CAPTAIN'S BLOG

Haha! You have no idea

That would be very nice and useful. Unfortunately I don't think I'll have the time for something like that if I want to release this by April 12.

The multiplier idea is good, although I don't know if I'm going to work on it yet. I still have other things to work on which are much more important, such as finishing the v5 conversion and responsive design.

The good thing is that in the long run, users won't have to use those drop downs as often as in v5.

That's one of the goals.

Sorry you don't like it. Unfortunately it's impossible to please everyone.

I may include an option to change the color scheme; however I don't have a time frame for that. Fun fact though, research shows black text on white is actually better for your eyes then white on black.

Saving does work. There was a small glitch when overwriting builds, but that has been fixed now. As for saving to files, you may need to unblock the popup.

Unfortunately the v5 skill planner was not fine. There were too many coding bugs which caused the site to crash when too many people were using the planner. Fixing them would've essentially been a total rewrite of the code anyway. Plus, the interface was too clunky, especially on mobile devices.

As for the v5 link, it should be working now. If not, try clearing your browser's cache. It's only there for viewing purposes. You can no longer create/edit/save builds http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner5

Also, the old pop up menus aren't loading and I'm not using a blocker.

And the overwrite is still not working properly.

The old pop up menus? You mean in version 5? Everything is disabled, it's for viewing old builds only.

For the overwriting, I assume you the skills weren't loading correctly? That should be fixed now.

Everyone does have different sensitivity to different brightness. Some people can't see certain colors. Each person is different. It's no easy task to please everyone. All we can do is try.

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you like it :)

Unusable as in slow?

That's part of the problem, also the layout isn't that intuitive and finding anything is difficult. The old layout and menus were a lot easier to navigate on a mobile device.

Even after locating something it fails to save, I had to give up and try on my desktop instead.

Saving is working correctly now. I release an update yesterday.

I decided to take a more modern approach navigation and layout. Everything is categorized and then has subcategories. It's similar to the previous version except each section is more self-contained.

Thanks for the reply, I'll have to check on the saving as. My. Least saved build has reverted back to thee converted build again.

I'll do that in tjwe desktop as it's far too fiddly on mobile. The layout looks nice but Seems to favour form over function. On v5 I could see where it all was and b it was easy to find and navigate, v6 finds me having to go looking for everything.

Also was there a reason why all my builds have advanced fleet weapons instead of the previously saved weapons?

Onto the positive the skillplanner is great, works well, any chance you could put this as a stand alone tool?

v6 is 100% different than v5, so converting the old builds could result in errors like that. I did my best to minimize it though.

There's always a chance it could be made into a standalone tool, but if it does happen it won't be anytime soon. It'll require more time to do that I just don't have right now.

Fair enough on both counts 😀

Would be great if you can set up the skillplanner as a separate Standalone resource as you've done a really good job on it.

As for the other issues, I probably won't use it on mobile any more, it's more clicks to find stuff and while it undoubtedly looks better, and you clearly have spent a lot of time and effort in it's development the user experience is not as good in v6 on mobile from my perspective.

At the same time I would like to thank you for providing a very good tool to everyone for free!

It's a necessary evil to ensure the same user experience across multiple devices. I would rather players have the same experience on desktop and mobile instead of them switching to mobile and then wondering where everything is.

It was released along with version 6. Just visit your build's link, or upload your old file and it'll automatically convert.

What are you expecting to change? Not much changes aside from the ship list, access to certain abilities, traits, etc. Things like that.

Hey Attilio,
Thanks for the quick reply :)
Well,i guess i thought that being a engineer would have points spent on different skills compared to science or tactical. Or is that a misconception? I have been away from STO for nearly a year. I just came back to it at the start of the winter event and found the skills were changed, and so were kits and modules. I have heap of toons to do, so i was just hoping to find a guide i could use to do the skills quickly on all my toons. Other wise, it will probably take a few days lol

When i first looked at the skill planner the other night, there were skills set out, that was what i was asking about. But when i looked tonight, it was all wiped clean. So, im just tryin to figure how i want my toons setup, what points to spend where for the different career paths. i guess only why to find out is to just try a setup, if no good, do a retain.
im finding it a bit daunting after they revamped the skills. I was used to old layout, now i got to learn the new way

Skills are the same for everyone now. I suggest putting a build together in the skill planner, save it to a link and post it on our forums. We have a section where you can ask for advice. The only thing quicker is to search for a build either through the planner or online and use that.

ok, thanks, will try those options then :)