06-26-2019, 03:26 AM
Due note before phasing out xml exporting for resources: current possible uses for resource sorting / exporting / etc:
Finding systems with several resources at X quality or higher: independent ship building system / shipyard (not necessarily max everything but a system that can do most/everything at a base quality).
Finding several systems with high resources within X distance (empire planning for settling and route building, get all key resources within a sector or a handful of sectors)
Detecting system changes (for the rare resource reset cases)
Private sharing of scan data with others not in empire - essential for any "scan the universe" project.<b><color=green></color></b>
Offline route planning while not logged in / saving info to a group folder (used quite a bit in larger empires: imagine a leader on break at work texting members and browsing scan data or logs of tactical data and telling members where to go.)
(Maybe some other uses?)
In any case, if you are going thru a UI rework be sure to hit us up on Discord sometime; it may help with more rapid iteration. I may be able to dedicate a bit of time to go over some ideas / mockouts as well. (and a forum thread dedicated to a UI rework may help too.)
Finding systems with several resources at X quality or higher: independent ship building system / shipyard (not necessarily max everything but a system that can do most/everything at a base quality).
Finding several systems with high resources within X distance (empire planning for settling and route building, get all key resources within a sector or a handful of sectors)
Detecting system changes (for the rare resource reset cases)
Private sharing of scan data with others not in empire - essential for any "scan the universe" project.<b><color=green></color></b>
Offline route planning while not logged in / saving info to a group folder (used quite a bit in larger empires: imagine a leader on break at work texting members and browsing scan data or logs of tactical data and telling members where to go.)
(Maybe some other uses?)
In any case, if you are going thru a UI rework be sure to hit us up on Discord sometime; it may help with more rapid iteration. I may be able to dedicate a bit of time to go over some ideas / mockouts as well. (and a forum thread dedicated to a UI rework may help too.)