Easier Asset Monitoring and Management

[Syelnicar]

I would go for a system/sector menu. It doesn't need to be anything too crazy... you could even modify the current Planets screen to do so. I don't know if in the code, the planet objects have an attribute that shows what sector it's in, but if it does, you could just implement an option to sort it all by sector (grouping all the planets in one sector together), or to sort them as they are now. Further additions could then be added on top of this later on, but as is, I don't think this would be too difficult to implement.

[Royce]

Sorting planet view would be a nice option but it doesn't really do much to help with monitoring everything at once. I really want a view that will show me everything, my planets, their ore and factories, my non-AI ships and fleets, harvesting and trade routes, and also non-owned planets and ships in systems where I have a presence. I'm picturing something where every list item is a system. From left to right (horizontally scrollable) would be # of non-AI player ships at the sun, # of other players ships at the sun,, then each planet in the system followed by # of player then other ships at that planet. Tapping a # would show you the ships in a box at the bottom of the screen, while tapping a planet would give you planet details with a page or tab for trade and harvesting route details, and another for factory activity.

Edit: I guess, in essence, what I'm saying is I want a unified and organized ship and planet view with added factory info and route info. I think the best approach for this would be a menu organized by systems, where every system where I have a planet, or even an idle ship, is shown.

[Leedot]

Edit: I guess, in essence, what I'm saying is I want a unified and organized ship and planet view with added factory info and route info. I think the best approach for this would be a menu organized by systems, where every system where I have a planet, or even an idle ship, is shown.

And you want it all on a tiny screen. - In all seriousness though I think this is something that can achieved on the global planet menu with some reorganization / elimination of some redundant information / addition of better reporting on the planet's income streams along with sorting planets by their system.

[Royce]

And you want it all on a tiny screen.

Well I do play on an iPad so there seems to be more space than maybe there is. I really don't see how everything I want could be incorporated into the planet menu. For instance how would my ships parked at an opponent's planet be shown there? How about my probes parked in deep space? What about planets that are unowned or owned by another player in systems that are mostly mine? I really feel like we need a system to track everything in one place and I'm afraid any attempt to do so with improvements to the current planet menu would be destined to fall short. Anyway, maybe it's something for the iPad client. Once that comes out, I won't care about people struggling to monitor their empires from their phones

[2pourdrummer]

I think the planet screen would work with tabs down the left side that could pull up different views. I would like to see where my resources are going, it's hard to tell how much shipyards actually get. Maybe one tab for high level, with others showing more detail... but it's going to have to be a must in order to stay organized. Right now, I have about 20 ships going over 4 galaxies. I can't figure out if I have enough ships going to a sector and where they are all going. After a few hours, you can't remember how many are going where. I have to wait until everything settles and then see where everything is. Waste of time and will hurt me later in the game.