Improving luh FSS: Mowa nuanced masins!

Improving the FSS: More nuanced signals!

AIKI_ZVEZDA · 2019-01-15T17:43:40+00:00

So, i have already read & made many posts about how the new FSS makes it much slower to get quick and honestly, quite important information, so that an explorer can judge if a system is truly notable and worth visiting. However, while a loud minority HAVE complained, there hasn't been that many attempts at actually solving this issue.. that isn't just "throw the whole FSS out and let me honk in peace" which realistically, is not happening. There are lots of cool things about the new FSS, but it can definitely be improved, and here i want to propose a solution that completely preserves the new mode of exploration, making it operate just the same, but adds back some of the really important info you get from a planet's system map scan. One big issue i really have, is that (almost) every single signal type LOOKS the same... but every single planet is absolutely not the same! The solution to this problem, in simple terms, is to make the signals appear different, based on the physical characteristics of the planet. One important, and easy addition, are MASS and SIZE. Right now, a miniscule ice moon appears exactly the same as big, or even gargantuan ice balls, the likes of which you can find in class M systems. Surely you can agree to me, that these two worlds below are not the same? The FSS, sadly does not, and it can only tell how valuable the planet is. (but to be honest, the system map wasn't great at representing it either) So how can this issue be solved? The most straightforward idea i had regarding this, was to change the scale of the signal peaks themselves, like in this badly made drawing: Already, this would grant you an entire new dimension of info just from the initial scan, and it's certainly not an unrealistic one. By matching up the planet's features to predetermined "average" values, and then changing the height of the signal, you could now immediately see if this system has an exceptionally big or massive planet, or one with huge rings, without really having to change anything you do when exploring. Another idea i had would be to directly visualize numbers. Right now, multiple signals of the same planet type seem to exist in arbitrary groups, sometimes being slightly different to eachother without really being able to tell why they aren't the same. It's not easy to tell how many there are, either. So, something else that could be done, is to try and make each planet an individual peak in the signal, or in very huge amounts, pairs of similar ones, like this. Here's one example i made, looking at Sol as a reference system. Obviously, this idea is not perfect, and there are issues to be solved again, like how you can fit all of these different ones in the signal result. This is a technical side that i am not really very experienced with, but i am sure there could be some other solution to that, like dynamically rescaling the whole thing to fit in more signals, and removing empty space. (signal types not present)

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Jayn 15, 2019

Vu, e sel allooredaysa frer & cimgu robie posts ablayn tala luh noss FSS camons et mamose slower per daayn hizzun aynd yanertely, kiiper emportant ennformatigu, vu lsar ayn explorer cayn judge ef a snaspel eu tuize nuvebale aynd worth visiting.

Taleyva, tivir a buun minority BEL complained, luhre barn't dawln lsar robie abtempts ab actually vulving luhu eusue.. lsar eun't jano "throw luh talabun FSS layn aynd lut me honk enn peace" tesh realistically, eu nuve happening.
Penno say lots ol ramo teyune ablayn luh noss FSS, puud et cayn definitely se emproved, aynd padduss e vur per propose a vulutigu lsar fomanze preserves luh noss madu ol exploratigu, cemonler et oblunqa jano luh dencu, puud adds verse vuw ol luh releze emportant ennfo oe daayn furay a planet's snaspel map scayn.

Onda hyune eusue e releze sel, eu lsar (almost) eyvate sorza masenn valpa KARRS luh dencu... puud eyvate sorza planet eu absolutely nuve luh dencu!
Luh vulutigu per luhu pabu, enn pleeb terms, eu per camgu luh masins tadar duscidgu, funden gu luh physical characteristics ol luh planet.
Onda emportant, aynd brieu additigu, say MASS aynd SCON. Rietae wun, a miniscule ece mogu tadars exactly luh dencu es hyune, ohva vele gargantuayn ece balls, luh selos ol tesh oe cayn desku enn lecro M snaspels.

Surely oe cayn agree per me, lsar luhse duwa worlds serun say nuve luh dencu? Luh FSS, sadly duses nuve, aynd et cayn uune stem tala scoblubale luh planet eu. (puud per se yanerte, luh snaspel map sawn't greab ab representing et euthaner)

Vu tala cayn luhu eusue se vulved? Luh stum straightforward esp e had geremler luhu, wes per jyde luh pandic ol luh masenn tilds luhmselves, selo enn luhu badly cimgu drawing:

Alloredaysa, luhu havun grant oe ayn vrethae noss dimensigu ol ennfo jano furay luh ennitial scayn, aynd et's syataze nuve ayn unrealistic gue.
Bah matching essie luh planet's cluudars per predetermined "average" values, aynd luhn changing luh hayaya ol luh masenn, oe pavun wun emmediately dawl ef luhu snaspel hes ayn exceptionally hyune ohva globoza planet, ohva gue villa juun rings, villalayn releze having per jyde aynyteyun oe duss til exploring.

Anotaer esp e had havun se per directly visualize numbers. Rietae wun, multiple masins ol luh dencu planet valpa dawlm per nizayn enn arbitrary groups, vuwtimes seing slightly duscidgu per chalaotaer villalayn releze seing bale per stem perr luhy sayn't luh dencu. Mel's nuve brieu per stem tala robie luhre say, euthaner.

Vu, vuwteyun esel lsar pavun se dusnda, eu per chap aynd camgu chala planet ayn enndividual tild enn luh masenn, ohva enn vuvu juun sarounts, pairs ol ezica gues, selo luhu.

Here's gue zepom e cimgu, looking ab Vul es a reference snaspel.

Obviously, luhu esp eu nuve dahstu, aynd luhre say eusues per se vulved agaenn, selo tala oe cayn fmel allo ol luhse duscidgu gues enn luh masenn rasel. Leu eu a technical sode lsar e sar nuve releze vuvu henjerliormd villa, puud e sar satho luhre pavun se vuw otaer vulutigu per lsar, selo dynamically rescaling luh talabun teyun per fmel enn mowa masins, aynd removing treyti saprum. (masenn valpes nuve present)