Enemies inbound, and factory placement

[lhartvik]

I wish I had a mod for making the sector map minimizable during factory placement so I don't have to use the tiny edge of the screen when placing things.

And, I'd like to see pilots shout to their boss "Come and save me!" as soon as they see a fleet of pirates, xenon or enemies, not waiting until they are fired upon.

Can a mod do that or does something like this already exist?

[X2-Illuminatus]

I wish I had a mod for making the sector map minimizable during factory placement so I don't have to use the tiny edge of the screen when placing things.

You cannot minimize the map during station placement. There are some scripts which help with station placement though:

• Hephaistos Corp. lets you call a construction service for your complexes (stations are placed automatically, you still have to connect them though).
• The Factory Complex Constructor allows you to move and rotate stations even after they have been built and connected with construction kits already.

And, I'd like to see pilots shout to their boss "Come and save me!" as soon as they see a fleet of pirates, xenon or enemies, not waiting until they are fired upon.

With Cycrow's Satellite Early Warning Network you can place satellites in sectors and have them detect enemy ships. They inform you about it and/or automatically call in reinforcements. Alternatively, automated traders like the universe traders (with the Trading software MK3 from the vanilla game) or the Commercial Agent (from Lucike, also included in the BP but only in an older version) can flee from attacks by using their jumpdrive and throwing out fighter drones for distraction.