Revision as of 18:21, 26 April 2014

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

will bring up more clickable button that make you ship move to selected locations

clicking on a destination will move you to the starbase or gate, clicking a second time will dock at the starbase or jump through the gate

Comms

will hide/unhide chat panel

Player Info

clicking your player picture will bring up another menu with 4 options

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Skills

clicking Skills will show your skill levels

Appearance

Clicking Appearance will bring up another menu with options to select different head, hair, eyes, nose and mouth on your avitar

Assets

clicking assets will bring up another menu initially showing you 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 in the top right corner

Map

Clicking the Map button will bring up the galactic map

galactic map

Shows the main 9 planet systems linked with green to show jump gate routes

Also shows outer systems and names that can be jumped to with a hyperdrive capable ship

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

Assuming you have a hyperdrive capable ship and enough hydrogen to make the distance, you may jump to the new system and explore it

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

Quality Level

clicking quality level will drop down a menu to select video quality

Music Off/On

Clicking here will togglw the music off or on

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