I'm asuming that the current ugly Universe Map will be replaced by a pretty one... would guild take art submissions from its userbase for that?


MorbidlyWrong[VC]

I think the map is well done and informative...an option to zoom in on a sector with a legend of what bots are in the sector would be nice. A 3D version might be a good consideration, also.

i wasnt thinking 3d... just a simple zoomed out star 2d picture... still be informitive... but look as least as good as the system map background...

I'll play some vendetta right now... then once i'm done cruisen the cosmoz i'll make a nice looking background and post it... :)


MW[VC]

I dont mind that the current view is "ugly". However I do have to point out that the universe navigation (not the system one) has a too small targetarea, and the contrast between "chosen" and "where I am" is too low.

green and yellow are fairly different on my screen. maybe you are color blind.
As to the size, you can zoom in/out (scroll wheel on a mouse) and pan (right click and drag)

the colour is different , yes. The contrast isn't. (mostly an issue when you have the same dot selected)

The zoom in / pan feature does "help" but in the universe screen it really shouldn't be necessary, I doubt the map would be much worse off by enlargening the targetareas (if you move n distance from the dot it highlights fex..)

Spellcast, I have the same problem. I don't know if I'm color blind or color retarded or whatever (which is ironic considering I'm majoring in Graphic Design), but the green and yellow look very close to each other on my screen. I may have trouble seeing low contrast colors (i.e. bright green versus yellow). The same applies for the ship color selection. The top third of the selection area appears white or light blue to me. No matter what color I select it looks the same half of the time.

a somewhat related topic:

in the system map, a "mouseover" that displays the sector your pointer is currently pointing at. i don't want to count squares.

Sorry i'm slacking... i went to laughlin this weekend for a wedding... so i'll go home and work on the universe background deal... and post it here sometime to night...



MW[VC]

http://216.165.247.240/~jllamas/vc/images/newuniverse.jpg

this is my idea... thats my home linux system so if its alittle slow... 1.5mbs pipe is the answer.

To the dev's... use it if you like or not... i submit all rights over to you... yadda yadda... if you need the OG psd file then let me know and i'll email it to you all.

my emails posted on http://404-media.com/vc

MW[VC]

Meh... too busy...