Stupid question but...

Aekero

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I'm trying to make a trip out to Colonia, and I'm not sure how to navigate. Since I don't have any sort of waypoints to go off of, I'm trying manually plot myself 1000ly towards Colonia at a time. Problem being since everything is undiscovered, if I try to zoom out to plot a point anywhere outside of what I've discovered, I can't select any points to plot a route to... I'm not sure if I'm describing this correctly, just wondering if there's a relatively simple way to plot my trip.

Thanks!
 

Goobertech

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There are lots of guides for traveling to Colonia, I'm sure you'll find some help there.

When I plan long range exploration missions, I pick where I want to go and set a bookmark. If you want to spend the time, you could always set bookmarks every 1000ly's and mark them "Check point 1" "Check point 2". Wouldn't take too long to plan that out while docked so while you're traveling you'd already have the route mapped out.
 

Caldeon

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Aekero said:
I'm trying to make a trip out to Colonia, and I'm not sure how to navigate. Since I don't have any sort of waypoints to go off of, I'm trying manually plot myself 1000ly towards Colonia at a time. Problem being since everything is undiscovered, if I try to zoom out to plot a point anywhere outside of what I've discovered, I can't select any points to plot a route to... I'm not sure if I'm describing this correctly, just wondering if there's a relatively simple way to plot my trip.

Thanks!
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I am not sure what you mean. Either you have zoomed out to far, then no stars appear anymore, so zoom in :). Or you have limited your map to some bubble related settings (like only show federation system or systems with war etc). Or you have moved the cursor too far from the galactic plane by mistake. See that blue numbers everywhere, like 1000:50:732? The middle number shouldnt be too high or low (0 is the galactic plane, 2000 is very high and -2000 very low).

EDIT: I think i understand your problem now, you zoom out, move (WASD) the cursor to where you want to plot to and then zoom in again to see stars.

When i plot the next 1000 i just zoom out as far as possible, then align my current position with my destination, so its in front of me, then one tap on W (to move the cursor forward), zoom in and most likely the shown stars are 800-1200 LY away. Adjust cursor to stars less than 1000 LY and plot.
 
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Aekero

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Caldeon said:
I am not sure what you mean. Either you have zoomed out to far, then no stars appear anymore, so zoom in :). Or you have limited your map to some bubble related settings (like only show federation system or systems with war etc). Or you have moved the cursor too far from the galactic plane by mistake. See that blue numbers everywhere, like 1000:50:732? The middle number shouldnt be too high or low (0 is the galactic plane, 2000 is very high and -2000 very low).

EDIT: I think i understand your problem now, you zoom out, move (WASD) the cursor to where you want to plot to and then zoom in again to see stars.

When i plot the next 1000 i just zoom out as far as possible, then align my current position with my destination, so its in front of me, then one tap on W (to move the cursor forward), zoom in and most likely the shown stars are 800-1200 LY away. Adjust cursor to stars less than 1000 LY and plot.
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I'll try this out, thanks!
 

daver4470

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What Caldeon said. Also, he mentioned limiting the map -- which is also a good thing to know/understand. First, you want to make sure (as noted) that you're not filtering out uninhabited systems or anything. But after that, you can do some useful things with the map filter, like filtering out non-scoopable stars from the map. Combined with the check box to have the route planner use your filter settings when picking a route, you can avoid any unscoopable stars that way (if that's what you're going for).

For me, I filter out the smaller classes -- M and under -- so that I'm getting better systems to earn exploration cash. It results in some odd routes, but has proven useful.

Happy jumping!
 

Aekero

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daver4470 said:
What Caldeon said. Also, he mentioned limiting the map -- which is also a good thing to know/understand. First, you want to make sure (as noted) that you're not filtering out uninhabited systems or anything. But after that, you can do some useful things with the map filter, like filtering out non-scoopable stars from the map. Combined with the check box to have the route planner use your filter settings when picking a route, you can avoid any unscoopable stars that way (if that's what you're going for).

For me, I filter out the smaller classes -- M and under -- so that I'm getting better systems to earn exploration cash. It results in some odd routes, but has proven useful.

Happy jumping!
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I am 100% all for not running out of gas, thanks for the tip!
 

Aekero

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so weird, still no luck, point in the direction of colonia, move focus out a few hundred ly past bubble, zoom back in, no systems. :_;
 

Caldeon

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Aekero said:
so weird, still no luck, point in the direction of colonia, move focus out a few hundred ly past bubble, zoom back in, no systems. :_;
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Ok, i dont know whats going wrong. Maybe try small steps. Open the map and just press W for a time, the cursor should move through the systems. when the systems around the cursor are ~800 LYs away, then press A for a little shorter time. Then pick one system , select it and zoom out to see where this target is between your current position and colonia. Adjust it by the same way.

But then again: zooming out and only using WASD to move the cursor and left mouse to rotate the map and zooming back in (not completely) should be on the same plane as your curent position so unless you didnt move the cursor out of the galaxy, you should see systems :)
 
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BanzaiZAP

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Another thing to check: do you have any Filters on you Galactic Map?

For example, if you have the filter set to Population, then you will not see any stars, since there is nobody out there. Or if you have it set to filter by government, you will not see any stars. I hope this helps!
 

CMDR Pugwash

CMDR Pugwash
The only stupid question is the one that never got asked. As BanzaiZap says, it sounds like filters might be your issue.

You must plot the course in jumps less than 1000 LY. I use a spreadsheet to plot the coordinates and then find a system nearby but there is a great tool that makes this easier. EDDiscovery

There is also great thread showing stations on the way, The-Colonia-Connection-Route-Map
 
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