Research Cue List!

Would be cool if...

I notice there are no action cue lists anywhere in the game.

You can cue up all sorts of thigns and the interface will say, "yes, this item is cued." It will even tell you how many actions are cued in certain places. But there's no way to find out the order that they are cued.

This seems like it could be problematic, but acceptable in most places... given how the interface works and the changes required to add this.

The research screen is a different story though. It would be really cool if I could see a list of my cued research in the order that it's cued. I mean, if we can only research one thing at a time, the order of that research is VERY important. And when things are cued from all over the place across FOUR pages, what a hassle to remember how soon this important tech you need is coming... and what an even bigger hassle to shuffle them around a bit.


PLUS, the research screen is a seperate screen, this would be an easy thing to add without mucking up other elements of the interface.

It'de just be cool to see a column down the side, or a row across the bottom with a icons of the researches that I've cued in the order I've cued them. If we want to be really fancy, it'de be cool if could cancel them by right clicking them in the cue, or even cooler... swap the order by dragging them around the cue.


These seems like a major issue, making the game significantly mnore difficult to manage than it could be... and a very easy fix.
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Reply #1 Top
Queuing does seem to be a large part of the game. Here are some places I've found (some) information regarding what's queued:

Research - On the main UI (not the separate research UI), hover over the research button at the top of the screen. The tooltip will show you the research you have queued - in order - as well as the % complete for the current research.

Ships - On the main UI, hover over the fleet capacity indicator at the top of the screen. This tooltip will show you how many ships are currently queued (although it does not include a breakdown of which particular ships are queued, just the total number).

I'm not sure of any centralized way to see what planetary upgrades & infrastructure are currently queued. If anyone else knows where this information is available, I'd be very interested in learning.

The UI does an admirable of providing as much information as possible. Sadly there is a significant learning curve in figuring out where (or how) that information is provided.
Reply #2 Top
"The UI does an admirable of providing as much information as possible."

The research cue is the only one that seems REALLY important. I hadn't tried hovering over the reserach button, that's good to know. But it's still a pain to reorder them...

especially since you can see the cue order from the main screen, but NOT the research screen?!



Reply #3 Top
I have to agree with this. I can spend minutes looking at the different research trees trying to figure out which one is researching. And then later in the game when I have several queued up, I have no idea what order they are going in. Sometimes I bump up against my fleet capacity cap and would love to prioritize ship research. Now, I have to wade through lots of screens and cancel research.

EDIT: Would be nice to move things around in the queue so that you can prioritize stuff if need be.

Reply #4 Top
I second this motion. A rearrangeable research cue would be nice indeed.
Reply #5 Top
I agree :)

PLUS I wish you can can use the shift button to que up multiple buldings...