I think they should go out and paint the stars brighter and the space blacker
Like in the military, when the grass isn’t green enough, get the paint out
I kind of think the user interface is great. If it aint broke, dont fix!
IF it isn’t broken… but it is
What exactly is broken about it?
And what exactly is that supposed to mean? You feel overwhelmed with the information provided by the UI?
Still a better UI than Win10
Well, W10 UI and Continuum is somewhat decent, it’s the fundamentals behind it that are making it bad
I honestly believe that the game’s UI is one of the reasons that some people end up testing the game but end up abandoning it … It has many functions hidden in different and unusual places … The buttons and the text itself are often overshadowed by the brightness of the graphics making it very difficult to identify whether the modules are activated or not.
I would ask CCP to make the UI more modular and allow third parties to develop alternative UIs for the game.
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That’s almost identical to my UI setup, works fine!
You don’t need a UI overhaul for EVE, you need someone to overhaul your UI. You may want to put some thought in where you want to place those objects; why did you choose to place them all over your screen randomly?! 
Are you saying you use both monitors for a single EVE client? Where do you open up 3rd party tools, a third monitor?
Even with a second monitor I keep my EVE client on one screen, makes it much easier to multitask or open up dotlan/zkillboard/slack/forum/whatever while playing EVE on the other. 
I don’t think EVE needs a UI facelift. The UI of EVE looks good, is consistent and we have a lot of freedom of choosing the tabs we want to show on our screen, how big they are and what type of information they show. The only issue I have with the UI in EVE is that there is a lot of useful information that I could put on my screen and screen space is valuable. A new UI or more customisation won’t help with that.
Yep. I use alt-tab or virtual desktop for 3rd party stuff. Using both monitors for the client gives u much more area to put stuff. I have several windows perma open and stacked for easiest access.
But the set-up is what works for me. However I posted the link above because it would actually be very useful to display 3rd party stuff without losing sight of the client. As it happens I’m buying a 3rd monitor for another application which would probly do just as well, we’ll see.
the ingame windows are in this position for a “lean” mouse movment that i can quickly set-up on 4 diffrent windows (logi and drone bunnys).musclememory helps inbetween the diffrent ships/eve-windows.
-fleetchat > drones > watchlist > broadcast.
hidden under the “lean” window experience, is damage/heals messages.
(i tried moving the messages, but that just makes “heal” and “damage” occupy the same space, making it impossible to read, so idgak anymore)
-the vertical purple list is just something that randomly pops-up everytime my mouse ‘accidently’ hovers over any space that is occupied by fleet/drone.
-the targets are in that height, becouse its the only chance i got to see if someone is takeing damage.
targets are transperant so in the middle segment, i dont see hp bar as “orbiting”/links mash togheter. Even so! i often hafto align my camera away from fleet/drone ball, just to get a clearer view on who is taking damage and that kinda feels “broken”
Also:
Targets hafto be in a streight line, draging targets into different rows/colums is not an valid option.
in the bottom there is local/corp/alliance/etc and alot of dead space that cannot be filled.
i need to have my hud in the bottom, as i have it when i only fly one solo window
again… ui is to primative to have profiles/remember fleet setup/remember row/collum sorting etc etc
Yes, obviously you dont NEED a face lift, i do. i think that anyone who flys logi would agree with me, especially if they are multiboxing? and the issue is “i cant make this window smaller”!
Yeah, against some space backgrounds, i cant even tell if im getting yellow/redboxed or if my own modules are on or not… and the overheat! omg… is it on or off?!
ps. in my case, buttons and text mash togheter, making it impossible to read. Yes! CCP make the UI more modular and allow third parties to develop alternative UIs for the game. well put.
nothing is by its definition “broken” but at the same time, it kinda is broken and buggy.
The ui needs to be modernized at some point in the future! so why not now?
I may not be multiboxing, but I mainly fly logi myself. And there’s absolutely no lack of space if you set it up well.
You don’t need a UI facelift yet when you didn’t make use yet of the options the UI gives you to get more space.
A few things you could improve:
- the bar on the left could be made smaller
- overview could be shorter if you make use of target tabs, allowing you to put another useful UI element below it (I have my Dscan there)
- (I would also recommend putting more info on the overview, but that makes it wider. transversal and corp are pretty useful to have)
- split your chats in another way. Add ‘fleet chat’ together with your other chats, put local chat somewhere else and make it long, but really small. And remove pictures from local. You won’t need local to see chat, just names.
- fleet history can be made more compact, you only need to be able to see the last few broadcasts.
- put your fleet history all the way to the top of the screen instead of wasting space there. Do the same with your other tabs, make use of that space you’re asking!
- Watch list on the other hand could be in a spot where you can put up to 15 names instead of only 4. I personally have it right below fleet history.
Now once you’ve set up your UI, copy the UI to your other characters as well, because what you say here:
simply isn’t true. I’ve copied my UI to all my other characters. Follow this guide:
- yes i know, but it dosent help.
