Personal Computer Ideas

[kiddan]

Just a few ideas to make the personal computer a little bit more useful...

1. A gui when you interact with it instead of just opening the (future) mail window.
2. From the gui you could access scanner info, because you can't atm on stations, planets, and asteroids.
3. Have a 2d SM themed Pong you can play. Great for passengers in those long boring trips through space! :P
4. Allow players to open a video chat! It would open up another gui with a picture of the other players' face with a bobbing head animation. You could type chat into it and only the people in the chat could see it in the chat window. Pretty much a fancy looking private messaging option.

So, yea. Comments and criticisms welcome!

 

[jayman38]

These are some great ideas. I agree.
1. Maybe a menu of things to access, with Mail in there somewhere?
2. I'm not sure we should have system information like scanner data on a personal computer.
3. I love the idea of goofy little minigames. I would love to see many. The Space Quest fan in me wants AstroChicken! (Think Lunar Lander, with the funky chicken song.)
4. Video chat? Interesting. I'd also like to see the ability to "hack" or "program", by maybe showing some early-concept code or maybe some script from the texture baking process that they don't mind sharing.

Another popular concept that I always enjoyed was to summarize events in the universe and present them as "news entries" for players to read. (E.g. The eagleflats pirate station was destroyed today at the 264,74,298 solar system. For more information, access the KDFJJGHEJ News Network Link-cast. The Salty Pirate clan has been seen around the -24,47,173 solar system, so watch out. A cargo ship spilled her contents in the -24,47,173 solar system, so watch out!)

 

[Lecic]

Well, we are getting LUI coding for AI in the future. Maybe we'll be able to use our personal computers for that?

It would be cool if they came pre-programmed with some stuff like this, though.

 

[Viridis00]

Another popular concept that I always enjoyed was to summarize events in the universe and present them as "news entries" for players to read.

I would really really like if that tied into the quest system as well. Like, when you hear news on your personal terminal, for a certain time frame it triggers in game quests. Maybe even different channels presenting specific news like mining bonuses in a specific sector for miners, info on bounty heads if we ever get that (like Big Shot from Cowboy Bebop), or news of scripted pirate-trade guild conflicts in certain sectors. Hell, even a broadcast for general in game tips would be cool to help new players learn faster or build up lore for the game if the developers want to go that route.

Something that dynamic would be really sweet and give some incentives to travel to specific systems instead of just sticking to your faction's corner of the galaxy. This is too good of an idea for this game to not have.

 

[молоток]

I just wish that the galaxy map had different icons, and maybe even customizable ones, so that you could pick from a list for your map to indicate your home base, or areas not to go.

I also think that scan data (including ships) needs to appear on the galaxy map, with a menu to select which scan to display.

Scans should also indicate pirate/npc ships, not just players.

 

[Snk]

What we really need is crewability for those long flights

 

[Zeno9141]

Myes. Good ol' tetris and pong in my spesscroozers. I'd certainly like that. And the coolest thing about opening something up for moddability is that the things people will make are almost limitless. Sorta.

What we really need is crewability for those long flights

That has nothing to do with this.