Unfortunately, I didn't have time to read through all of the suggestions posted yet, so many items of the following list might already have been posted in some form or another. Anyways, here are a few things that popped up in my mind while playing (thank god FL supports ALT+TAB
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Priority 1 (very important)
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- full joystick support
- all-axis control (pitch, yaw and roll!)
- trade jobs; load special goods at location X, drop off at location Y (contractual penalty when cargo is not delivered on time or too much of it perished on the way)
Priority 2 (important)
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- NPC party members (e.g. hire freighter as burro, hire fighters as escort etc.)
- some people at bars should have star maps for sale (e.g. to reveal hidden jump holes, "treasures" etc. - or simply to reveal unvisited systems)
- mod support by default (each mod should have its own folder, similar like in Battlefield 1942/Vietnam, for example)
Priority 3 (should be implemented)
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- more comfortable in-game database for
-> trade routes (e.g. currently, when you found a station buying goods at a high price, you can't check which bases are selling them cheaply)
-> bases (showing all available data, including owner)
-> ships & equipment
-> etc.
- full autopilot (capable of approaching several waypoints in a row without manual interference)
- freely zoomable galaxy/system maps
- nav computer should only use revealed jump gates, trade lanes etc. for calculating waypoints
-> option to choose whether jump holes should be included in calculating the route
- jump holes should be less 'focussed' than jump gates => exit point can deviate from default location
- current waypoints should be saved with the game
- docking with other ships (e.g. to hijack a better ship)
- manual docking and landing
- more customizable ships (e.g. trade armor/weapons for speed or cargo space, upgrade reactor to deliver energy for higher-level weapons etc.)
- freely configurable MFDs (both have the same display modes which can be selected independently on each MFD)
- in-game notepad (e.g. to keep track of good trade routes)
- home base where ships can be stored for later use (so you can switch between fighter and freighter without having to sell and buy the ships every time)
- free weapons installation (determine which gun is attached to which pylon/turret) to optimize fire power and looks
Priority 4 (would be nice to have)
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- NPC traffic should be carried on to the next system (currently, when following a freighter into a jump gate, it has vanished in the next system)
- more realistic physics (e.g. no instant recovery when drifting after doing engine kill; backwards/sidwards movement has to be 'countered')
- jump/warp engines (= advanced cruise engines; very expensive, can only be fitted to certain ships)
-> ships can dock and benefit from the high speed (important for multiplayer)
- visual spacial distortions around jump holes
- jump holes connecting systems far apart from each other
- on-the-fly route re-calculation when making a detour
- access to planets' surface
- cooperative ship controls (e.g. one pilot, one gunner)
- dynamic 3D-system map in HUD
- ability to send distress signal when attacked by bandits (=> police forces come to help)
- special cargo containers to slow down decay of perishable commodities
- special shields to protect hull and systems from radiation damage (at the expense of protection from hostile fire)
- ability to add a few additional lines of comment to each savegame (any non-linear game should have this)
- ability to hail and interact with NPC ships
- free quicksaving at any time
- better inventory system
Priority 5 (nice additions)
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- ability to use singleplayer character in multiplayer games
Edited by - Ace_NoOne on 9/6/2004 3:34:05 AM
Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:42 pm 
easier