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Interface improvement for Android tv

Aug 31, 2019 Stavinair Caeruleum link
Some android tv devices such as mine can support mouse control. However sometimes its impossible to pair a gamepad. Could you please try to make it so that devices that have mouse comtrol can "swipe" through the station menus?
Sep 03, 2019 incarnate link
That's an interesting request. We do intend to improve mouse controls in the Android version, in light of some platform updates made by Google in recent years.

Can you give a little more detail about exactly what the challenge is for using the game on your AndroidTV, the way it is? There may be a number of different solutions.
Sep 06, 2019 Stavinair Caeruleum link
Well...I can't scroll to the other menus. I think the game is thinking its a touch device when in reality its android tv. I mean. I can select whats on the station welcome screen but as for accessing the ship management in station I can't do that. Tried to pair a ps4 controller to my android tv box but it wouldn't work. I got a wired mouse hooked up and mouse input does work with other games. (Sideloaded mindustry, and powder toy). I turned the graphics down a bit for VO on my box and the game runs surprisingly smooth.
Sep 07, 2019 incarnate link
So, Android's "mouse" stuff is basically a "virtual touch point" or a virtual finger.

You should be able to "touch" the menu (where there isn't a button or anything) and "swipe" sideways, and have it advance to the next menu.

We tested this a lot in the earlier days of AndroidTV, and it was very successful with Bravia owners and the like, but we haven't tested it recently. It's possible that we broke something in the UI.

What kind of TV is this, exactly? Or AndroidTV device? And what is the resolution of the display or device? (ie, is it 1080p, or 4k, or for some reason.. 720p, etc).
Sep 07, 2019 Stavinair Caeruleum link
Thats a thing? Let me check!
Sep 07, 2019 Stavinair Caeruleum link
I'm not seeing it..
Sep 07, 2019 Luxen link
if its not on the marketplace, it might be hidden from your device type or version.
Sep 08, 2019 Stavinair Caeruleum link
There's no options beneath "set home station confirmation" dialogue.
Sep 08, 2019 Stavinair Caeruleum link
Okay, disabling condensed ui in phone and then transfering the config to my android box did the trick. Now theres only the mouse issues. When I move the mouse it tends to always steer to the upper left corner. Other games mouse input works fine