I shouldn’t need to search for a colonia connection map to find the pit stops Frontier!
Stations in deep space need to be more easily findable via galaxy map
- Thread starter Sweet&Dandy
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You shouldnt need pitstops in the first place
True enough!
However, it IS hard/impossible to locate stations outside the bubble, via the galaxy map, unless you know a system name. If you are somewhere deep and just want the closest station you will face this issue.
You shouldnt need pitstops in the first place
A purist eh?
Well I like the company!
I understand some people cant handle the space madness lol
Nah ... too fiddly
A station is a considerably significant mark of civilisation in the galaxy, so it makes sense that it should stand out in galaxy map.
Systems with a station should have an identifiable icon that’s immediately recognisable when panning through the map, and a station filter would also be both fitting and useful.
Edited: “Panning” was auto corrected to “planning”.
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^ this
And good luck dropping down to ~5 fps when activating due to the thousands of stations in the bubble
I wanna see you planning a route than
Useful if you know there's a station in e.g. the Eagle Nebula and want to find which system ... but good luck finding e.g. Rohini that way without already knowing it exists.
There *is* an in-game way to find the Colonia Connection stations without speculative running around the galaxy map hoping to spot one - they're all places on megaship itineraries, so if you find those megaships when they're in the bubble you can see where they go. (And if you find one Connection station, there's a good chance of seeing a megaship there pointing to some of the others)
(The easiest way to find these megaships is when you're already in Colonia, as there's always one or two in Colonia itself...)
Looks like there are only around 30 of these remote systems, no reason FDev couldn't add another icon onto the galmap for them (I just checked for stations where the nearest other station is > 200 Ly away).
Main reason not to do this would be if it auto-exposed any new stations added in the game, but given how fast people find stuff, not sure this is a valid complaint)
Main reason not to do this would be if it auto-exposed any new stations added in the game, but given how fast people find stuff, not sure this is a valid complaint)
As said previously, Icon Clutter will screw you...And good luck dropping down to ~5 fps when activating due to the thousands of stations in the bubble
I wanna see you planning a route than
Exhibit one : https://i.redd.it/530jbhe2o5d21.jpg
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It could be something as simple as replacing the little star/dot that marks a system on the map with something of roughly equal size that indicates the system contains at least one station. Something along the lines of a star with a circle around it for example, or something even less overt but readily identifiable. There shouldn’t be any noticeable performance impact.