07/20/09
Alert Window
- Changed all Dark Blue alerts to Teal.
Aliases
- The list of Aliases is now much taller.
- The Your Aliases window is now docked optionally with the Options window when you are logged into an alias. As it is docked to the Alias Settings window normally.
- Closing the Options window will close the Your Aliases window.
Armor Builder
- Design flaws are now commified, and color coded.
- Corrected the 3 possible design flaw views (Designed, Researched, Modifing) which caused confusing messages.
- Armor integrity is now color coded separate from any design flaws.
Available Resources
- The button will show Refreshing... when refreshing.
- Better handling of having this window open and clicking between different space stations.
- The window will now only load if you are on a planet or an appropriate space station is selected. In the past it would always load and blink away.
Battlegroup Management
- All the various buttons are now enabled / disabled at appropriate times.
Battlegroups
- When opening the window the first battlegroup is selected, if one exists.
- The disband button now has a confirm.
- When regrouping for a new destination, the destination is shown.
- Renaming battlegroups is no longer case insensitive and starts-with limited.
- The Deployed in / on message has been cleaned up to make more sense.
- Deployed In StarName
- Deployed On PlanetName
- In A Hanger (Facility Custom Name)
Orders
- The overall process for selecting which Star to move to is improved. The UI won't think you want to goto an environment, etc.
- After confirming a move destination order, the Battlegroup Management window will refresh updating the BG status.
- When present the Fleet Orders window is docked to the Battlegroup Management window.
- Closing the Management window will cancel any pending destination changes, reset the camera, and close the Orders window.
Elements
- Fleet Elements on a planet no longer show Unknown.
- In certain cases were all elements were docked you would be unable to locate your fleet. You now have the option to remotely undock units when you double click a docked element.
Contents Window
- Fixed a bug where you had to load the contents window twice before it knew which view to default to (Hangar or Cargo)
Diplomacy
- Player relation change alert messages now also show the previous setting.
Routes and Route Template Editor
- The Templates drop down list is much taller to show more entries.
Space Stations
- The modules list is now the same height as the docked build or research window.
- The modules list is now docked optionally to the Research Lab window if present, otherwise the Build window.
- Closing the research lab closes the modules list and vice versa.
- When keyboard arrow scrolling through the list of modules, a research lab will no longer cause the focus to shift.
Single Selected Unit Details
- The various components, weapon arcs, etc will be grey if they don't exist.
- Added a tooltip for the Engine component to show max speed and maneuver of that ship.
- Added a tooltip for the Radar component to show Optimum and Maximum range.
Selected Unit Toolbar (Advanced Display Window)
- Major overhaul of which buttons are visible, clickable, toggleable.
- This will prevent many accidental keypresses, or new player exploration to lead to confusion and needless alert messages.
- Many windows like the Build, Tradepost, Mining bids, etc will now close when you re-toggle a button.. Toggle a different.. etc.
- If the window doesn't open the sound effects won't fire.
Trade
- The Tradepost drop down list is much taller to show more entries.
- The Units section of the Sellables and Tradeables lists are now sorted by name.
Miscellaneous
- Production completes messages will now properly show the facility that produced, and the environment it was made without having to first visit that location.
- All Combo boxes now react to a mouse click in the text area as the same as clicking the down arrow button. More in line with other UI's.
- F2-F11 keys were missing the click sound effect.
- Added protection on many of the hotkeys to prevent a scenario where you would be stuck with a black screen.
- Users with no minerals mined and researched now receive an alert in the research window.
- Faction slots that are not valid no longer persist through a server down but are instead cleared
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