Greetings! I've taken the past 3 days off for Christmas, but I'm back to work a day early.
I woke up to a message from a player who was having trouble with keyboard input: It was way too fast! This is rare, but it does happen. I could slow it down for everyone, but that's not fair to a lot of people. So I made it an option.
And since the options menu already needed some work, I decided to tackle the whole thing. It looks pretty similar, but along with a few additions, you should notice some much-needed visual feedback.
It now tells you what the current setting is for anything that has settings.
What's New?
Auto-Scan Planets
This new option allows you to automatically scan un-scanned planets the first time you move over them, or all planets every time you go there, or not at all. It's a convenience feature.
Key Repeat
This is the input speed control. It affects how long you have to hold a movement key down before it starts to repeat. From very slow to very fast, you should be able to find a speed that suits your system. If it doesn't get slow enough (or fast enough) let me know ;)
Text Animation
This feature is there for those who just want the information and are tired of waiting even a second for it. If you turn this off, then all scans and hails will immediately show the final full-text state, with no waiting.
That's it for now, but I might still have one more update in me before the year is over... and keep those map editor submissions coming, I like what I'm seeing!