In the EDIT FLEET ORDERS GUI,
the ACTIONS drop down list is as follows
ACTION :
Do Nothing
Collect All
Drop All
Collect
Drop
Collect All But
Drop All But
Garrison Star
Sometimes I wanted to drop a number of ships, not collect.
I am going in a hurry and misclick, and my orders were saved in an undesired choice.
It can be slightly confusing when the collection concepts are intermingled with the deposit concepts.
I suggest re-sequencing the ACTION drop down list as follows :
ACTION : ( resequenced )
Collect All
Collect #
Collect All But
Do Nothing
Drop All But
Garrison Star
Drop #
Drop All
This way it seems that the spectrum of choices makes a more intuitive progression,
similar concepts transitioning from one command to the next.
In my mind, up is toward the carrier, and down is toward the star.
This does not solve the problem of someone misclicking on the mouse,
but the flow of thought is smoother and could reduce mistakes.
Another minor cleanup/ordering issue that I’ve mentioned before is making everything consistent with techs. I.e. right now, if you click on Research, the table (and explanations below) are ordered as:
Scan - Hyper - Terra - Exp - Weapons - Banking- Manu
However, if you click on the Intel Charts, the order is:
Weapons - Banking - Manu - Hyper - Scan - Exp - Terra
And if you create a game, the order is:
Terra - Exp - Scan - Hyper - Manu - Baking - Weapons
@gavinmartintayl - that’s awesome! Can’t believe I didn’t know that one.
Is there also one for “do nothing”? I’ve just checked the shortcuts screen and it doesn’t look like there is. It says holding the up key does collect all, but that’s the default command anyway… having up as “do nothing” would be really useful I think.