User Interface

 - *** This page still under construction ***

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

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 link below the name will auto dock or auto jump through selected gate.

Comms

will hide/unhide chat panel

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.

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.

Contracts

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

[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.

the galactic map menu has 3 buttons:

"Emergency Jump" button will return you to Ceres space

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

"Home" will centre the map on the system that you are currently at

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 click on a system will centre in that system and give another button to "Jump" to that system and information about that system including distance to jump in light years