Romeo wrote:

AquaticSonarKey wrote:

mixerria wrote:

AquaticSonarKey wrote:

Seeking clarification...

It very much should show up, UHD is also shown in the options if you own such a monitor. Overall graphic quality would get better, of course, although I indeed question how you intend to play this game at WQHD with an integrated graphic card. In this case I'd save the money for the WQHD monitor for a better graphic card instead, if you already own an average-ish FHD monitor.

Thanks for the feedback.  I unfortunately unwittingly bought a laptop that can only output via the integrated intel 530HD, and the GPU cannot be replaced, at least as far as I understand.  The other GPU is damned fine and my screen is just fine.  At least I will be able to see pretty pictures with the new monitor.

Yikes dude, the game is going to run like a slideshow if you try that... No external GPU docks or anything? If not, I agree with mixerria: Keep the resolution lower. You won't notice the difference in art quality; You will notice the difference between 30FPS and 3FPS.

It's actually not too bad at displaying cinematic battles at wqhd, given two flotillas vs. two flotillas.  I was surprised, because I was pretty sure the Intel GPU wouldn't be able to handle it.  We'll see how it performs in the full game.  Even ran the game on 'beautiful' just fine.

==> An option to cycle through the musics of other Amplitude game musics if the games are installed on the PC.

(removing the layering effects if it's complicated to make)

https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/293-option-to-play-the-musics-of-other-amplitude-games-if-they-are-installed

Kweel_Nakashyn wrote:

==> An option to cycle through the musics of other Amplitude game musics if the games are installed on the PC.

(removing the layering effects if it's complicated to make)

https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/293-option-to-play-the-musics-of-other-amplitude-games-if-they-are-installed

You got a +1.

 Awesome music in all their games. Think is part of the "French touch".

WeaponizedCaffeine wrote:

Talfos wrote

About the video settings : Maybe add a planet and a ship in the background, so that you can immediately see the effects on the game when changing the settings. I really like  when games do that.

I see, having a way to quickly see what changes when you are messing around with the settings

Would it be suitable for sound settings too? Like having a button to play sounds in order to preview how the different types of sounds are mixed together?

A button for mixed sounds... Hmm, that's really a new one and to be honest I'm not sure if the benefit is really that big to justify "another" button in the menu.

Anyway, the preview for planets and ships is definitely really nice to have.

• An option to see the planets ordered from most hot nearest to the sun and colder further to it. Of course I understand there's people don't like it. Make it an option.
• An option to choose if you want or not a minor faction in your starting system. Consider even an option to choose that faction. Lots of threads about it's implications with political parties changing.

If you feel this is not from this thread, just move to the proper one.

Interesting replies, I'm taking notes!

Keep it coming!

Bindable controls :
Previous screen / next screen (like on an internet browser).  I would map this on mouse 4 / mouse 5 if possible.

(https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/46-previous-screen-and-next-screen-shortcuts)

About bindable controls: I was wondering about the CTRL+click combinations and similar for forcing a fleet to move outside node strings, like ES1 (don't know if I made myself clear). If it's implementend, put it in the controls.

About audio: Can we select mono? I lost an ear as a child, so when using stereo and headphones, I lose some of the music or sound fx. I understand this can be a rare case, so no hard feelings if not

+1 to skip system discovery animations... we've stated it a couple of times in the forums! ;)

There could be an animation speed x1.0 x1.5 x2 x4 slide bar instead of removing them fully, maybe?

I'll be looking for more after tomorrow :)

About the video settings : Maybe add a planet and a ship in the background, so that you can immediately see the effects on the game when changing the settings. I really like  when games do that.

Talfos wrote

About the video settings : Maybe add a planet and a ship in the background, so that you can immediately see the effects on the game when changing the settings. I really like  when games do that.

I see, having a way to quickly see what changes when you are messing around with the settings

Would it be suitable for sound settings too? Like having a button to play sounds in order to preview how the different types of sounds are mixed together?

Alright, I see!

XR17 wrote:

About audio: Can we select mono? I lost an ear as a child, so when using stereo and headphones, I lose some of the music or sound fx. I understand this can be a rare case, so no hard feelings if not

Uhh I can't speak for anyone or promise anything but according to the wikipedia page for Mono sound it shouldn't be too hard to make stereo channels into a mono channel in theory but it's not a top-quality way to do that:

Disadvantages of merged stereo [may] involve [...] the effect of muffling the final sound output [...] more stress on the loudspeaker [...] prevents player from discerning what direction distant SFX are coming from.

Anyway, I'll keep the idea somewhere and see with the rest of the team whether it's doable without sacrificing too much quality