But that's irrelevant, as the ship already knows where you are (it tells you your coordinates on the HUD).
Please see post #57
How the hell do you fly your ship down to a planet surface to specific coordinates?
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Please see post #57
We dont need a great long complicated post about how to work out plnetary coordinates, its enough to know that the ship already knows where it is, the bone of contention is not HOW you find those coordinates, it's that you can't input coordinates into the ships nav system and have it point you at them like it does for all other nav points rather than you having to do it manually which is tedious.
As I've already said, I'd prefer it if there was a trade-off for the addition ease of use.
Fit a DSS and get extra navigational features at the expense of using up a vacant slot.
Same as if you decide to use a docking computer.
Exactly this. The how doesn't matter when that part is already implemented.
Bob Lighthouse
Banned
My comprehension is fine.
I find the arguments petty, that's all.
Not getting smashed is a much bigger inconsistency, and the inconsistency was your point about navigation.
Sorry, not a big deal to me.
This is a good take on it.
Popup_Toaster
Banned
No, my point was that the inconstancy of "getting smashed" is fine because it enables fun game play and so it bears no comparison to the failings of the navigation system.
You're comprehension is flawed because you fail to see the difference between an inconsistency that is beneficial to the game and one that simply adds tedium.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
It really doesn't make much sense from a lore standpoint that your ship computer can't help you with this. Then again it doesn't make much sense that your ship can't auto-dock without buying an extra item either. lol. Whatever.
Unlike docking, though, which is a quick n' fun little diversion, finding planetary items based on lat/long is just plain long and tedious imho. It's challenging, sure, but not 'good' challenging. Just frustrating. To me, anyway. I'd prefer it if the game would help you more as it *already* does for landing most other times.
Unlike docking, though, which is a quick n' fun little diversion, finding planetary items based on lat/long is just plain long and tedious imho. It's challenging, sure, but not 'good' challenging. Just frustrating. To me, anyway. I'd prefer it if the game would help you more as it *already* does for landing most other times.
Look - you are supposed to be a pilot on a ship - so you should be able to pilot (as in navigate (look it up)) your ship.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Yeah, I know. I have a pilots license IRL. I've navigated with GPS, VHF omi radio, and dead reckoning.
I stand by my assertion that landing by lat/long in the computer game that is Elite Dangerous is tedious.
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This is usually how I do it to get my N/S/E/W bearings, once I know my compass points, I can usually point my ship in the right direction with a fair degree of accuracy. I guess the scouts compass navigation thing did help out with something all these decades later! and my dad thought he was wasting money on that Silva compass!
Z...
I know what you're wanting... Hide and Seek indicators!
"cold, cold, cold... Oooh warmer, warmer, colder, warmer, warm, even warmer, warmer, hot, hot, roasting".
Of course then Verity would probably go "Eek! Look out!" **proximity alert** **danger** **proximity alert** "taking heat damage" **danger** "taking heat damage" **BOOM**
Ship Destroyed by Terrian
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(kick here to blame Tj)
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
I know what you're wanting... Hide and Seek indicators!
"cold, cold, cold... Oooh warmer, warmer, colder, warmer, warm, even warmer, warmer, hot, hot, roasting".
Of course then Verity would probably go "Eek! Look out!" **proximity alert** **danger** **proximity alert** "taking heat damage" **danger** "taking heat damage" **BOOM**
Ship Destroyed by Terrian
(click here to rebuy)
(kick here to blame Tj)
Lol. Substitute Eli and Eden for Verity and that's fairly accurate.
From my perspective, to balance quality-of-life against gameplay, I'd want to manually set a waypoint when I am landed at a specific location. So the first time I need to actually fly to a point and then after placing a waypoint I simply follow my compass to the waypoint. While it might seem a tad absurd, given the nature of the tech at the time, this could be a physical beacon that we plant in the ground.
We all know that this is a game and to some extent what might seem like common sense in reality is side-stepped for gameplay reasons. We can all have preferences about realism but I think we can all agree that Elite Dangerous is not meant to be a 100% reality simulation.
We all know that this is a game and to some extent what might seem like common sense in reality is side-stepped for gameplay reasons. We can all have preferences about realism but I think we can all agree that Elite Dangerous is not meant to be a 100% reality simulation.
With all due respect - this is one particular thing which shouldn't even be thought of as needing 'balanced' in some way.
It's a basic navigational aid, to help you reach a set of lat/lon coordinates on a planet surface.
On the thread I started earlier much earlier than this duplicate - we've already covered all these angles, and the consensus opinion is that - yes please! We'd like to be able to simply input a LAT & LON coordinate and have a waypoint to follow down to.
The beauty of it is those who don't want to use it, simply don't input coordinates and fly down the current way.
Ian Phillips
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But that's irrelevant, as the ship already knows where you are (it tells you your coordinates on the HUD).
Very good point!
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Its not so hard but it is unnecessarily manual imho.
All you do is fly into or close to orbital cruise then fly on a bearing of 90, 180 or 270 and look at the numbers going up or down. Get yourself aligned on one axis (if the numbers are going the wrong way turn 180 degrees) then switch 90 degrees to the other.
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