Quite, but, I'd really like to be able to bung in a LAT/LON coordinate and have that marked exactly like a planetary mission waypoint. I think after all this discussion the general consensus is this is a Good Idea
Quality of Life Improvement: Input LAT/LON Co-ords and have a Surface Waypoint appear, similar to the surface scan mission Waypoint.
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Quite, but, I'd really like to be able to bung in a LAT/LON coordinate and have that marked exactly like a planetary mission waypoint. I think after all this discussion the general consensus is this is a Good Idea
Just a thought .. but let's say I'm at 50o Lat and 50o Long and, what I want, is to be at a location coordinate 75/25 degrees. I want the first number to increase and the second number to decrease as I go from present position to destination..
How about if there was a toggle that activated the lat / long figures - putting any increasing number in blue, a decreasing number in red, probably with a dead spot +/- 2o that stays orange.
The current numbers are small and it is, difficult to tell if your latitudue is rising or falling. A couple of little up/down arrows next to those numbers could achieve the same thing (which can also double up, if you're making a search pattern say) and are more similar to the rest of the HUD probably.
That's not to say I don't like the nav-computer idea but it is a bit more involved and actually a bit less flexible. Maybe .. er .. both?
How about if there was a toggle that activated the lat / long figures - putting any increasing number in blue, a decreasing number in red, probably with a dead spot +/- 2o that stays orange.
The current numbers are small and it is, difficult to tell if your latitudue is rising or falling. A couple of little up/down arrows next to those numbers could achieve the same thing (which can also double up, if you're making a search pattern say) and are more similar to the rest of the HUD probably.
That's not to say I don't like the nav-computer idea but it is a bit more involved and actually a bit less flexible. Maybe .. er .. both?
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Quite, but, I'd really like to be able to bung in a LAT/LON coordinate and have that marked exactly like a planetary mission waypoint. I think after all this discussion the general consensus is this is a Good Idea
I totally agree right? The only thing is that as for now Frontier hasn't implemented this feature into the game and hasn't given us any answer to on what time scale we can acspect this feature.
Presumably something like this might/could be part of this Beyond thingy, 2018, which IMO is terribly far away :/
Well isn't Frontier famous for that? Remember how long we had to wait for the xbox one release of Horizons?
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I'd like to add my voice to this 'Request' as well, due to the fact that its a real pain in the butt getting to where you need to go. There's ENOUGH grinding in this game already.
Would be nice to receive some dev feedback about it, yes
I totally agree, it's time Frontier shows some responsibility for "supporting the community"
Ooooh, I haven't posted my deepest agreement with the suggestion yet. My deepest agreement with the suggestion.
See? This guy gets it ;-)
I also agree. We need missions to place a waypoint in the planet's coordinates. And we should also be able to bookmark custom coordinates from the system map navigator.
Also, i'll take the chance to speak about uss randomness. I think it's horrible. Space is big, really big. The distance between planets and stars inside one system is BIG. How the hell would a pilot find anything there just by chance? I think the point of uss appearing out of nowhere when in cruiser mode is just anti-space-simulator-wise.
So, i'll give my suggestion about it, though I think the devs won't care, because the game is pretty much finished already.
When in cruiser mode, other ships would only be visible at a short distance- depending on sensors range.
We would have a ping scan, that would search a wide area in front of the ship (45degrees radius max). this scan could mark on the radar areas where some type of materials or emissions were detected. ( like the radar of the srvs)
The closer the distance, the more defined would be the area (smaller, brighter, until the uss was located)
These uss would be created when the player entered the system, so they would be half-persistent, and force the player to search around. Not stay in low speed and wait for it to appear)
Other ships in supercruise would appear too, with temporary location, and pinging ships would appear in other ship's radar. So it would be like a game of blindmen touching around to find each other, until they are at close distance.
I think this mechanic would make it much more fun to explore, and even hunt other ships.
Oh, and special radar dots would appear when pinging mission related ships (pirate hunting or assassination, etc...)
Cheers.
Also, i'll take the chance to speak about uss randomness. I think it's horrible. Space is big, really big. The distance between planets and stars inside one system is BIG. How the hell would a pilot find anything there just by chance? I think the point of uss appearing out of nowhere when in cruiser mode is just anti-space-simulator-wise.
So, i'll give my suggestion about it, though I think the devs won't care, because the game is pretty much finished already.
When in cruiser mode, other ships would only be visible at a short distance- depending on sensors range.
We would have a ping scan, that would search a wide area in front of the ship (45degrees radius max). this scan could mark on the radar areas where some type of materials or emissions were detected. ( like the radar of the srvs)
The closer the distance, the more defined would be the area (smaller, brighter, until the uss was located)
These uss would be created when the player entered the system, so they would be half-persistent, and force the player to search around. Not stay in low speed and wait for it to appear)
Other ships in supercruise would appear too, with temporary location, and pinging ships would appear in other ship's radar. So it would be like a game of blindmen touching around to find each other, until they are at close distance.
I think this mechanic would make it much more fun to explore, and even hunt other ships.
Oh, and special radar dots would appear when pinging mission related ships (pirate hunting or assassination, etc...)
Cheers.
I'm not even asking for waypoint bookmarks - just a method of adding a single waypoint - let's keep it simple for now then expand the system later
The rest of your post is simply way off topic and merits a new thread of its own - I suggest you do that
I totally agree with the op this needs to happen. It's pretty ridiculous we can jump between stars but for some reason can't input coordinate into our ships Google maps lol. I've spent hours trying to find locations on planet's I despise the current system it's awful, difficult to use, and makes it difficult for players to enjoy the content frontier has created.
I mean it's just so impractical to find your own coordinates using the current system. Frontier needed to implement horizons wi the new system rather than doing it thing way. The game just isn't fun without having a way to set a waypoint on the planetary map and seeing your coordinates on the planetary map.
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