So this week I have been working to reforge the U.I. for Apparent Horizons Kickstarter Demo. I chose to make this one of the last items committed to reworking due to all previous U.I. being strictly for testing individual features. I decided it was time to link all the systems, throw in a few new player helping features and the new skills I've learned together.
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While the two main options are still there, both custom and quick before did the same thing. Now players can click custom and create a lobby with all the settings they choose using the new..
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These are important tools for a player so they can find, join and create matches as they choose. All information displayed can be sorted by clicking the column names at the top.
While my playing U.I. hasn't had a major overhaul yet as it went through one about a month ago, I have started to rework the Space Station Menus to be extremely more accessible. Before players were limited to drop down menus and ship names that didn't fit their boxes.
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The new station U.I. consists of filtering options, Buy / Owned ships tab, Weapons and Upgrades panels as well. The Buy / Owned ship tab will have a picture in picture so you can know what your buying, information that will make the purchase choice easier
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With these sweeping changes I hope to make it easy for the player to quickly jump in the station, get what he wants, upgrade it and get out before his team gets slaughtered. While there is still much to be done such as new textures for each of these U.I.'s currently they are usable and working properly. I hope you enjoyed your read and stay tuned for more information about Apparent Horizon!
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