User Interface

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New players are started in the "help" channel. You can click the dropdown box and see several other default channels. Most established players are active in "global."
  
 
==Character==
 
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Revision as of 16:00, 9 April 2016

Contents

User Interface

The user interface has a myriad of controls and information displays. Here is a typical interface as seen by a player when in space near a space station

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Most items are information only and self explanatory while some are clickable for more info or actions.

clickable items

Auto pilot

This link will bring up more clickable buttons to warp able locations. Clicking on a destination name will move you to the Space Station or gate location. Clicking the Action will auto dock or auto jump through selected gate. The Green dot on the Vestra Surface means you own a Settlement/Colony at that location.

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Clicking Destination Column heading will sort the list alphabetically. Clicking the Distance Heading will sort if by distance. Clicking Action will sort by action. Clicking Action will list the usable Gates in that system at the top of the list. Clicking the far left blank column header will sort with colonies at the top. If you own a colony, it will be listed first.

Comms

will hide/unhide chat panel

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New players are started in the "help" channel. You can click the dropdown box and see several other default channels. Most established players are active in "global."

Character

Clicking this link will bring up another menu with 3 or 4 options

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Skills

Clicking Skills will show your skill levels of Trading, Asteroid Mining, and Gas Giant Skimming.

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Appearance

Inactive at this time.

Assets

Clicking assets will bring up another menu initially showing your credits and Stellar Credits. Clicking 'select locations' will bring up a list of all current storage locations. Clicking a location will show items at that locations which is scrollable.

Assets1.jpg Assets2.jpg Assets3.jpg

Contracts

Contracts.jpg The scrollable contracts menu will give a much more detailed information on the contracts displayed in the top right corner.

Cancel.png [Cancel a Contract] gives the player the option to cancel a contract and shows the cost to cancel each contract.

Map

Clicking the Map button will bring up the galactic map. The Galactic map Shows the main 9 planet systems linked with green to show jump gate routes. Player built gates will be purple and goes to player colonies in outer systems. It also shows outer systems and names that can be jumped to with a ship that has a hyperdrive installed.

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The galactic map menu has 6 buttons:
"Emergency Jump" button will return you to Ceres space

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"Close map" will do just that... close the map.

"Home" will center the map on the system that you are currently located.
"Stock Market Search" will allow you to search player operated markets
"Search for system" will allow you to search for a player discovered system by name
"Bookmarks" will open a drop-down list of bookmarked planets

The map can be moved around rotating about your current system by click and hold left mouse button and dragging the display around. The scroll wheel or +/- will zoom in and out. Right clicking on a system will center in that system and give another button to "Jump" to that system and information about that system including distance to jump in light years.

Options

Clicking Options button will bring up the Options menu

Buy Premium Access

This button will take you to the a selections menu that will then take you a Paypal page for purchasing premium access. Premiummenu.jpg

Quality Level

Quality.jpgClicking quality level will drop down a menu to select video quality

Music Off/On

Clicking here will toggle the music off or on.

Combat Spam On/Off

Toggles combat damage information when weapons strike a target.

Flight Tutorial

Takes player to beginning game flight tutorial.

Tooltips

Allows selection of tooltip delay.

Warp Visual Effect On/Off

Toggles Warp Effect in game. Game starts with effect in on position.

Chat Filter On/Off

Toggles in game chat filter. Game starts with filter in off position.

Activate Other Tutorials

Reactivates Industrialist and Combat Tutorials.

Main Menu

Leaves current game, which saves automatically, and returns player to Main Login Screen.

Unstable Stuff On/Off

Allows player to turn on unstable experimental functions when available. Starts in off position.

Clouds On/Off

Toggles clouds in outer systems on and off for better performance of certain systems.

Volume

Slide bar to increase or deduce game sounds.

Exit

Exits game and closes client. Game saves continually so no game play is lost.


Site Map

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Variants
Actions
Navigation
To Begin
Travelling
Trading
Character Skills
Player Built Star Bases
Exploration
Settlements and Colonies
Politics
PVE Combat
Tools