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Weapon information missing range and port type?
Hi,
(n00b alert, still on my 8 hour trial)
I think it would be useful and relatively easy to add weapon range (or shot lifetime, allowing range to be calculated from velocity) to the weapon information?
Same goes for port type that the weapon requires?
Also, while trying to fit weapons to ports I came across a user-interface oddity which I think could be fixed or clarified:
http://galaxy4.net/misc/confusing_weapons.jpg
Note how I have selected the Plasma Cannon HX on my ship, however the text box bottom right says 'this addon is incompatible...', which is actually referring to the Medium Power Cell in the list of available add-ons. However if I select the Light Power Cell which is installed in the ship, it correctly shows its vital statistics in said text box. I think you should be able to select either items on the ship, or addons, and it should show the stats for the selected item in that text box regardless of its location, on or off the ship.
Keep up the good work,
Chon Yomor
(n00b alert, still on my 8 hour trial)
I think it would be useful and relatively easy to add weapon range (or shot lifetime, allowing range to be calculated from velocity) to the weapon information?
Same goes for port type that the weapon requires?
Also, while trying to fit weapons to ports I came across a user-interface oddity which I think could be fixed or clarified:
http://galaxy4.net/misc/confusing_weapons.jpg
Note how I have selected the Plasma Cannon HX on my ship, however the text box bottom right says 'this addon is incompatible...', which is actually referring to the Medium Power Cell in the list of available add-ons. However if I select the Light Power Cell which is installed in the ship, it correctly shows its vital statistics in said text box. I think you should be able to select either items on the ship, or addons, and it should show the stats for the selected item in that text box regardless of its location, on or off the ship.
Keep up the good work,
Chon Yomor
Actually, I've since noticed that the item description *does* appear, but it is under the quite long 'this addon is incompatible' message... not very obvious there though! Perhaps a blank line between the message and the item description would make it clearer? Or maybe only display the message if someone actually tries to install the addon in that slot.