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The Playership HUD
Example HUD view:
Ship status
Below the central reticle, three curved bars are located:
- Top = speed
- Middle = hull strength
- Bottom = shield strength
Warning and SETA icons
In the centre of the HUD icons may appear for the following (see diagram below):
- SETA ownership
- SETA activity
- Under attack
- Incoming missile(s)
Situational awareness
Three monitors provide info along the bottom of the screen:
- Left = Event monitor (e.g. mission progress, guidance info, recent credit and standings changes)
- Middle = radar (shows local features and allows their selection to make them the playership target)
- Right = Display for target info and video comms with NPCs
Weapon controls
- The position in space that main weapons currently aim at is denoted by one white dot each (see two dots in image below, up-left from central reticle)
- Turrets controls for Medium ships have quick-access icons in the top-middle (Turret controls for all ships are described on the Combat And Weapons page)
Weapon groups
To the right and left of the central reticle are the primary and secondary weapon groups, respectively (setup via the Ship interactions menu located via the chevron icon in the top-centre of the screen).
While in an external view the distance of objects close to the ship can be easily judged. Colliding with objects at a high speed will cause damage proportional to the speed, which can be more than the shields of the ship can handle!
Long Range Scanning
- A playership "Ship Mode" (see below for how to operate it)
- Detected objects are marked on the map with "?" icons
- Nebulae are highlighted with a blue/cyan glow
- Versions:
- Mk1 pings found objects and creates a ? at their location on the map
- Mk2 has increased scan resolution, colour-coding identified small objects:
- Blue ring = wrecks and uncommon lockboxes
- Yellow ring = explosive asteroids and rare lock boxes
- Purple ring = anomalies and data vaults
- Grey/white ring = Other
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Ship hulls, and surface elements on Large and Extra Large Ships, can become damaged and need repairs.
Methods of repair:
- Manually, slowly with the Spacesuit Repair Laser
- Quickly at a Wharf, Shipyard or Equipment Dock in exchange for credits
- Automatically (Medium, Large and Extra Large only):
- The Captain's skills influence the max % that can be repaired too
- Higher numbers of Service Personnel increase repair rate
- Service Personnel with higher skills increase repair rate
- Repair Drones noticeably speed up repair rate