NEW YEAR, NEW FEDTERM
by Hazed
There are some things that FedTerm needs to have added to it so it will be useful to those who indulge in ship fighting. The ship stats are going to have to show details of weapons, which they don’t at the moment.
But rather than just adding those things to the existing version, Alan is going for a complete rewrite of FedTerm. The front-end is rather old now – the current version was released in 2007 which makes it 9 years old, which in programming terms makes it positively ancient. The tools used to design the graphical interface are out of date and have moved on several versions, so the files are no longer compatible. Therefore Alan has had to start again.
This gives him a chance to redesign the interface to make it look cleaner, and to simplify the number of tabs and remove features that nobody uses. He’s also adding some new features – in particular, a tab for trading.
I’ve no idea when this will be released either. All I can say is, he’s working on it. Meanwhile, here’s some screenshots to show you what the new FedTerm will look like.
Note: Alan’s work will produce a version of FedTerm for Windows. It’s being coded using QT. If anyone is familiar with Mac QT and would like to help produce a Mac FedTerm, please get in touch at feedback@ibgames.net – put Fed2 in the subject line to avoid the dreaded spam filters.
