Even for a non-expander you often end up with a bloated outliner by mid/end-game. Even 10 planets can be infuriating to look through, and bless you if you end up with 20 or 30. Probably even worse now for a galactic conqueror.
The only tool you have is closing entire sectors, which is often useless. Either they're large sectors with at least 1 planet you still need to micro, or they are so small that minimizing them doesn't do much in the first place.
Another problem I often have is fleets... Unlike games like EU4 and HoI4, fleets are harder to deal with from map, meaning the outliner is usually where I select them. Much more annoying to do when you have 4 trade fleets you barely ever want to see there taking up space.
Lastly starbases, you know the problem. Who'd want to see 20 finished anchorages and trade hubs taking up space?
So what do I propose? A button or hotkey to hide specific planets/fleets/starbases from the outliner. They would disappear from it, and would remain invisible until you turned on "see hidden features" button underneath it. A player could do it whenever they want. Anchorage star fortress? You never have to deal with it again.
The only tool you have is closing entire sectors, which is often useless. Either they're large sectors with at least 1 planet you still need to micro, or they are so small that minimizing them doesn't do much in the first place.
Another problem I often have is fleets... Unlike games like EU4 and HoI4, fleets are harder to deal with from map, meaning the outliner is usually where I select them. Much more annoying to do when you have 4 trade fleets you barely ever want to see there taking up space.
Lastly starbases, you know the problem. Who'd want to see 20 finished anchorages and trade hubs taking up space?
So what do I propose? A button or hotkey to hide specific planets/fleets/starbases from the outliner. They would disappear from it, and would remain invisible until you turned on "see hidden features" button underneath it. A player could do it whenever they want. Anchorage star fortress? You never have to deal with it again.