- nope, overview is needed to be this long in incursions, in this site its not needed.
but i cant re-arrange the ui based on what site i enter, althou i suppose i would like an automatic function of this in the new ui thats are moddable. - its not needed for pve fleet, and no the overview cant be any wider then it is.
i mean, it can be a little bit wider… but not wide enough to show any more usefull details. - this is a “lean” factory, having the “misc chat window” in the L-corner is an optional luxury.
- fleet history/broadcast is at is minimum size, it cannot be made any smaller.
- No, the only option i have with fleet history window is to place it below target list - to mimimize mouse travel. it still hafto be on that side. (and when its on top, i can have a co-visual if i get targeted, aka. mimimum eye travel.)
- i have watchlist for orbit/assigned drone bunny and maybe alts, watchlist is pretty “stupid” intentionally so or not, having “healing targets” in watchlist do not work for pve fleet.
ps. by todays standards, it would likley considerd to be “cheating” but…
how about a watchlist, that can add more then 15 targets and a function to it, to re-arange whos on top of the list - based on taking damage?
for pvp, this could be exploited with bombs and what not… or it can simply be unexplotable with a damage meter. devs decide.
- Every bit helps, especially when you’re in need of more space.
- Overview is sorted by distance, you don’t need to see everything at once, scrolling down for targets further away is fine.
- Even in PvE fleets it’s useful to see at least the velocity of the target and the type of target. Skip alliance/corp and transversal if you want.
- lean?
- Fleet history can be made smaller, you’re not trying
- If you’re creating your UI based on mouse travel distance I’m not surprised it looks ****. Create your UI based on efficient use of space if you’re complaining about lack of space.
- Having healing targets on watchlist does work in any fleet where you’re logi. And even when you’re not logi it’s a good way to keep track of your fleet. The only time my watchlist isn’t full is if our fleet is smaller than 15.
Well, if you want to know who’s taking damage, put them on watchlist. If the fleet is bigger than 15, it’s up to them to broadcast for reps. If you want to know who’s taking damage even if people are too lazy to broadcast for reps, look in space for the ship that the enemy is shooting at.
Yea, it would be easy if CCP made it possible to put everyone on watch list, but I feel like that would make people even more lazy about broadcasting for reps. And it would make people complain about a lack of UI space to put their 100 man watchlist.
- every bit dont help. This is an underlaying issue with the ui itself.
(in screenshot im running ~1280x885@90% ui scaling) - yes i need to see everything at once, becouse in TCRC there is alot of npc’s! (fyi: the current screenshot dont even cover the entire npc spawnlist)
and only some npc targets you, and its not based on distance. There are also broadcast rules involved, so i really do hafto see every npc. - tranversal is not an important factor the fleets im running.
- lean = maximum workflow and efficiency.
- lol. fleet history can be 2 lines shorter, but the width of the broadcast window is at minimum.
- mouse travel and eye travel, its high target switch tempo for logi in pve, alot harder then some of the pvp(!) when i fly outside pve fleet, my ui dont look like this.
simply put: it hasto be this way. - i dont have screen space for a large watchlist, and its not needed. it would only look worse if i put 15 targets in targetlist - with close to no benefits, i rather have 10 targets locked.
also.
in small engagment, looking at graphics might work. For me its impossible to even see the if locked targets takes damage… im not gonna be looking in space.
also, yes, thus i wrote about an dynamic targetlist that place damage target on the top, so you dont hafto have a 100man watchlist, line for line.
Your Oneiros has 4 individual reps of a cycle time of 8 seconds. That’s 4 target swaps per 8 second at most, or on average 1 mouse click per 2 seconds if you’re flying logi at ‘maximum swapping speed’. (I do hope you’re using keybinds and not clicking those modules!).
You can’t do it AFK, but it’s not a lot if you ask me.
Seeing if a locked target is taking damage is easy. Watch for the red appear. If I haven’t locked the ship that appears to be shot at, I usually lock him up to see if he needs any reps. Logi is an interesting role in fleet that keeps me a lot more busy than shooting, that’s true.
no… you are wrong i dont really care to get into some narrow offtopic discussions.
but i will say; cycle time is not 8 seconds with max skills/boost/links.
And also im a good logi. I know how to cycle! i say 1 rep cycle finish evey 1-2 seconds.
sometimes it all on the same target, sometimes on 4 different targets. sometimes its only on 3 targets and 1 rep is free for instant heals on a previous locked target. its highley dynamic and not always 1 target swap every 0.7-2 seconds.
as i have said multiple times, due to the transparancy of target vs background, its not.
further its a subjective topic for you its easy, for me its hard…
we both would be happy with a new ui - where only you are happy now.
Incorrect.
Our current UI is fully functional and it would be a waste if CCP spends development time changing it.
The main problem of the UI in EVE is that we have a lot of information to put on one screen. The current UI has all the tools for players to modify where and what they want to show on their screen and waste as little screen space as possible. An update to the UI won’t help at all, our constraints of screen space and information won’t change.
The only positive thing CCP can do for the EVE UI is to give newbies a more efficient starting UI and to make it easier to share UI. That way the people who have made a good UI can share it with people who are asking for a UI facelift.