Galaxy map feature that aids exploration!!

[IiliI PEL IiliI]

I'd love to be able to plot my own course on the gm rather that the game dictate what stars I should travel through when I choose my "A to B" route.

For example, say I'm out in deep space and I want to explore not only the system I'm in, but the surrounding stars. I would have to open up the gm every time I want to jump...this, to me, is a little annoying and takes me out of the moment.

I'd like to be able to place numbered waypoints in an order of my choosing so I can travel around in a direction I choose. This would aid exploration ten fold and also add more choices when travelling.

Naturally the waypoints would be numbered so you could easily see the route you would be taking on the map and also when you jump there would be a number somewhere on your HUD to indicate the waypoint in front of you.

Thoughts??

 

[concentric]

Don't know if the numbers would be necessary. If the queued waypoints were connected by lines like they already are, the route would be clear anyway, I guess. But I definitely agree that queueing waypoints should be possible and would benefit explorers a lot!

 

[space voyager]

Waypoints would help a lot, agreed.

 

[Lestat]

I see what your saying maybe have a center way point book marker. And the game go will go ok explore center outward starting with the center stars first. Maybe have 500 LY Limit.

I think that would be cool when your in Sag A*

 

[Omegahunter]

I see what your saying maybe have a center way point book marker. And the game go will go ok explore center outward starting with the center stars first. Maybe have 500 LY Limit.

I think that would be cool when your in Sag A*

I do something like this now using the visited star option, mapped a 30 light year bubble around an Earth like world I've found about 6K light years out.

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I'd love to be able to plot my own course on the gm rather that the game dictate what stars I should travel through when I choose my "A to B" route.

For example, say I'm out in deep space and I want to explore not only the system I'm in, but the surrounding stars. I would have to open up the gm every time I want to jump...this, to me, is a little annoying and takes me out of the moment.

I'd like to be able to place numbered waypoints in an order of my choosing so I can travel around in a direction I choose. This would aid exploration ten fold and also add more choices when travelling.

Naturally the waypoints would be numbered so you could easily see the route you would be taking on the map and also when you jump there would be a number somewhere on your HUD to indicate the waypoint in front of you.

Thoughts??

I really want an option like this but for local systems along with a proper map showing the distance between planets, so you can plot a better route between them when you are doing a full scan of all the planets.