54 replies to this topic

[Elizander]

Equipment/module search function and list down all mechs who have it. That's all.

[stjobe]

Animus41, on 02 June 2015 - 10:55 AM, said:

So basically all players with monitors under 1600x900 are screwed when it comes to seeing quirks.

The 'Mech stats box is present in Column mode as well.

[Richard Hazen]

They need to add the thumbnail version of selecting mechs rather than just the drop down lists.

[Pjwned]

The mech selection screen is unbelievably terrible, and despite being able to look at which modules are on which mech fairly easily YOU CAN'T MOVE THEM AROUND unless you go click through more menus.

This is just really basic stuff to make the UI not a pain in the ass and PGI fails, completely unbelievable.

[Lazor Sharp]

ok, i like most of the new UI2.5, but where does it show how many mech's and mech Bays i have, like it use to.......?

[Funky Bacon]

Mar X maN, on 02 June 2015 - 10:53 AM, said:

How is this supposed to be an improvement? PGI should listen less to PTS fanbois and forum warriors. What we had before wasn't so bad. This is just confusing and impractical. Also looks like an Excel 2001 spreadsheet made by a fourth grader. Fugly and clunky.

Constructive feedback. Roll back and never touch the UI again. Focus on maps.

Roll back to that hideous clickfest of a dropdown-menu infested mechlab? Heeeell nooooo!

I can finally work on my whole mech without having to click through loads of drop-down menus and browse through giant icons.

If I had a water-squirter I would squirt you!

[STEF_]

1) mech selection is horror

2) I cannot change fov

3) I cannot search for modules in my 100+ mechs.
Is it just too stupid to pretend something decent?

edit: issue found: you must delete fov in user.ctf to make work fov in game

Edited by Stefka Kerensky, 02 June 2015 - 11:40 AM.

[Waffles 2pt0]

Funky Bacon, on 02 June 2015 - 11:10 AM, said:

Roll back to that hideous clickfest of a dropdown-menu infested mechlab? Heeeell nooooo!

I can finally work on my whole mech without having to click through loads of drop-down menus and browse through giant icons.

If I had a water-squirter I would squirt you!

The levity in this is so refreshing and welcome. Thanks for the smile.

[AnimosityMonk]

stjobe, on 02 June 2015 - 10:59 AM, said:

The 'Mech stats box is present in Column mode as well.

Im not talking about the mech stats. Im talking about being able to see the entire loadout of my mech in one screen. My 19" monitor only has 1440x900 resolution so PGI basically ****** me for not having a "Gamer" setup. Which in itself is funny because their game is pathetically low tier when compared to every other MMO out there.

[Mar-X-maN]

Funky Bacon, on 02 June 2015 - 11:10 AM, said:

Roll back to that hideous clickfest of a dropdown-menu infested mechlab? Heeeell nooooo!

I can finally work on my whole mech without having to click through loads of drop-down menus and browse through giant icons.

If I had a water-squirter I would squirt you!

Even if you were right, now you need to click thought loads of drop-down menus just to select the mech you want to drop with. What do you do more often, build mechs or drop in mechs? Also giant icons have an appeal to more casual players. Also takes more rescources making an icon than just writing down some letters to "make an item"

But hey I got a lighter.

Edited by Mar X maN, 02 June 2015 - 11:17 AM.

[McMurl]

is there a way to search for modules?

[Waffles 2pt0]

grievoussmaug, on 02 June 2015 - 11:19 AM, said:

is there a way to search for modules?

nope. nor cockpit items either.

Edited by S Morgenstern, 02 June 2015 - 11:37 AM.

[KHETTI]

Clickfest is PGI's endgame .
Some nice new additions to the Ui, expanded view restricted to 1600x900 is a pure D**k move, but other than the endless clicking you guys seem to think is a good thing (it fecking not!) its not as bad as i was expecting.

PS. If you are gonna colour code stuff please stick to primary colours, some of the colours you have chosen simply make it impossible to read the text.

[AnimosityMonk]

grievoussmaug, on 02 June 2015 - 11:19 AM, said:

is there a way to search for modules?

Welcome to Spreadsheets Online.

[Yokaiko]

S Morgenstern, on 02 June 2015 - 11:36 AM, said:

nope. nor cockpit items either.

Or mechbays (I know I have empties, just not how many)

[Alistair Winter]

I appreciate the effort and the desire to stay positive and constructive. But the writing on the wall is quite clear. Everything people have said in this thread has already been said in the PTS forum before the patch, and I assume PGI has read it all. If they didn't read it then, it seems unlikely they'll read it now. Whether by choice or by lack of resources, I don't think they're going to do much more with the new UI for a while.

Anyway, it would be nice if the non-smurfy layout was a good mix of Smurfy and UI 1.0, which was at least friendlier to new players. You could click the arm to edit the arm, click the CT to swap the engine. Much better than what they have now.

Spoiler

Edited by Alistair Winter, 02 June 2015 - 11:51 AM.

[C E Dwyer]

Some things are better, others are worse.

I think limiting the full paper doll on resolution is extremely stupid, and completely negates any of the improvements, I just thank god, that I have the screen resolution, or I'd be out of here.

I just don't understand the thinking of the developers it just seems to defy logic.

While on the whole it is better, its still full of pointless crap line graphs TEXT IS BETTER, its easier to understand,and its still inferior to the first one, which PGI told us was no good.

[TyphonCh]

The only gripe I have is the mech select screen... I never liked using it, in CW, or otherwise. It was just a pain in the ass. It feels like a glorified version of the mech skill tree screen. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but it could be easier to navigate

The mechlab itself is excellent (In expanded view). Much easier to remove and add weapons, equipment and armor, and its all tidy in the warehouse and easy to read with amount owned, slots, tons, etc. No walls of icons that all look the same
Not overly impressed with the low-res ballistic and ecm symbols on specific parts. Colors threw me off at first too. ECM is now orange, and energy is off yellow. AMS is the color ECM used to be
The quirks makes sense now that I found it. I like when I mouse over a weapon it shows the quirks specific to that weapon
That whole 'Mech Stats' window should really just show up when mousing over the mech thumbnails in the mech select screen.
I like how the upgrades show up without the need of an extra tab.
I don't know how I feel about the CT section of the mechlab... Being able to tick a box to change your XL with a STD and vice versa. Seems unnecessary. That being said, the arrows to incrementally change your engine size is handy.

Still can't figure out how to get to where I can actually buy new mechs... Nevermind. Seems I actually have to use the STORE button. Weird.

Found a bug... Weapon modules that are listed in the mech select screen are defaulted to level 1, even you have the level 5, (%12) increase equipped.

Edited by Team Chevy86, 02 June 2015 - 12:22 PM.

[Strykewolf]

Deimos Alpha, on 02 June 2015 - 10:27 AM, said:

If you hover over the mech when you go to select them they appear there.

I've noticed as well you can no longer choose purchasable mechs during select your mech now, you have to go via store.

Yeah, they need to fix that. Wonder why they removed it?

[Richard Hazen]

Strykewolf, on 02 June 2015 - 12:21 PM, said:

Yeah, they need to fix that. Wonder why they removed it?

Oversight perhaps.

As to the hovering over the mech, that only seems to work in the mech store to, doesn't work in mech lab, you have to extend the mech stats to see them :/