Oh! So the first 7 listed systems in the "Star Class" are always scoopable ? My last box is "Apply Filter to Route". Is that that the same box ?Use the galaxy map filter "star class". Select the first 7 and the last box: KGB-FOAM. Then the route planner will plot the route over scoopable stars.
That makes a lot of sense. On my 45.05Ly trip from Changthini to Dromi (approx. 24 jumps) I checked every system's fuel scoop option before commencing the trip. All the systems could be scooped except one. The filter plots the journey ensuring that (as you say in your post). Thanks.
I assume it was to ensure I could use my Fuel Scoop at all but one of the systems visited. I had the Fuel Scooping Filter activated. The number 24 might not be correct. It was initially showing that on a previous attempt to return to the Noob Zone. I need to check it ........ please stand-by .........
What I don't understand is how I got so far away in the first place. I didn't even have a scoop at the time .....
I didn't know, it's a long time since I was in that position.
This quoted post above deserved a post reply:Two things to remember: The route planner does not always, no matter how you filter it, limit your route to the stars that you prefer. If it can find no other way to get to the place you want to go, it may send you through a couple of non-scoopable stars, IF YOUR SHIP, AT FULL FUEL CAP, CAN DO IT.
2). If the star you exit at after any jump is scoopable, fill up your tank. The route planner assumes that you will. Also, it's plain idiotic not to, as it's free gas and jumping until you're almost dry isn't any faster than scooping along the way. The route planner uses common sense, human beings don't know what the words mean.
Third point: If your galaxy map (check it often along the way after you're plotted your route) shows a dotted line after a mark with a star symbol with a drop in it, it means THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO FILL UP UNLESS YOU WANT TO CALL THE FUEL RATS. Don't ignore it. It's not a suggestion, it's the law.
Good news is, you don't really have to pay much attention to it if you have the sense that G-d gave geese and refuelled every chance you got along the way, because the plotter's assumption is that you're not an utter twit.
I've actually been checking the star class before I jump on the Galmap. Your tip should save me from having to do this. Thanks.
Yes ........ you do. However, I'm using the fuel scoop filter on the Galmap in the hope this won't occur with me (ie. all the stars I jump to will be scoopable) and I check each star for its class before I jump.
Right ........ in Oz we would call that "skiting" .....
What's so dangerous about these ? Thanks.
White Dwarf stars have “jets” coming from their poles that usually extend beyond the exclusion zone of the star, flying into those jets is likely to cause loss of control and damage possibly destruction of your ship.
