The Grand Wishlist

[Ostekake]

With going live its clear what didn't make it into launch.
Here is my wishlist based on a meager 10 years of Planetside experience,
of things that can make everything smoother and more user friendly.

• Minimap, Adjustable window, not only a solution to hiding cert points.
• - Would like to have the resource pool and gain on the main hud.
• - Take it out in its own window maybe, so you can move both radar and certs around..
  
• Press G, should take me to a global map of some kind..
  
• Press any of the hotkeys for platoon,outfit, map, etc from within those windows should open what you ask for.
  
• Chatbox, needs to have a toggle for not fading out and or a adjustable fadeout timer.
• - first step could be a toggle in useroptions.ini for chat window not to fade out.
• - Pressing enter should take you back to the last transmit text channel you used, not /say or something else random..
• - Chatbox needs to show on map, deployment/respawn screen (important for drop coordination among other things)
  
• Auto join squad, should use the outfit and friends toggle in the squad select screen
• - outfit and friends toggle needs to be persistent.
• - An option to show outfit tags in friends list.
• - Friends list should have a editable group tag you could add to people.
• - friends toggle in squad select screen should be extended with friend groups
  
• When a tell arrives from a different server it should say so in the message, like [Miller] Ostekake: Hello World !
  
• Platoon and squad leader needs drop down menu to move from squad (pl only)to squad in platoon view and change slotnumber of anyone in squad.
• - Squad slots needs a description field that shows up as tooltips for members and maybe as a roletitle with description below squad list for members when slot is selected.
• - Platoon and Squad leaders needs ability to see other listed squads.
• - In squad list view, platoon leaders needs dropdown menu for invite to his or her platoon.
• - Squad list view should have a col for current continent of squad leader and the col should be sortable
• - Squad/Platoon screen should have a url set by SL / PL for third party voice url to launch member onto that voice server with nickname from game. ie ts3server://server-name.com/?nickname=<pulled from game>
• - SL and PL needs number WPs (1-4) and smoke needs to show on all zoom levels of the map.
• - All squad WPs needs to be visible for other squads in the platoon.
• - Selecting a outfit,squad or platoon vehicle should activate auto follow/scroll on map.
• - Squad and platoon vehicles should have the correct color
• - Squad and platoon vehicles should show the squad number of the driver/pilot.
• - Mouse over on a squad/platoon/outfit selected vehicle on map should tooltip a list over the passengers and their position in the vehicle.
• Spawn screen filter and toggles for: sort order for location groups, squad top/bottom, pure distance, Always closest air pad on top, etc.
• - When deployment selection selected, clk customize, screen needs deploy button.
• - When deployment selection selected, clk customize, clk loadout, also needs deploy button.
• - On both deploy, need quick keys, 1 to 6 for selecting class and also hitting enter should spawn you to selected deployment.
• - On equipment terminal screen need quick keys, 1 to 6 for selecting class and hitting number should select and you leave screen.
• - Extend quick select for classes with loadout number as the second number pressed, ie pressing 1 then 2 would be infil second loadout, provided 2nd and 3rd loadout have been changed and are not default.
  
• Need /whosl /rewhosl /whopl /rewhopl /resl /repl /rec /c as and alias for /leaders and maybe outfit versions of those.
  
• /outfit invite playername needs to work.
• Outfit member list needs 'last logged on' and sort able columns
• Character select screen should have more than just gfx settings, sound as a minimum.

What else ? What have i forgot ?
Small simple changes and enhancements thats easy to put in and gives the greatest return ?

Official forum thread on same topic
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[ringring]

I agree with all of these.

I've thought the UI dsigner secretly didn't like squad and platoon leaders because he made it such hard work! (j/k if you read this).

I'd add, we really need a cr5 chat in some form.

[Ghoest9]

Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode

Seriously red enemy triangles and green squad triangles?
When over 5% of males are red/green colorblind?

Most game makers realized 10 years ago that its an issue.

[ringring]

Originally Posted by Ghoest9

Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode

Seriously red enemy triangles and green squad triangles?
When over 5% of males are red/green colorblind?

Most game makers realized 10 years ago that its an issue.

I think it's the law in the EU to make adjustments for accessibility to software and I'd bet there isn't an exclusion for MMO's.



(Someone will say I'm wrong tho :/ )

[Timey]

Going with a simple yes/no here:

• Minimap, Adjustable window, not only a solution to hiding cert points.
  yes
  
• - Would like to have the resource pool and gain on the main hud.
  no. well, edit: yes, if it's toggleable (which it obviously would be). so, yes.
  
