Please allow me to delete the default overview presets.
Like many pilots I know, I have specific overviews for specific tasks. Each one is highly specialised providing exactly the information I need but without bloat. Each of these overviews is linked in the MOTD of a chat channel, and my friends and I can easily switch between them when we go to do different things (e.g., Ganking, PVP, PVE, recon, etc.)
The recent(ish) overview updates added many great features; however, you also added a TON of default presets. These presets pollute my specialised overview, which hurts the DSCAN window, overview settings and context menus.
So my request is simple:
Keep the current overview settings as the default
Allow power users to delete the default presets so we can have our highly specialized overviews
Restore the default settings from within the Overview Settings window so players who accidently delete their presets can easily get them back again
The D-SCAN filter menu. Note how I cannot see my personal presets, nor can I see all of the default presets without scrolling. - Not useful when needing to find something in a pinch.
^ This image gives you a better idea of the number of presets that are loaded in by default, and not deleteable. Compare this to the old default overview which was less than 10 iirc.
I have my own custom overviews, the problem is I cannot remove the default presets from it so when I need to navigate through the list of options I have an unnecessarily long list full of options that I’ll mostly stay away from.
There doesn’t need to be the option to “delete” the default filters, I even think thats not a good way to do it. Maybe the character is sold at some point or maybe your custom overview gets lost - CCP wants to make sure there is a bottom line anyone can use, no matter how much experience he has. Another benefit of the default overviews is that they automatically “add” new ships to the filters as they come into the game, something custom overviews often miss, they need to be updated manually else you will miss some entries.
However, the better solution would just be a checkbox in the overview settings under “Filters” that allows you to “disable” the default overview filters so they aren’t show in the context menues. But if you need them again, you can turn them back on anytime you wish.
There is nothing to “figure out”. If you save a custom filter it’s automatically listed in a newly created “custom filters” folder.
He simply doesn’t want to see all those default overviews in the UI because he has not the slightest intention to ever use them. Understandable. Having an option to make stuff that just bloats the context menues disappear is better than not having that option.
Open overview settings > msc (tab) > Reset - problem solved.
Do they? Historically the default overviews have been iffy after major updates. Happy if this is no longer the case, but history is not on CCP’s side
