Does the route plotter play it safe?

Armante

Armante
I'm on my second outting into the deep black, currently some 17,000 Ly out from habited space and making a lazy sweep in towards Sag A*.

As I cross the less interesting areas of space I tend to plot longer routes along the lines of 600 to 1000 Ly and simply jump and scan as I go. When I get into interesting areas like nebulas I plot short routes, and wish we could plan our own routes.

I'm currently passing through a dense area loaded with White Dwarves, Neutron Stars and Black Holes. I was pretty much manually picking my next destination for every jump. Now that I've scanned plenty I'm keen to get going on towards the core again, so I plotted routes of 300 LY+, and here's the thing I noticed:

The path selected by the computer (set on Fastest, at least) appears to skip every White Dwarf, Neutron Star and Black Hole, and only pick the boring F, G and K systems. I've tried it time and again, and it does it every time.

Can anyone confirm the navigation computer is 'playing it safe' and avoiding the other stars I actually want to scan? Thanks :)
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
No, the route depends on whether you have chosen fastest or most economical. I have had auto-routes that include neutron stars and black holes (though admittedly they don't occur often). They're always a nice surprise when you're not expecting them (AAARRRGGGHHH... KILL THE ENGINE!). :)
 

Vasious

Vasious
It is just blind luck, I have the opposite, the route planner seems to favour unscoopbales for me, even if they are the 1 in 20 star amongst a sea of OBAFGKMs, but I know that is just bad luck
 
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Armante

Armante
purplepomegranite said:
No, the route depends on whether you have chosen fastest or most economical. I have had auto-routes that include neutron stars and black holes (though admittedly they don't occur often). They're always a nice surprise when you're not expecting them (AAARRRGGGHHH... KILL THE ENGINE!). :)
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It seems strange to me that it really does appear to be avoiding them. I'm in an area that is absolutely teeming with them. If I view the galactic map they are everywhere around me, only single jumps away. It's like there is a clear route through them and that is what it picks. It is no surprise when I jump into them right now, because when I do it manually it is every jump, or every other one :D
 

Armante

Armante
stocko1111 said:
I just kill the engine while in supercruise and the ship slows down as soon as you exit, avoiding any nasty surprises!
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My post wasn't about that at all. I pull back my throttle as soon as the countdown starts.

If you read my post you will see I was asking why it seems the route plotter AVOIDS Black Holes, Neutron stars etc. I know you get them sometimes, and yes it is a surprise.

HOWEVER, I'm in an area of space teeming with them. I expect to jump into them constantly. But if I let the computer plot me a route it looks like it is only picking F, G and K types among others, and not the ones I'd like :)
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
Armante said:
My post wasn't about that at all. I pull back my throttle as soon as the countdown starts.

If you read my post you will see I was asking why it seems the route plotter AVOIDS Black Holes, Neutron stars etc. I know you get them sometimes, and yes it is a surprise.

HOWEVER, I'm in an area of space teeming with them. I expect to jump into them constantly. But if I let the computer plot me a route it looks like it is only picking F, G and K types among others, and not the ones I'd like :)
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The only way to work this out would be to calculate the actual probability of encountering a neutron star. Even though the area you are in is teeming with them, how many other stars are there? What percentage of neutron stars are in a part of it? Work out the percentage, I reckon it will still be very low (rough figures would be fine, I'm sure!).
 

Rikk

R
Armante said:
HOWEVER, I'm in an area of space teeming with them. I expect to jump into them constantly. But if I let the computer plot me a route it looks like it is only picking F, G and K types among others, and not the ones I'd like :)
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Turn on all the other star types too, and I bet that area is teeming with everything.
 

fruitbat

fruitbat
It doesn't avoid them, it just does exactly whst it says, plots the fastest route, it doesn't care at all what the star type is. I've had neutron stars and black holes on my routes.
 
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