Orbital lines - a full and frank discussion

[Flip]

can someone explain me what purpose those blue circles have anyway? Did i miss something or should they only help locate the thing in the center?

Their primary usage is to show your progression and its rate.

 

[Darcikon]

You do know Just checking...you can turn off the orbital lines now? Its in the functions panel to the right. With the orbit lines off, space looks much cleaner, especially in the bigger systems. The targeting circles are still there which are really required otherwise its too difficult to quickly identify what's in this system and what's background.

Thank you so much for this.

Yes I knew that they had added the option to turn them off. Could I find out how to do it? Could I hell. I looked in graphics options, key bindings. Nothing.

Cheers anyway, and happy Christmas one and all

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[Muthax]

can someone explain me what purpose those blue circles have anyway? Did i miss something or should they only help locate the thing in the center?

http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2q3h6z/how_to_supercruise_faster_and_save_time/

and

https://www.elitedangerous.com/guide/ in general

 

[certhas]

Gravity. Density of spacetime. The thing a number of players don't understand when they are complaining about super cruise being "slow". If you want speed, get/keep away from mass. When flying in to a space station avoid flying too close to a planet because it will slow you down extra. But when you're flying in and overspeeding you may bleed off energy by flying into these zones. Be careful though, mass disruption may cause you to drop out of SC.

Ahhh, they symbolize the gravity well... good to know, thanks for the info

 

[SgtLennin]

Ahhh, they symbolize the gravity well... good to know, thanks for the info

Hehe, honestly I started to doubt as I read other comments. Well, I see them as gravity wells, which works well.. eh well.

 

[Kramster]

Thank you so much for this.

Yes I knew that they had added the option to turn them off. Could I find out how to do it? Could I hell. I looked in graphics options, key bindings. Nothing.

Cheers anyway, and happy Christmas one and all

+ Rep

In cockpit right hand UI panel last tab 'Functions'
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Have a wocka wocka Christmas

 

[Achilles Maelstrom]

I like the lines. They give me a sense of my own position in space. If there was an option, I'd make them not disappear so much. They're very helpful.

 

[Erroll]

I like the lines. They give me a sense of my own position in space. If there was an option, I'd make them not disappear so much. They're very helpful.

its like we need an option for showing only the orbital lines related to our target and what it is stationed around.