Automatic activating Device Slots
Hey guys,
at first: my english isn´t the best, i will tell the problem at the end in german, because the developer are german too.
The game is a lot of fun, i know it is not the final version.
But: the gameplay feeling feels bad, when I am using 2 active Device.
I need to tab to get in the menu, activate the anti missle tower, get back in game, press "R" to activate the tower, press "tab" again to get in the menu, activate the "slow" device, press again "tab" to get back in game and press "R" to activate the device. AFter that i need to "tab" again, to get my primary Device on "R". The gameplay feels wrong! I feels like i need to double activate die Devices. Why i cant activate the missle tower over the menu, like the consuables.
In German:
Das Problem ist, dass das Spielerlebnis zu stark gebremst wird, wenn man 2 aktive Device Slots nutzen will. Beispiel Missle Tower und SLow Device. Um beide in den Kämpfen nutzen zu können, muss man ständig im Menu rumklicken und die Geräte praktisch doppelt aktivieren. Einmal im Menu ausrüsten und einmal im Kampf zu aktivieren, das fühlt sich doppelt gemoppelt an, vor allem, weil man den Tower Turm ja dann nur für 1 Sekunde raus holen muss, ihn schnell aktivieren und anschliessend sofort wieder zum Slow Device wechseln muss. Also ich rede von dem Anti Missle Turm.
Besser wäre es, wenn man den Turm wie die Konsumsachen aus dem Menu aktivieren kann ohne die Device hin und her zu wechseln.
Thanks.
at first: my english isn´t the best, i will tell the problem at the end in german, because the developer are german too.
The game is a lot of fun, i know it is not the final version.
But: the gameplay feeling feels bad, when I am using 2 active Device.
I need to tab to get in the menu, activate the anti missle tower, get back in game, press "R" to activate the tower, press "tab" again to get in the menu, activate the "slow" device, press again "tab" to get back in game and press "R" to activate the device. AFter that i need to "tab" again, to get my primary Device on "R". The gameplay feels wrong! I feels like i need to double activate die Devices. Why i cant activate the missle tower over the menu, like the consuables.
In German:
Das Problem ist, dass das Spielerlebnis zu stark gebremst wird, wenn man 2 aktive Device Slots nutzen will. Beispiel Missle Tower und SLow Device. Um beide in den Kämpfen nutzen zu können, muss man ständig im Menu rumklicken und die Geräte praktisch doppelt aktivieren. Einmal im Menu ausrüsten und einmal im Kampf zu aktivieren, das fühlt sich doppelt gemoppelt an, vor allem, weil man den Tower Turm ja dann nur für 1 Sekunde raus holen muss, ihn schnell aktivieren und anschliessend sofort wieder zum Slow Device wechseln muss. Also ich rede von dem Anti Missle Turm.
Besser wäre es, wenn man den Turm wie die Konsumsachen aus dem Menu aktivieren kann ohne die Device hin und her zu wechseln.
Thanks.

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You can also HOLD 3 to bring up a circular menu that allows you to directly select which Device at once.
Hope this helps!
Activate the tower, Press "r" and switch back to slow. It feels like a consumables, but i cant use it like this. You never had this bad feeling with 2 active devices?
But with the device it is not a compromise, it is more like a job to get and activate them.
In hard situations where you need every second and every devices its pretty hard to use 2 devices. It feels like, you are losing time. YOu need to switch weapons and the device. When you pause the game to switch the devices you lost your aiming to the target and time, so iam asking my self, is it worth to use 2 active devices or more.
I dont whant this game more easy! i whant a great feeling to use my devices.
Maybe other understand this and agree or disagree.
But at the end, you did a great job with this game!
But I will also say that with a little bit of experience, getting used to the controls provided allow for some powerful Device combos as it is in-game. For instance, Weapon Overdrive + Time Extender + Shield Disruptor, seen in the first seconds of this video:
While I do support the idea of individual Devices/Consumables tied to single keystrokes, it presents a feature that console players simply cannot have. I don't think providing certain functionality in one version of the game over the other would do well towards the community, making it look like favorites are being chosen.
Or, perhaps I'm wrong in this regard, since it is not uncommon for PC games turned console to have modifications to the control scheme simply based on the respective controller.
Either way, I do not think this feature is dire to the game, but I could see it making PC gaming more accessible.
anyway, the way it's designed now reduces usability in the extreme. I play with it, but I've almost never used multiple devices. Mostly just equip passives and one activateable. Consumable wise, I tend to use them from the tab menu more often than not, outside of the scanner probe.
Considering that they're trying to code to support VR-grade systems, and how many people have gamer grade multibutton mice, it would be nice to support keybinding specific functions. Perhaps a two-part solution? Like, bind certain keys to Hotkeys 1-9 in the config settings, then add the option to assign an item to a Hotkey slot. You could even put in autocraft as an option with this.
Ex: In my settings I bind 'Hotkey 3' to 'Mouse Button 5' (usually MB5 is a thumb button) then once in my ship, I assign Scanning Probe to Hotkey 3. The UI could be "Assign to Hotkey > 3" Now whenever I press that thumb button I will use a scanning probe if I already have one, or I'll craft one and use it if not.