AI War:Planetary Summary
About The Planetary Summary
Q: Can you explain what that planetary summary thing on the right side of the screen does? I get the general idea, but the specifics aren't as clear as I would like.
A: The Planetary Summary is the palette of ships shown under the minimap on the right-hand side of the screen. You can always see your ships and allied ships on that palette, but if your team controls the planet or you have a scout present, you can also see the enemy ships listed there.
Hovering over the individual icons in this palette will show you more information about all of the ships present at the planet which share that icon. This information includes how many of each you and allies have, and (if your planet or a scout is present) how many enemy ships of that type are present. One huge benefit that this provides is that you can quickly see what kind of enemy forces are present on the planet, and you can hover over their icons to see how you can best counter those forces. This is a valuable time saver when you are being attacked by unfamiliar ships!
Each icon will be colored either red, blue, yellow, or white. Here's how the displayed color is chosen: 1. If enemies have ships with that icon, it shows red. 2. Otherwise, if you have ships with that icon, it shows blue. 3. Otherwise, if allies have ships with that icon, it shows yellow. 4. If nobody has any ships of that type, it shows up as white. Ships that were present, but no longer are, leave their icon in place for 60 seconds so that you can keep looking at it for a bit.
If you have ships with a given icon, you can left-click that icon select all of your ships with that icon on the current planet. If you instead right-click that icon, it not only selects all those ships, but it also centers the view on them.
If you do not have any ships with that icon, but enemies do, left or right clicking it will center the view on it. This makes locating Warp Gates, Ion Cannons, or other common targets easy to do when you bring a scout with you to an enemy planet.
