions, only to have them never be seen again after char creation? Just wondering why you chose to not have the profession symbol displayed on each player's ship.... +1 to everything you said. I would love to see this all come out. I would love to be able to have extra things on our ships like that.  _________________  Please check out my path guide: http://galaxylegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30938 Ship size: Colossal Galaxy Destroyer, Because just destroying your star wasn't enough. |
| Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:42 pm |
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 Joined: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:49 pm Posts: 2085
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Actually, placing the profession icon somewhere in the ship details is a pretty good idea. Perhaps the phrase you suggest could be added to the ship settings page.
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| Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:16 pm |
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Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:31 am Posts: 500 Location: In the lab, ELoEHQ
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webguydan wrote: Actually, placing the profession icon somewhere in the ship details is a pretty good idea. Perhaps the phrase you suggest could be added to the ship settings page. The settings page is a bit sparse, good place to put the interface for changing the "motto" or what have you. Not sure where to put the profession icon, but I think in the playerheader makes the most sense, or somewhere near it. _________________ And by the way it's not about making money, it's about taking money. Destroying the status quo because the status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to... RULE it. |
| Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:40 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:01 am Posts: 82
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+1 I like the motto having our profession icon shown somewhere, just an idea;
Instead of the profession icon somewhere, why not make each profession make each ship class look different. So a kronyn hacker(Maybe this ship would show hackers assistants flying around the ship) would have a different look to a kronyn excavator(Maybe this ship could have your top researched planetary constructions flying around the ship) , could make ships a lot more unique. |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:36 am |
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 Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:44 am Posts: 3751
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anubi wrote: +1 I like the motto having our profession icon shown somewhere, just an idea; Instead of the profession icon somewhere, why not make each profession make each ship class look different. So a kronyn hacker(Maybe this ship would show hackers assistants flying around the ship) would have a different look to a kronyn excavator(Maybe this ship could have your top researched planetary constructions flying around the ship) , could make ships a lot more unique. *hands you a box of crayons* better start coloring.... there's a lot of races and a lot of professions... that's a lot of combinations.... _________________ _________ Officer Namba1 of The Unknown, Lv.666+ Dark Smuggler |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:05 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:01 am Posts: 82
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Lone.Lycan wrote: anubi wrote: +1 I like the motto having our profession icon shown somewhere, just an idea; Instead of the profession icon somewhere, why not make each profession make each ship class look different. So a kronyn hacker(Maybe this ship would show hackers assistants flying around the ship) would have a different look to a kronyn excavator(Maybe this ship could have your top researched planetary constructions flying around the ship) , could make ships a lot more unique. *hands you a box of crayons* better start coloring.... there's a lot of races and a lot of professions... that's a lot of combinations.... Yeah i know there are lots of races and professions, but it would make everyones ships more unique!, also no 1 uses crayons anymore, its called photoshop nowdays |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:08 am |
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Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:31 am Posts: 500 Location: In the lab, ELoEHQ
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No. That is pointless, and detracts from the original concept. Tha artwork for the profession icons has already been completed. All that needs to be done now is for them to be added to your ship tab.
-1 to your additional suggestion, we're not trying to bury Dan in coding, just implement some improvements. _________________ And by the way it's not about making money, it's about taking money. Destroying the status quo because the status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to... RULE it. |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:29 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:01 am Posts: 82
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Dr Bill wrote: No. That is pointless, and detracts from the original concept. Tha artwork for the profession icons has already been completed. All that needs to be done now is for them to be added to your ship tab. -1 to your additional suggestion, we're not trying to bury Dan in coding, just implement some improvements. -.- just -.- at the guy in the box "my point is that I'd really like to have even some small control over my ship's appearance, something so that I don't look exactly like every other ship of my race out there." What your post is about is all ships looking the same and having nothing unique from race to race. im just saying make profession's alter the picture of the ship we see (no code in that just a hell of a lot of photoshop). As for the "profession icons" having them shown is the same as having your profession written down just in a picture. |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:29 am |
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Joined: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:31 am Posts: 500 Location: In the lab, ELoEHQ
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I'm sorry, you are right. I said coding, when what I really meant was coding, plus possibly hundreds of man-hours spent reworking the ship designs to still be recognizable as their race, while also being distinct, and also recognizable as their profession. I tell you what, since your idea is really great and I do think, if it were implementable it would be a fun addition to the game, how bout you download a cracked copy of photoshop and get crackin on some examples of what you'd expect it to look like? You know, in the level of detail and quality we've come to expect in this game? Since it's no harder to craft up new ship designs to fit the above criteria and then implement the code for having 6+ different ship designs per race than it is to hotlink an image you already have into the game, I mean.
_________________ And by the way it's not about making money, it's about taking money. Destroying the status quo because the status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to... RULE it. |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:32 am |
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 Joined: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:52 am Posts: 1742 Location: Bridge of my ship, preparing thousands of my tactical officers for the next battle
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Dr Bill wrote: I know full-well that if Dan hasn't gotten around to giving us a pvp alerts button on the btab, he's not going to pay attention to this suggestion whatsoever, but just so I said it: I want a little box on my ship, right under 'Combat Reputation' and all that, which I can edit to say whatever I want, visible to anyone who clicks on me, all the time. I want a ship motto. We have pretty much zero customization on our ships. They look identical from scout class all the way up. No mod has any effect on appearance until you are over rank whatever dark chassis blah blah who cares, my point is that I'd really like to have even some small control over my ship's appearance, something so that I don't look exactly like every other ship of my race out there. While I'm on the subject, hey Dan, how many hours did you spend working on the symbols for professions, only to have them never be seen again after char creation? Just wondering why you chose to not have the profession symbol displayed on each player's ship.... love this _________________ Brains of Battlestation Dysonia Defense  Support "TRADING FEATURE" at http://galaxylegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12126 |
| Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:01 am |
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 Joined: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:21 pm Posts: 3
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Would it be hard to add color customization to ships? Like on the Stryll Assassin having a green color. Would it be nice to choose a color for ship customization?
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| Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:34 pm |
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 Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:39 pm Posts: 1430
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Armineus wrote: Would it be hard to add color customization to ships? Like on the Stryll Assassin having a green color. Would it be nice to choose a color for ship customization? http://173.203.31.34/galaxylegion/image ... lforce.png +1 i love it, there should be primary colour which is the base and there should be secondary colour, for details. _________________  |
| Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:41 pm |
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 Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:32 pm Posts: 1543
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+1 to ship motto and to profession icon.
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| Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:37 pm |
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 Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:45 am Posts: 778
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Colouring the ship images wouldn't be that difficult. It took me all of five seconds to recolour the Stryll Assassin in Irfanview, Armineus. If Dan wanted it done, he could do it.
 Ship customisation would be a very nice feature. I'd like to see my legion emblem on my ship page as well. It would be cool if we had the ability to create a legion-style personal logo to represent ourselves too. _________________ "Anyone without a sense of humour is truly at the mercy of the rest of us." My folding@home stats  |
| Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:11 pm |
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:39 pm Posts: 72
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i like the idea of a space to place a short note on the ship page for all to see. we could include home legion in it thus eliminating accidental disables of legion and alliance mates who happen to be out on trades or visiting. some form of color customizing would be nice even if we couldn't customize the shape, maybe even a set of selectable decals to place in certain spots on the ship, like the legion logos. since the pics are mostly a static image, wouldn't be too hard to add a modifier onto the end adding selected image X in decal area Y and Z.
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