First of all, apologies in advance. I’ve actually been quite busy adding stuff to the remake and neglecting to also make blog posts about them. So, today will be a catch-up day. You should expect 3 blog posts (including this one) in my effort to catch you all up on the latest and greatest.
Michael begged me to add in the Starmap feature so he doesn’t get lost in space. Fine, I said! 🙂
So now we have a starmap feature that is sort of incomplete. In the original game, while moving around the starmap it would calculate the amount of fuel needed to get to the location you are looking at. I don’t do that yet. Also, in the original game, the starmap would automatically add in flux entry and exit points, which I don’t do yet either. Other than that, the starmap is fully functional.
So these are the things I need to do before I can say this starmap feature gets my stamp of approval:
- Add in fuel cost estimator
- Add in flux entry and exit points as they are discovered
- Reduce the sensitivity of the directional controls (change acceleration curve)
- Change the purple dot representing your ship to something better
Here is a video of the starmap in action:
Any chance you could add a search bar? This would be great for planets or stars you have visited and charted already. Thanks
Hmm, interesting. How do you envision this search bar working?
If you have traveled there or you have received coordinates, you can type in the name of the star and that star will be highlighted on your map. Maybe even have an autopilot to the star after you navigator gains enough experience/training to program the autopilot better.
I know you have your vision of this project. I wish I had the talent for it. I keep thinking of all the things that would have been great in the original game without losing the spirit of the game. Thanks for your hard work.
Ok, I think I understand what you are thinking. So when you travel to a new star, you get the opportunity to name it, and that name shows up on the starmap. I’ve been thinking of having “mods” for the Starflight remake where things like this would go – you would switch the mod feature on if you wanted it. Leaving all of the mod features off would make the game run with original features. Can you do me a favor? Can you go to the community forum (link is in the menu bar) and post this request under the general discussion group – there are a lot of other feature requests in there as well. At the right time in the future, I will be going back to this forum and getting the feature list from there.
Absolutely, thanks for replying.