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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #705 on: October 25, 2012, 05:39:12 pm »

how do you switch between researches?
Go to research screen -> select research you want to research -> click research button.
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« Reply #706 on: October 25, 2012, 05:53:28 pm »

no, I mean at a very basic level: one of the research item is out of the screen. on the left, I think they are overthruster, according to the game log, but I cannot see them, only the line that leads to them
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« Reply #707 on: October 25, 2012, 05:57:20 pm »

The research screen is 3d, surrounding you, and you're in the center, you grab it with your mouse (right mouse button? I can't remember) and rotate it. You can also zoom out and in, and double click things to zoom in on them to see a description and do it again to zoom out.

There is a manual which explains this, I'm fairly sure.
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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #708 on: October 25, 2012, 06:42:45 pm »

Theres a reason the acronym RTM exists ;)
Even if the manual ends up being the forum or the wiki.
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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #709 on: October 26, 2012, 01:12:37 am »

Theres a reason the acronym RTM exists ;)


Yeah it's because you get engineers do designer work  ::)
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« Reply #710 on: October 26, 2012, 01:27:52 am »

the launcher links to the manual.....
but realy... i dont think this is sooo hard to grasp. personally, i never needed it.
also, this is the df forum. people complaining about the game is not intuitive enough? realy?

aanyway, these guys have a great forum. if you ask your questions there, youll get help very quickly.
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« Reply #711 on: October 26, 2012, 02:17:36 am »

also, this is the df forum. people complaining about the game is not intuitive enough? realy?

well, when you start a df game, you have all the commands neatly laid in front of you:
http://www.drainy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/embarkedlocation-600x349.png

what the hell am I suposed to do with this?
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e34/Vox_Imperatoris/Sword%20of%20the%20Stars/ResearchScreen.jpg

the only things you can click are the cubes of the techs, and even that is not evident because they looks nothing like a pushable things  :P

maybe I've been influenced to much by 'the design of everyday things'


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« Reply #712 on: October 26, 2012, 03:17:10 am »

ok, i know this is a very complicated screen. so read carefully, i run you through it, step for step:

klick and hold somewhere with your mouse where is not a cube to move the screen. rmb it is iirc, but if this does not work, feel free to try that other button.

klick on a cube to interact with it.

now i know it needs superhuman powas to figure this out. but im sure with my help and if you try real hard, you get there. in time.
good luck, you can do it!
« Last Edit: October 26, 2012, 03:19:03 am by motorbitch »
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« Reply #713 on: October 26, 2012, 03:34:10 am »

I like that everyone, from designers to users, just assume that I have a mouse.
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« Reply #714 on: October 26, 2012, 03:40:15 am »

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« Last Edit: October 26, 2012, 05:46:24 am by Toady One »
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« Reply #715 on: October 26, 2012, 04:43:35 am »

I like that everyone, from designers to users, just assume that I have a mouse.

For a windows game this is a reasonable assumption. (that or a trackball, which has a similar effect)
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« Reply #716 on: October 26, 2012, 04:55:57 am »

I am interested to find out how you managed to get to that point without a mouse.
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« Reply #717 on: October 26, 2012, 05:01:26 am »

touchpad, one button, but I can make other buttons with gestures, which are unreliable so I can't really know if it's me making the wrong command, the game not registering or whatever.
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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #718 on: October 26, 2012, 05:05:55 am »

Touchpads are the spawn of the devil.
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Re: Sword of the Stars
« Reply #719 on: October 26, 2012, 05:06:16 am »

I have to say that a mouse is not an unreasonable assumption for a PC gamer. I don't think people should make games to cater to people without mouses, as much as they shouldn't cater to people who only have a monitor capable of rendering EGA graphics :)


Also, I tried getting into this at one point, but didn't have enough time. It seemed like the production aspect of the game was very streamlined/simplified from other 4x space games. Every planet does X production, which you could assign to build the planet infrastructure or something else, and that was it. You couldn't really build specific buildings or specialise planets. Is this right?
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