• - Take it out in its own window maybe, so you can move both radar and certs around..
  yes
  
• Press G, should take me to a global map of some kind..
  while in map? yes
  
• Press any of the hotkeys for platoon,outfit, map, etc from within those windows should open what you ask for.
  obviously
  
• Chatbox, needs to have a toggle for not fading out and or a adjustable fadeout timer.
• - first step could be a toggle in useroptions.ini for chat window not to fade out.
  yes
  
• - Pressing enter should take you back to the last transmit text channel you used, not /say or something else random..
  yes
  
• - Chatbox needs to show on map, deployment/respawn screen (important for drop coordination among other things)
  yes
  
• Auto join squad, should use the outfit and friends toggle in the squad select screen
  yes
  
• - outfit and friends toggle needs to be persistent.
  yes
  
• - An option to show outfit tags in friends list.
  yes
  
• - Friends list should have a editable group tag you could add to people.
  notsurewhatyouaretalkingabout
  
• - friends toggle in squad select screen should be extended with friend groups
  -||-
  
• When a tell arrives from a different server it should say so in the message, like [Miller] Ostekake: Hello World !
  yes, didn't know you could send cross-server tells. awesome!
  
• Platoon and squad leader needs drop down menu to move from squad (pl only)to squad in platoon view and change slotnumber of anyone in squad.
  yes
  
• - Squad slots needs a description field that shows up as tooltips for members and maybe as a roletitle with description below squad list for members when slot is selected.
  yes!
  
• - Platoon and Squad leaders needs ability to see other listed squads.
  yes
  
• - In squad list view, platoon leaders needs dropdown menu for invite to his or her platoon.
  yes
  
• - Squad list view should have a col for current continent of squad leader and the col should be sortable
  y
  
• - Squad/Platoon screen should have a url set by SL / PL for third party voice url to launch member onto that voice server with nickname from game. ie ts3server://server-name.com/?nickname=<pulled from game>
  I like, but can't see this happening. yes.
  
• - SL and PL needs number WPs (1-4) and smoke needs to show on all zoom levels of the map.
  yes
  
• - All squad WPs needs to be visible for other squads in the platoon.
  if the wp colors are squad specific and numbered, then yes
  
• - Selecting a outfit,squad or platoon vehicle should activate auto follow/scroll on map.
  notsurewhatyouaretalkingabout
  
• - Squad and platoon vehicles should have the correct color
  yes
  
• - Squad and platoon vehicles should show the squad number of the driver/pilot.
  yes
  
• - Mouse over on a squad/platoon/outfit selected vehicle on map should tooltip a list over the passengers and their position in the vehicle.
  y
  
• Spawn screen filter and toggles for: sort order for location groups, squad top/bottom, pure distance, Always closest air pad on top, etc.
  I have 2 cats
  
• - When deployment selection selected, clk customize, screen needs deploy button.
  they are named Pipa and Possu
  
• - When deployment selection selected, clk customize, clk loadout, also needs deploy button.
  they are named Pipa and Possu
  
• - On both deploy, need quick keys, 1 to 6 for selecting class and also hitting enter should spawn you to selected deployment.
  
• - On equipment terminal screen need quick keys, 1 to 6 for selecting class and hitting number should select and you leave screen.
  
• - Extend quick select for classes with loadout number as the second number pressed, ie pressing 1 then 2 would be infil second loadout, provided 2nd and 3rd loadout have been changed and are not default.
  very, very strong yes
  
• Need /whosl /rewhosl /whopl /rewhopl /resl /repl /rec /c as and alias for /leaders and maybe outfit versions of those.
  
• /outfit invite playername needs to work.
• Outfit member list needs 'last logged on' and sort able columns
  this needs to happen
  
• Character select screen should have more than just gfx settings, sound as a minimum.
  what game doesn't let you bind controls before you first log in / get in the battle? strongest possible yes

Originally Posted by Ghoest9

Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode
Colorblind mode

Seriously red enemy triangles and green squad triangles?
When over 5% of males are red/green colorblind?

Most game makers realized 10 years ago that its an issue.

^also, this! I'm not colorblind myself and well, I know jack shit about programming, but I'm just guessing here that.. even though it's not the top priority thing to implement for obvious reasons (you are a minority, after all ), it's not that hard to do either. So.

e: and I mean that minority thing from a business's (sp) point of view. Just saying this before someone calls racism.