[Mod Release] NavigationComputer

[Mpstark]

NavigationComputer
BattleTech mod that adds several map modes, search functionality, and the ability to plan custom routes to the navigation screen.

Download
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Requirements
Requires ModTek.

Hotkeys
While in navigation screen:

• F1: Toggle unvisited systems map mode
• F2: Toggle system difficulty map mode
• CTRL-F: System search
• ESC: Exit map mode or search
• Shift-Click: On system: route through this system

Custom Routes
Shift clicking a system will keep the previous route and path from the end of the previous route to the new destination. Use this for routing through systems that you want to check out (contracts, shops), but don't neccessarily want to stop at.

Searching
The search will look for:

• System name (e.g. detroit)
• System tags (e.g. manufactoring)
• Factions offering contracts there (e.g. marik)
  • excludes "the" in front (e.g. free instead of the free)

Additionally you can:

• Invert with '-' in front of query (e.g. -pirates)
• Chain together multiple queries (e.g. marik -liao)

Screenshots

Limitations/known bugs

• Currently the search doesn't handle multi-word searches at all, treating each word as its own section.

Future Plans

• Additional map modes if needed
• Options for configuring buttons
• Turn off fake-star-background or yellow overlay by default
• Default map mode

 

[ClintonM]

You may want to take some of the code from my mod "EnhancedStarMap" at https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/346 (source is at https://github.com/clintonmead/BattletechMods/tree/master/EnhancedStarmap).

I think your mod is more fully featured but my mod like yours does both system difficulty and visited status but it does it by changing colours not sizes. I don't have search functionality though.

 

[Justin Kase]

Love this mod !

Is there an option in the mod to do that max zoom out?

 

[unclecid]

@ClintonM @Mpstark
Maybe you two should combine forces oj this.
Am using enhanced star map now amd really like it but also really like your search feature.
Maybe we can get the best of both?

 

[Mpstark]

@ClintonM I'd be perfectly willing to field any pull requests. I'm color blind/deficient, so changing colors isn't particularly useful for me, especially using red or green.

@Justin Kase There isn't any changes to the zoom functions of the map in this -- I'm afraid of conflicts with ISMap.

 

[Mpstark]

I've updated NavigationComputer for 1.4 and added the ability to plan custom routes by shift-clicking systems.

 

[Marauder3D]

Enjoying this mod, thank you!

 

[Edmon]

I will see about doing a quick video about this mod...very cool