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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 125304" data-attributes="member: 134"><p><strong>I</strong> asked.</p><p></p><p>It is a lot easier to say "this sucks" than it is to offer up actual solutions. FarSight has a finite amount of space to devote to the UI. They can either waste that space on 3D models of cabinets, or they can maximize what a user can do within the UI. I'm generalizing, but you get the picture. Things people have been clamoring for...</p><p></p><p>1. Quick access to play</p><p>2. Ease of finding which table to play</p><p>3. The ability to customize what tables are shown in what order</p><p>4. New game play elements such as online, challenges, and tournaments</p><p>5. A better 'store' to deal with</p><p>6. Improved customizable leaderboards</p><p>7. Quicker views of goals to accomplish</p><p></p><p>The very first screen addresses #1, in that you can immediately play with the push of one button. Not having to scroll through a wheel of tables but instead seeing as many tables as possible at once addresses #2. #3 is handled by allowing you to set how you would like your tables displayed, be it by manufacturer, year, and other things that you have not seen the screen for. #s 4 and 7 are taken care of by showing much more info about what your scores and friends scores are without even having to enter the table's main launch page. Tournaments and other info will be displayed in an active text box on the main page, keeping players informed so that they don't have to rely on Facebook or sites like this to be in the know. We've been helping on #5 so that there is a fair balance between having DLC pushed while making it easy to know what is available. For #6, it's the ability to filter what you see, how you wanna see it. Want to see EVERYONE'S scores with no regard to platform? Done. Wish to see platform specific? Done. Only view your friends? Okay. Care to see your place but also the top scores so that you don't have to scroll through the 1000 places between? You can do that too.</p><p></p><p>As I pointed out, you have not seen everything that is being planned. There are screens that we've yet to be shown too. You have essentially seen 2 screens, the 3rd being a variation option of the 2nd. You are arguing from a very shaky platform. However, if you think you could articulate a solution to the above 7 conditions, then please do. Let's hear your ideas. Give solid, practical solutions that coincide with what the community has been requesting for the past year +, and I'll post them to the proper person.</p><p></p><p> But again, not everything will work even if it is a good idea, simply because the space within the game FS is trying to shoehorn this in to. As it was explained to me, Sony (for example) has TPA as a disc being 100 parts big. If the old UI took 5 parts, the new UI cannot take up 7. The disc is fixed in size, not flexible for going larger. Want a larger UI? Then those 2 parts needed have to come out of some other portion of the game. Savvy?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 125304, member: 134"] [B]I[/B] asked. It is a lot easier to say "this sucks" than it is to offer up actual solutions. FarSight has a finite amount of space to devote to the UI. They can either waste that space on 3D models of cabinets, or they can maximize what a user can do within the UI. I'm generalizing, but you get the picture. Things people have been clamoring for... 1. Quick access to play 2. Ease of finding which table to play 3. The ability to customize what tables are shown in what order 4. New game play elements such as online, challenges, and tournaments 5. A better 'store' to deal with 6. Improved customizable leaderboards 7. Quicker views of goals to accomplish The very first screen addresses #1, in that you can immediately play with the push of one button. Not having to scroll through a wheel of tables but instead seeing as many tables as possible at once addresses #2. #3 is handled by allowing you to set how you would like your tables displayed, be it by manufacturer, year, and other things that you have not seen the screen for. #s 4 and 7 are taken care of by showing much more info about what your scores and friends scores are without even having to enter the table's main launch page. Tournaments and other info will be displayed in an active text box on the main page, keeping players informed so that they don't have to rely on Facebook or sites like this to be in the know. We've been helping on #5 so that there is a fair balance between having DLC pushed while making it easy to know what is available. For #6, it's the ability to filter what you see, how you wanna see it. Want to see EVERYONE'S scores with no regard to platform? Done. Wish to see platform specific? Done. Only view your friends? Okay. Care to see your place but also the top scores so that you don't have to scroll through the 1000 places between? You can do that too. As I pointed out, you have not seen everything that is being planned. There are screens that we've yet to be shown too. You have essentially seen 2 screens, the 3rd being a variation option of the 2nd. You are arguing from a very shaky platform. However, if you think you could articulate a solution to the above 7 conditions, then please do. Let's hear your ideas. Give solid, practical solutions that coincide with what the community has been requesting for the past year +, and I'll post them to the proper person. But again, not everything will work even if it is a good idea, simply because the space within the game FS is trying to shoehorn this in to. As it was explained to me, Sony (for example) has TPA as a disc being 100 parts big. If the old UI took 5 parts, the new UI cannot take up 7. The disc is fixed in size, not flexible for going larger. Want a larger UI? Then those 2 parts needed have to come out of some other portion of the game. Savvy? [/QUOTE]
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