Exact Fuel in tank readout

[Alex Brentnall]

Hi,

I've been spending some time with the Buckyball racing club and with an Anaconda and an extra tank it's really hard to map out how much fuel you have left to work out if you can squeeze another jump before scooping or not.

A readout maybe in the right hand panel where the ship Jump Range is would be nice so it'd say:

Ship Anaconda
Jump range 63.15 (70.42)
Fuel 15.67T (72.00T)
Name Flagship of Eir
ID RACER

Would be nice and probably useful for others to know too, hopefully not take too much time although it does feature UI which I hear is a busy team..

Thanks
Alex

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Good idea.

I think fuel should (also) be displayed under the inventory panel, and have the option to jettison fuel.

While out exploring the outer edges of the galaxy, I performed a 51.20ly jump with just enough fuel, leaving my tank almost drained completely. When I was refueling at the star for the return, I over did it slightly due to no exact readout, and ended up with a jump range of 51.05ly. lol
I then had to circle around while my fuel drained. Luckily there was actually stuff to scan so I had something to do.
In the end I just used 25% jumponium because I still hadn't lost enough weight.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead