[Suggestions to Improve Controls and Tools]

Alt + scroll changes the tabs on the scanner so it would still be fast and easy. My main point of all the tool stuff is there are too many tools. Ones I mentioned could be combined so there aren't so many tools that you can't even have all of them equipped at all times.

[Suggestions to Improve Controls and Tools]

I love the concept of this game but several control aspects almost made me give up on it entirely not too long after I started. I think if the following changes were made the gameplay would be far more enjoyable and less irritating.

 

• Combine tools
  • Exploration tools
    • Make the Directional Detector another tab on the Scanner tool along with long range and short range.
    • Make the Harvest tool act as the Mining tool when the reticle is on an ore deposit
    • Make a Terraform tool that combines the Flatten tool, Planet Smooth tool, and Mine tool. It can only effect dirt not ore.
      • Have a toggle key for picking up dirt and display on the screen if it is active or not instead of the button being in the inventory.
    • Combine the Deploy Construct tool and the Deploy Ground Element tool. Functionality is determined by what is selected on the quick access bar.
      • If an item in the quick access bar runs out, remove the item from the quick access bar.
  • Building tools
    • Combine deploy voxel tool and deploy element tool. Functionality is determined by what is selected on quick access bar.
      • If an item in the quick access bar runs out, remove the item from the quick access bar.
    • Make a Select tool that combines the Select Voxel tool and the Move Element tool. Functionality is determined by what the reticle is on.
    • Make the Replace Voxel tool a right click option for the new Select tool.
    • Make the Area Smooth Voxel tool a function of the Smooth Voxel tool.

 

• Have one quick access bar for the Exploration tool set and one for the Build tool set, not one for each tool.
• Allow windows while piloting such as seat controller and fuel to be rearranged on screen when in mouse mode.
• Have the angle display on at all times while on a planet instead of just when your flashlight is on.
• While in build mode, allow for player to travel in the direction the mouse is facing including up and down instead of using the jetpack up and down keys.
• When closing the inventory or other tab, disable mouse mode.
• Make the crafting ingredient text red if there is not enough and yellow if something in the queue makes it not be enough.
• Add a split stack option in the right click menu in a container and your nanopack.
• Show rotation axis of objects.
• Allow for default ship controls to be changed from keyboard only to keyboard and mouse in the key bindings menu instead of only in the right click menu.