Clicking on a message should take you to the object on the starmap that the message was about
I see a message that says Starbase A built this ship. If I click on that message it should take me to Starbase A on the starmap. Currently it takes you to the last selected object.
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Glyn commented
The script that did this is no longer functioning perfect, only works in the Message Log section now.
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Glyn commented
A script exists for this.
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Lazygun commented
It would be enough to remove any previous selection when jumping to the starmap from a report. In that situation your focus is on the new event not on any previously selected ship or planet. I can't imagine you'd ever have a use for deliberately selecting a ship, then going to the reports, then seeing the location of the event with that ship selected.
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Husker Mike commented
It takes you to the star map with the object in the center of the map you clicked on. You can now click on that object, if it is there.
This way there only needs to be one routine when you click on a message - go to the location you clicked on.
Since often the object is no longer present (ships destroyed in minefield), you cannot have the object selected. To make it so, you would need a different routine for every possible message type. In addition, every time a new message type was added, the programmer would have to go back and remember what all his variables stood for so he could add the new message type.
This would mean a lot of work that could be used for other things.