Thanks to Mechworld.de for providing this tool to FT players for making SSD's.
Found both the website and program are not easy to navigate,had a lot of
trouble just getting my registration to take,and the SSD program does look
nice but it is not very intuitive to use. For example,how do I find other SSD
icons in the program other than the ones displayed? Tried changing rhe faction
for an SSD to see if
different icons may appear but no go. How can I drag+drop more than one
Hull/Armor box at a time onto the SSD? Plus having difficulty moving
between the sub-menus on the left (Ship Tools,Basic,Change Layout,Design
Notes,etc.) Also dont care for limited number of class/type layout
displays,but this is more of a personal choice as I prefer either attached pic
of mini to go along with my SSD,or a specific layout icon that looks like the
mini of that ship. Comparing how fast I can make SSD's in their program to
making SSD's in Paint I find I can make them faster in Paint as well as have
higher degree of customization. Nice looking program,and the SSD's do look
nice but the class layouts make it feel too generic for me.Plus with the
difficulty I experienced just trying to manuever thru the program to make one
SSD,I just dont
think it is very user-friendly. Going to pass on using this program
myself but I hope other FT players find it works for them.
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Hi Mark,
thanks for the feedback!
For now there are only the generic SSD outlines available. We may add
faction-specific designs eventually, but for now you're stuck with the
generics, sorry. also, not all systems and weapons from all factions are
included in the program yet, we'll get to that. Just leave feedback as to what
systems you'd like to to have, we'll try to get them in.
As for dropping hull and armor boxes, you only select them once as a single
system, then when you click on the icon in the SSD, a
sub-window will open where you can change the hull/armor strength by
typing the desired number. The appropriate number of boxes should then appear
in the SSD. We'll try to make that more obvious and intuitive.
As a side note, we're just a handful of people with only two programmers
really, doing this in their spare time, so please don't be too upset if not
everything works perfectly. Anyway, thanks a lot for the feedback.
Christian
Mechworld
Von: mark drake <thedrake70458@yahoo.com> An: gzg@firedrake.org Betreff:
Mechworld.de Full Thrust Shipyard
Datum: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:51:50 +0200
Thanks to Mechworld.de for providing this tool to FT players for making SSD's.
Found both the website and program are not easy to navigate,had a lot of
trouble just getting my registration to take,and the SSD program does look
nice but it is not very intuitive to use. For example,how do I find other SSD
icons in the program other than the ones displayed? Tried changing rhe faction
for an SSD to see if
different icons may appear but no go. How can I drag+drop more than
one Hull/Armor box at a time onto the SSD? Plus having difficulty
moving between the sub-menus on the left (Ship Tools,Basic,Change
Layout,Design Notes,etc.) Also dont care for limited number of
class/type layout displays,but this is more of a personal choice as I
prefer either attached pic of mini to go along with my SSD,or a specific
layout icon that looks like the mini of that ship. Comparing how fast I can
make SSD's in their program to making SSD's in Paint I find I can make them
faster in Paint as well as have higher degree of customization. Nice looking
program,and the SSD's do look nice but the class layouts make it feel too
generic for me.Plus with the difficulty I experienced just trying to manuever
thru the program to make one SSD,I just dont
think it is very user-friendly. Going to pass on using this program
myself but I hope other FT players find it works for them.
Mark
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I ran into issues with having a system on the SSD that I could no longer
select to edit. All in all, a great step forward! Anyone have a library of the
published SSDs (I have the books, just don't want to mess with photocopies)
online?
Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn.com
> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 13:58:03 +0200
Not perfect, but have you tried just printing out of the PDF's of the books
from the main GZG site?
Doug
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Can you add More Thrust missles please.
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From: MICHAEL BROWN <mwsaber6@msn.com>
To: "gzg@firedrake.org" <gzg@firedrake.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: Mechworld.de Full Thrust Shipyard
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I ran into issues with having a system on the SSD that I could no longer
select to edit. All in all, a great step forward! Anyone have a library of the
published SSDs (I have the books, just don't want to mess with photocopies)
online?
Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn.com
> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 13:58:03 +0200
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No, I need to find a way to get to Lincoln...
Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn.com
> From: devans@nebraska.edu
> > are included in the program yet, we'll get to that. Just leave
> > typing the desired number. The appropriate number of boxes should
> > the ones displayed? Tried changing rhe faction for an SSD to see if