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ebw · Post by **ebw** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:49 am

What does that icon mean? (which popped up after bying fool scopes)

ramon · Post by **ramon** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:54 am

at the risk of sounding sarcastic....that's your icon to tell you you have fuel scoops

seriously though, the red bit shows that your cargo hold is full. If it's green you can scoop up cargo which other ships might have dropped after they were blown apart.....by some other rotten pirate.

Also, you can now fly to the sun and collect fuel...but don't fly too close, or better still buy the heat shield.

ebw · Post by **ebw** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:07 am

thanks

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:57 am

Hmmmm. This icon has caused a lot of confusion. I think I shall add a note in the Instruction Manual of the Wiki to clear this up.

Captain Hesperus

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:16 am

It's the wasp indicator

seriously tho, is that actually supposed to represent something visual? it's a cool little symbol and all, but for the life of me i don't see "fuel scoops" when i look at that. It's *definitely* some sort of wasp. or maybe a hornet.

Dr. Nil · Post by **Dr. Nil** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:26 am

Perhaps it could be replaced with some tiny text lighting up when appropriate: 'Scoops Active' instead of wasp blinking and 'Cargo Full' instead of wasp with a red behind.

ramon · Post by **ramon** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:20 am

I like it, I think it's a great little design.
I always thought it was a box.

Dr. Nil · Post by **Dr. Nil** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:31 am

Ideally it would be up to HUD designers

reills · Post by **reills** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:23 pm

A "Pimp Your HUD" contest perhaps?

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:30 pm

reills wrote:
A "Pimp Your HUD" contest perhaps?

I want pink fur round the edges of the HUD and a pair of red furry dice and a cardboard air freshener shaped like a pine tree (but smells like damp cardboard, oddly enough)!!

Captain Hesperus
"No, no, no, no! We've got enough crap in the cockpit without all that!"

reills · Post by **reills** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:36 pm

In my college days (1980's) I had the world's only 1970 Dodge Dart with a digital dashboard (Computer Engineering degree). Yes, I was asked; "But what's the point?" I did it because I could.

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:49 pm

I like it as is too. :p
There was some confusion at first (when PC version finally had a working HUD), but once you notice it blinking while scooping all becomes clear.

I rather imagined it as a symbolic representation of a scoop
(Imagine a piece of python hull on the belly hinging open)
The red part would be a piece of flotsam in front of it.

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:51 pm

Arexack_Heretic wrote:
I rather imagined it as a symbolic representation of a scoop (Imagine a piece of python hull on the belly hinging open) The red part would be a piece of flotsam in front of it.

To make it really retro, why not change it to PacMan 'eating' a ghost!

Captain Hesperus
Out of his clock-tower.