Some suggestions about Map View

[Algiark]

Whenever I'm map view, particularly when I'm in interplanetary space and going to another planet, I have to do a really long scroll between zooming out to see the position of the planets, zooming in to set up a maneuver point and zoom back out to see where the maneuver will take me. Also related to this, whenever I'm setting a maneuver point that's really far away from anywhere, I have to zoom in or out and rotate just enough so that the maneuver point is right in front of my view. So basically 2 suggestions here:

-Give the zoom feature of the map screen a preset. Something like 1st level zoom is the whole planet/moon, 2nd level zoom is the planet to the farthest moon, 3rd level zoom is whole planet SOI, 4th and 5th level is for the Sun SOI (because it's so damn big). This will save time and hassle of 5 seconds of scrolling in and out, and make interplanetary travels much more comfortable. Of course, you can use something like fine controls to zoom in the traditional way, if you like.

-A 'click and drag' mode in map view. This will make setting and adjusting maneuver node much easier because you don't have to guess how much zoom you need to do from a center point and rotate the camera until the maneuver node is right in front of your face. Once you're done, you can double-click on something to revert back to the old mode of view.

[boomerdog2000]

Not a complete fix but you can press tab to scroll through the different planets/moons and any maneuver nodes you have set up. Shift-tab can be used to go backwards BUT BE CAREFUL since this is also throttle up.

Click-and-drag would be very nice.

[Kruleworld]

i agree it's needed. i seem to remember another game having preset zooms using the number keys like you suggest.

[Superfluous J]

Picture-in-picture would work too.

I use PreciseNode to tweak my maneuver nodes and it works great even when you can't see the node. Makes tweaking an encounter a breeze.

[Nobody]

I have started having fun with a rocket powered rover in career mode and something that I think would be nice is a more detailed close up rover map view. When driving a rover you would see a map of xKM around the rover to help you keep you explore and plot your route.

Perhaps tie this into science with mapping scanners to install in craft to collect this data before landing.

Edited November 5, 2013 by Nobody
Refined the idea.

[Kasuha]

Shift-tab can be used to go backwards BUT BE CAREFUL since this is also throttle up.

Setting up maneuvers in x5 time warp is a good practice. Not only you can shift-tab but orbits are not wiggling, too.

[sarahassan]

Thanks for sharing such a awesome information.

[Bessy]

would be a cool option to have say have a few buttons that scroll out of the side

a planet on its own

a planet and moon

a star and planet

and a star with a few rings around it

so we can just click thru some zoom levels with out wearing out our scroll wheels lol