Does a System Name Decoder Exist?

ChuckTheIceMan

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I've been googling and searching for hours but cannot find anything to assist. Does a System Name Decoder Exist? I'm trying to find stars that may have a higher chance of having ELW's. Just like probably most other explorers. Is there a tool or site that can assist with decoding the names of a system and break down what it means in plain english? For example (selected randomly) system CYOAGOU HA-Y D1-30 OR say HYIESUE YU-X D1-12? Which part specifically in these examples would be the luminosity and the system mass code???
 

Deadlock-3000

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ChuckTheIceMan said:
I've been googling and searching for hours but cannot find anything to assist. Does a System Name Decoder Exist? I'm trying to find stars that may have a higher chance of having ELW's. Just like probably most other explorers. Is there a tool or site that can assist with decoding the names of a system and break down what it means in plain english? For example (selected randomly) system CYOAGOU HA-Y D1-30 OR say HYIESUE YU-X D1-12? Which part specifically in these examples would be the luminosity and the system mass code???
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None of it. There's no hidden meaning there.
 

777Driver

777Driver
Deadlock-3000 said:
None of it. There's no hidden meaning there.
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Ok one more..

As for the system mass codes: the names of procedurally generated systems have plenty of clues in them, like their position within the galaxy, their position within the sector, and the total mass of the system. Here's an example system name:

Wizz AR-D d1-42

The bold letter is the system mass code. It goes from A (least massive) to H (most massive). The mass code corresponds quite well to the main star type: for example, the vast majority of class F primary stars are in mass code D systems.
The chief advantage of knowing about mass codes is that you can get a good guess at what kind of main star you'll be jumping without calling up the galaxy map, thus saving you time if you're in a hurry.
 
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ChuckTheIceMan

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Thank you sir! I think I'm just going to attempt to write a python script to give a basic readout from the system names. Would be a really great feature to be able to say search for stars within 5kly of your position using a wildcard! The search functionality in the game could be so much better. This is my first real attempt at exploring so just trying to work out the basics of where I'm jumping to, and from that where I WANT to jump to.
 

Ian Doncaster

Ian Doncaster
ChuckTheIceMan said:
CYOAGOU HA-Y D1-30
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CYOAGOU HA-Y d1-30

Region name: This narrows the location down to a 1280x1280x1280 cube - the Cyoagou region. The galaxy fits inside a 64x64x6 region box, many of which are entirely empty.
Subregion code: Depending on the masscode, this narrows the location down to a smaller cube (10x10x10, 20x20x20, 40x40x40, etc) - in this case, the "HA-Y 1" region. Technically the mass-code is part of the subregion code, but the mass-code is sufficiently useful that it's considered separately.
Mass-code: This is based on the amount of mass in the system. "d" is a medium-mass dwarf star with ~1 Sol mass or slightly bigger.
Serial number: Gives each system a unique name. So this is the 31st (it starts at zero) "d" mass system in HA-Y 1.

Masscodes:
H: extremely large stars. A single 1280x1280x1280 cube covers the entire region, so these don't have subregions. O-class, Wolf-Rayets, really big black holes, supergiants, that sort of thing
G: very large stars. Subregion size 640 LY. Similar star types to H, but a bit smaller.
F: large stars. Subregion size 320 LY. Mainly very large B-class stars and the resulting black holes.
E: large main sequence stars. Subregion size 160 LY. Small B-class and large A-class stars, and the resulting neutron stars.
D: main sequence stars. Subregion size 80 LY. Large G-class, F-class or small A-class stars, or white dwarfs.
C: small main sequence stars. Subregion size 40 LY. K-class and small G-class stars.
B: red dwarfs: Subregion size 20 LY. M-class stars and some small K-class.
A: brown dwarfs: Subregion size 10 LY. Mostly brown dwarf stars, but a really small M-class occasionally can be this light.

The "a" masscode subregion names are allocated simply based on AA-A 0 being in one corner of the region, AA-B 0 being next to it, and so on throughout the cubic grid to ZZ-Z 0, which is followed by AA-A 1. The larger masscode region names work similarly. It's well understood - there are tools which will estimate a star's position based on its name - but I always get confused exactly how the numbering works for the bigger subregions so I won't try to explain that here.

You can also get named zones which are smaller than a region and don't align - for example "Col 285 Sector". These override the normal name, and have their own subregions.

And ... one final point, subregions with a 0 index have that omitted in the official name. So "HA-Y d0-16" would appear on the map as "HA-Y d16". You can search for it by either name.
 

ChuckTheIceMan

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Ian Doncaster said:
CYOAGOU HA-Y d1-30

Region name: This narrows the location down to a 1280x1280x1280 cube - the Cyoagou region. The galaxy fits inside a 64x64x6 region box, many of which are entirely empty.
Subregion code: Depending on the masscode, this narrows the location down to a smaller cube (10x10x10, 20x20x20, 40x40x40, etc) - in this case, the "HA-Y 1" region. Technically the mass-code is part of the subregion code, but the mass-code is sufficiently useful that it's considered separately.
Mass-code: This is based on the amount of mass in the system. "d" is a medium-mass dwarf star with ~1 Sol mass or slightly bigger.
Serial number: Gives each system a unique name. So this is the 31st (it starts at zero) "d" mass system in HA-Y 1.

