Just left the Starport

Jarsil

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... for what I hope will be my first exploration trip in my Asp just fitted for the job.

It won't be extremely long, just a training trip to the Coalsack Nebula around 550 LY from my home base. I need really to learn the basics of exploration, and I'm not so stupid to launch myself into a suicidal run to the core without at least a bit of experience.

After 10 jumps, I'm already in no man's land, lots of uninhabited systems around me and a route carefully planned to always have a scoopable star.

I'm quite thrilled and excited, because I wanted to start exploring since the first minute I started this game.

Wish me luck, fellow explorers.

Just a quick question: is it wise to place myself around 300 LS from a star and exit SC in order to save&exit? I double checked for what I could and no other stars/planets seem to have their orbital planes crossing my position at the moment.

The truth is out there®
 
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Ravenov

Ravenov
Jarsil said:
Thanks! I already read it to be honest, together with Nutter's and a number of other. The only thing I don't remember having found is the save&exit best strategy, but I probably just missed it.
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I often park myself above a scenic planet, but in reality you could just save an exit anywhere and be safe ... although the corona of a star might not be such a great option.
 

newman1702

newman1702
With saving and exiting, as long as you're 200-300 ls from the nearest object you should be fine. I sometimes logged out practically in atmo (as close as I could get) of a planet - before I heard you could die that way - nothing ever happened to me. Nowadays I'm more cautious, but do remember a few hundred ls is a vast distance; 480 ls is the distance between the Earth and the Sun, give or take. Frankly anything above 5-10 ls is probably perfectly safe too.
 

Mysturji

Mysturji
A few LS from any/all objects is fine (except stars: 10 or 20 minimum IMHO)
To be honest, if you exit just a little bit close to a star, you'll probably log back in to find you've inexplicably moved away.
But...
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES ever logout in an asteroid field or planetary ring. Some Commanders have logged in only to materialise inside an asteroid... kaboom!
 

Thrawn29

Thrawn29
I mostly park above a planet... no idea about the distance, but i'm pretty it's usually under 10ls...
And i never had any issue.

Now i won't never park :
- under 100 ls from star
- black hole and neutron are worst, i'd say 1000 ls
- asteroid is no way, i won't park there...

for everything else... why not as long as you're not too close.
 

Jarsil

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OK now arrives the important question, because I'm a bit at a loss.

I closed the game when parked, so far so good.

I logged back in and obviously my navigation computer vas blank. I tried to put the name of the system I used to plan my route in the previous session... and it doesn't find it.

I'm trying right now with systems I have on the screen, to see if the Galaxy Map can pick the names, but it seems it can't.

Let me give an example: COALSACK SECTOR CQ-Y D98 (not an actual system on my route, but close... There is no way I can find to look for that system using the Galaxy Map.

I don't think I have to re-find every time the original system I planned, or that I have to finish my route every time. If that's the case, I'll just go back to some RES, because I can't stay in game for hours at a time...

Where am I doing it wrong?
 

Mysturji

Mysturji
The galaxy map is bugged, and can't find long system names even if you type them in exactly right.
Just type "COALSACK" and hit return. It will find the general area.
 
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Jarsil

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Mysturji said:
The galaxy map is bugged, and can't find long system names even if you type them in exactly right.
Just type "COALSACK" and hit return. It will find the general area.
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That's what I was fearing. The General area, in this case, is quite wide :D

Thanks anyway!
 

Ravenov

Ravenov
Jarsil said:
OK now arrives the important question, because I'm a bit at a loss.

I closed the game when parked, so far so good.

I logged back in and obviously my navigation computer vas blank. I tried to put the name of the system I used to plan my route in the previous session... and it doesn't find it.

I'm trying right now with systems I have on the screen, to see if the Galaxy Map can pick the names, but it seems it can't.

Let me give an example: COALSACK SECTOR CQ-Y D98 (not an actual system on my route, but close... There is no way I can find to look for that system using the Galaxy Map.

I don't think I have to re-find every time the original system I planned, or that I have to finish my route every time. If that's the case, I'll just go back to some RES, because I can't stay in game for hours at a time...

Where am I doing it wrong?
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I generally plot long routes towards systems that are easy to spot, either O, B or A stars or preferably HIP, HD or HR stars.

Mysturji said:
The galaxy map is bugged, and can't find long system names even if you type them in exactly right.
Just type "COALSACK" and hit return. It will find the general area.
Click to expand...

Currently it seems to be stars with the word 'sector' in the name, any others are searchable.
 

Wosthisdo

Wosthisdo
I also try to pick a distant system with a short name to save massive typing each time I re-log (tho sometimes you're just stuck with SWOIWNS HG-M B27-4 :( ). I usually pull out into nice clear, cool zone and select the next hop target and align with it before saving. That way when I come back and re-plot I should be pointing the right way (to help catch typos) although sometimes my navigator has found a prettier route while I was away.
 
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