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This button will take you to the a selections menu that will then take you a Paypal page for purchasing premium access.
 
This button will take you to the a selections menu that will then take you a Paypal page for purchasing premium access.
 
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Revision as of 17:02, 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 options, Skills, Assets, and Votes.

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There are 4 possible skills at this time. Once you receive a skill level in each skill, it will be listed here. Assets shows your character credits and Solar Credits (SC).

Clicking one of the Locations will show that location's current resource/Ship/Ship Module stored at last visit. Settlement (Surface) resources only actively update when you visit.

Votes are only present during the Semi Annual General Elections, Monthly Bi-Elections, or Gate Approval Requests for Senators.

Contracts

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The Contract window will fill as you accept contracts at SS Contract Boards. You can sort by Name, Destination, or Reward.

If you want to delete a contract, dock at a SS, then click and hold the red X at the far right of any contract you want to delete.

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 7 tabs on the left.

"Emergency Jump" button will return you to Ceres space.

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

"Home" will center the map on the system that you are currently located in.

"Stock Market Search" will allow you to search player operated markets.

"Starsystem Search" will allow you to search for a discovered system by name.

"Bookmarks" will list any systems you have added to Bookmarks. They can be sorted by Name, Sector, or StarID.

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 open an interface where you can "Jump to" to that system. This interface displays basic system information, star data, and hydrogen required to jump to that location. The "Add Bookmark" button allows you to toggle listing systems or removing them from your Bookmarks.

Options

Clicking Options button will bring up the Options menu

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Quality Level

Choose one of six settings for video quality and performance.

Tooltips

Allows selection of tooltip delay.

Warp White-Out Visual Effect On/Off

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

Combat Spam On/Off

Toggles combat damage information when weapons strike a target.

Clouds On/Off

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

Chat Filter On/Off

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

Manual Grav Anchor

Gravity Anchor starts in Automatic mode. Players can turn on Manual Grav Anchor and toggle it hitting left-alt.

Force Low Detail Terrain

Reduces terrain detail. Helps with Linux OS.

Autopilot Auto-Open

Autopilot will open automatically after a gate or hyperdrive jump.

Auto Open Warehouse

Turning on will activate Warehouse tab in Starbase interfaces when opened.

Auto Repair

When this is turned on, any time your ship docks at a SS or player Starbase, it will automatically repair any damage at standards costs.

Flight Tutorial

Takes player to beginning game flight tutorial.

Main Menu

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

Exit Game

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

Premium Access

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


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