Masscodes:
H: extremely large stars. A single 1280x1280x1280 cube covers the entire region, so these don't have subregions. O-class, Wolf-Rayets, really big black holes, supergiants, that sort of thing
G: very large stars. Subregion size 640 LY. Similar star types to H, but a bit smaller.
F: large stars. Subregion size 320 LY. Mainly very large B-class stars and the resulting black holes.
E: large main sequence stars. Subregion size 160 LY. Small B-class and large A-class stars, and the resulting neutron stars.
D: main sequence stars. Subregion size 80 LY. Large G-class, F-class or small A-class stars, or white dwarfs.
C: small main sequence stars. Subregion size 40 LY. K-class and small G-class stars.
B: red dwarfs: Subregion size 20 LY. M-class stars and some small K-class.
A: brown dwarfs: Subregion size 10 LY. Mostly brown dwarf stars, but a really small M-class occasionally can be this light.

The "a" masscode subregion names are allocated simply based on AA-A 0 being in one corner of the region, AA-B 0 being next to it, and so on throughout the cubic grid to ZZ-Z 0, which is followed by AA-A 1. The larger masscode region names work similarly. It's well understood - there are tools which will estimate a star's position based on its name - but I always get confused exactly how the numbering works for the bigger subregions so I won't try to explain that here.

You can also get named zones which are smaller than a region and don't align - for example "Col 285 Sector". These override the normal name, and have their own subregions.

And ... one final point, subregions with a 0 index have that omitted in the official name. So "HA-Y d0-16" would appear on the map as "HA-Y d16". You can search for it by either name.
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Wow, thank you! Literally read your post, picked a system, jumped to an ELW first discovery!!!!
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
ChuckTheIceMan said:
I've been googling and searching for hours but cannot find anything to assist. Does a System Name Decoder Exist? I'm trying to find stars that may have a higher chance of having ELW's. Just like probably most other explorers. Is there a tool or site that can assist with decoding the names of a system and break down what it means in plain english? For example (selected randomly) system CYOAGOU HA-Y D1-30 OR say HYIESUE YU-X D1-12? Which part specifically in these examples would be the luminosity and the system mass code???
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Repped for starting a great thread with a good question

Ian Doncaster said:
CYOAGOU HA-Y d1-30

Region name: This narrows the location down to a 1280x1280x1280 cube - the Cyoagou region. The galaxy fits inside a 64x64x6 region box, many of which are entirely empty.
Subregion code: Depending on the masscode, this narrows the location down to a smaller cube (10x10x10, 20x20x20, 40x40x40, etc) - in this case, the "HA-Y 1" region. Technically the mass-code is part of the subregion code, but the mass-code is sufficiently useful that it's considered separately.
Mass-code: This is based on the amount of mass in the system. "d" is a medium-mass dwarf star with ~1 Sol mass or slightly bigger.
Serial number: Gives each system a unique name. So this is the 31st (it starts at zero) "d" mass system in HA-Y 1.

Masscodes:
H: extremely large stars. A single 1280x1280x1280 cube covers the entire region, so these don't have subregions. O-class, Wolf-Rayets, really big black holes, supergiants, that sort of thing
G: very large stars. Subregion size 640 LY. Similar star types to H, but a bit smaller.
F: large stars. Subregion size 320 LY. Mainly very large B-class stars and the resulting black holes.
E: large main sequence stars. Subregion size 160 LY. Small B-class and large A-class stars, and the resulting neutron stars.
D: main sequence stars. Subregion size 80 LY. Large G-class, F-class or small A-class stars, or white dwarfs.
C: small main sequence stars. Subregion size 40 LY. K-class and small G-class stars.
B: red dwarfs: Subregion size 20 LY. M-class stars and some small K-class.
A: brown dwarfs: Subregion size 10 LY. Mostly brown dwarf stars, but a really small M-class occasionally can be this light.

The "a" masscode subregion names are allocated simply based on AA-A 0 being in one corner of the region, AA-B 0 being next to it, and so on throughout the cubic grid to ZZ-Z 0, which is followed by AA-A 1. The larger masscode region names work similarly. It's well understood - there are tools which will estimate a star's position based on its name - but I always get confused exactly how the numbering works for the bigger subregions so I won't try to explain that here.

You can also get named zones which are smaller than a region and don't align - for example "Col 285 Sector". These override the normal name, and have their own subregions.

And ... one final point, subregions with a 0 index have that omitted in the official name. So "HA-Y d0-16" would appear on the map as "HA-Y d16". You can search for it by either name.
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Repped for a great reply
 

BL1P

BL1P
The system names are coded !?!

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Stompmaster

Stompmaster
Does anyone have a full poster size Galatic map with the new sectors numbered and named?
Would really appreciate it, would look great on my wall!!!

Cheers
CMDR J Stompmaster
 
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