Downloaded FreeOrion 0.5 Git 20.08.2023
Guys, I was not impressed by a pair minor but very annoying "improvements". Namely:
Why can't I rename star systems anymore? I used to name my home system as 'Sol'. Who decided to forbid me to do this?
And why the planets rename field now refuses to accept dots in planet names? I used to name my planets like Sol.1, Sol.2, Sol.3 etc. Who decided that dots are not allowed?
Why have I dig into manual editing the savefile to settle these issues?
Could you please set these things back as it was.
Instead, I have a pair of [rather obvious] suggestions for the game fixing and development:
1. The initial predefined size and position of UI windows was set definitely by someone who did not ever played the game and was not going to. What the SitRep window is doing right in the centre of the view?! Could you please pay some attention to this moment.
2. For many version updates, the Config.sys file still doesn't remember the UI windows positions. Many complains I've seen, but all suggestions were like 'You are placing the UI windows wrongly, so it refuses to remember these placements'. Err... I'm a gamer, not a programmer. I don't know about 'wrong' or 'right' placement of windows, I placed them as it's convenient to me and I'm not obliged to count pixels from the screen edge. This is not a feature, it's a bug with these config files, and why would someone not to fix it at last?
3. The starlane bores are still opened randomly and sometimes totally in weird and unpredictable directions. Will be this part ever fixed? Will we ever see the controllable starlane opening to a desired system and nowhere else?
4. Top of the stars and planets technology is currently dragging the planets anywhere and collapsing the black holes. Impressive, hands up. But where the ringworlds and Dyson spheres creation technology? Where the star lighting technology to create new stars in empty systems? Where the planets blasting weapons?
There are lots of good improvements to to with the game instead of forbidding to rename systems and placing dots in planet names.
By the way, could anyone tell me how to edit system names list? There are some too bad and wrong names I'd like not to see at all on my screen.
Yours sincerely,
Ariador
Guys, I was not impressed by a pair minor but very annoying "improvements". Namely:
Why can't I rename star systems anymore? I used to name my home system as 'Sol'. Who decided to forbid me to do this?
And why the planets rename field now refuses to accept dots in planet names? I used to name my planets like Sol.1, Sol.2, Sol.3 etc. Who decided that dots are not allowed?
Why have I dig into manual editing the savefile to settle these issues?
Could you please set these things back as it was.
Instead, I have a pair of [rather obvious] suggestions for the game fixing and development:
1. The initial predefined size and position of UI windows was set definitely by someone who did not ever played the game and was not going to. What the SitRep window is doing right in the centre of the view?! Could you please pay some attention to this moment.
2. For many version updates, the Config.sys file still doesn't remember the UI windows positions. Many complains I've seen, but all suggestions were like 'You are placing the UI windows wrongly, so it refuses to remember these placements'. Err... I'm a gamer, not a programmer. I don't know about 'wrong' or 'right' placement of windows, I placed them as it's convenient to me and I'm not obliged to count pixels from the screen edge. This is not a feature, it's a bug with these config files, and why would someone not to fix it at last?
3. The starlane bores are still opened randomly and sometimes totally in weird and unpredictable directions. Will be this part ever fixed? Will we ever see the controllable starlane opening to a desired system and nowhere else?
4. Top of the stars and planets technology is currently dragging the planets anywhere and collapsing the black holes. Impressive, hands up. But where the ringworlds and Dyson spheres creation technology? Where the star lighting technology to create new stars in empty systems? Where the planets blasting weapons?
There are lots of good improvements to to with the game instead of forbidding to rename systems and placing dots in planet names.
By the way, could anyone tell me how to edit system names list? There are some too bad and wrong names I'd like not to see at all on my screen.
Yours sincerely,
Ariador
Statistics: Posted by Ariador — Mon Jun 10, 2024 1:32 pm