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Most items are information only and self explanatory while some are clickable for more info or actions
 
Most items are information only and self explanatory while some are clickable for more info or actions
  
  
Auto pilot:
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Autopilot:
  
 
will bring up more clickable button that make you ship move to selected locations
 
will bring up more clickable button that make you ship move to selected locations
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Player Info -
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Player Info:
  
 
clicking your the character button  will bring up another menu with 4 options
 
clicking your the character button  will bring up another menu with 4 options
  
  
Skills-
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Skills:
  
clicking Skills will show your skill levels
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Clicking Skills will show your skill levels.
  
  
  
Appearance-
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Appearance:
  
Clicking Appearance will bring up another menu with options to select different head, hair, eyes, nose and mouth on your avatar
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Inactive at this time.
  
  
Assets-
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Assets:
  
Clicking assets will bring up another menu initially showing you credits and stellar credits
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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
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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
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Clicking a location will show items at that locations which is scrollable.
  
  
  
Contracts-
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Contracts:
  
The scrollable contracts menu will give a much more detailed information on the contracts in the top right corner
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The scrollable contracts menu will give a much more detailed information on the contracts in the top right corner.
  
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[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
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Map:
  
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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
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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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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 6 buttons-
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The galactic map menu has 6 buttons:
  
  
 
"Emergency Jump" button will return you to Ceres space
 
"Emergency Jump" button will return you to Ceres space
  
"Close map" will do just that... close the map
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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 at
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"Home" will center the map on the system that you are currently located.
  
 
"Stock Market Search" will allow you to search player operated markets
 
"Stock Market Search" will allow you to search player operated markets

Revision as of 13:17, 6 April 2015

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


Autopilot:

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

/ignore playername will remove the name of the player after the ignore command until next login.


Player Info:

clicking your the character button will bring up another menu with 4 options


Skills:

Clicking Skills will show your skill levels.


Appearance:

Inactive at this time.


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.

[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 6 buttons:


"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.

"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


Quality Level-

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


Music Off/On-

Clicking here will toggle the music off or on

Personal tools
Namespaces

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