Landing Bay numbering

[Malactus]

Anyone have a specification on this? I would have expected the bays to be numbered from the entrance to the end of the station, but instead it seems its reverse. Will also different stations (by different companies) have different patterns?

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[Mephane]

My impression is that the numbers are given in ascending order and assigned randomly to an unoccupied* pad, and when the numbers flow over at what I suppose is the total number of pads in the station, they start back at 1.

*Currently there is a bug where occupied pads also may get assigned, however.

 

[Merf]

Would it not make more sense to number them from the deepest part to the entrance? The pads furthest in was likely built first, no?

I suppose if the numbering is all done by holograms (I have not looked close enough to see if there is a number etched into the metal somewhere) it is easy to change numbering at any time.

/Merf - As long as pad x is always pad x there should be few problems.