Game mechanics modification request: starmap showing status of planets outside radar range

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I prefer if the star map remembered some way to which empire the planets 
belonged, when they were last in radar range. Currently all planets not in 
radar range are shown grey and neither the outlines of surface buildings, nor 
the military information of them are shown.

I agree that it is important to differentiate between planets whose status are 
currently known, and planets whose current status (e.g. military info, outlines 
of buildings, to which empire they belong) are not known, and only their former 
status are known.

I kindly ask you for a modification similar to the following example: a Ychom 
planet outside radar range has a blue first letter and all other letters are 
grey.

I am Hungarian, but I chose to write all my messages in English so that more 
people can discuss them.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by adamatpe...@gmail.com on 21 May 2014 at 5:33

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In the original, once you discovered a planet, you could see the color of the 
owner all the time, even if it changed. I dropped this logic in favor of the 
current one where everything outside a radar range is covered by the fog of 
war. If you want to know the actual status, deploy satellites or spy 
satellites. Alternatively, you can have small fleets with large radar range 
posted around so you don't need to replace shot-down satellites.

Original comment by akarn...@gmail.com on 21 May 2014 at 5:48

• Changed state: Clarify
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-Low, Radar
• Removed labels: Type-Defect, Priority-Medium

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Thank you for your answer.

The justification for my version is that in an empire the results of all former 
explorations done by fleets would be documented, so the commander-in-chief 
would make decisions based on past observance. He would not have to rely on his 
memories alone.

Original comment by adamatpe...@gmail.com on 23 May 2014 at 8:58