The Route planner discussion thread

[Ericlas]

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Just to make sure it is not burried over in the other thread:

Hello Commander T3chnophobia!

Well, I've just played a build that has some route plotting, so hopefully that should be in a build soon. It has a range limit due to technical constraints, but for reasonably short journeys of several stops, I know I'm quite happy with the result .

How does it work?

Well, you lock a destination in the galaxy map and use a "plot route" option.next to it. As well as show the route in the galaxy map and a marker on the next step, it automatically targets the next step in the journey when you go back to the cockpit view.

However, you can deselect it and find it again because it has a cute little "plot" icon next to it (I love team GUI - they rock).

Once you jump, upon arrival the next step is targeted, and so on.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=69700&page=9&p=1160364#post1160364



THANK YOU SIR !

 

[ChronosWS]

Ah, this is one of those little features which will vastly improve gameplay. Glad to see it's imminent

 

[sergeantmarcel]

awesome, where did this sandro guy come from, he seems to be giving us a lot of answers today

 

[Bevz]

This is the best news I've heard for months!!!

 

[Aeon-X]

/me hugs the devs for this

 

[Juffa]

Great news!

Then they could perhaps also use similar code to show the travel history. I'd really like to see my track in the galaxy...

 

[T3chnophobia]

WHEEEEE happiness! When i asked the question I had only the faintest hope of a response! Now I can't stop blabbing about my happiness!

 

[Hanni79]

I really hope this makes it into Elite 1.0 . This alone will produce 10% better reviews.

 

[Cat_Astrophe]

Bee-yoo-tee-full!

 

[bitstorm]

Sandro is the best!

 

[Pennyblack]

Very good news.
I hope it has a good range. I'm not a lazy navigator, but any in-built navigation aid is going to be handy.
The icon on the system targeted next will be handy for exploring systems, just off the main route.

How about a sliding cartography UI in the galaxy map. Auto hide like Windows task bar.

 

[Mikey2305]

Excellent... Been kitting myself out for some exploration and was struggling with maanually trying to work out routes

 

[Protoplasmic traveler]

Very good and definitely needed

 

[korsobar]

Now where are those fellows who said they didn't want this sort of feature because it would be easy mode? For all of you, just STAY CALM. Ignore this thread. Ignore this idea. Ignore the route planner feature in game. Everything will be okay. Keep your pen and paper and keep using them!

 

[DVAFP]

that's nice but make sure that the galaxy map settings stay saved too. i want to only look at hi-tech economies. I go to view tab deselect all others, find a system, go to the system map and when i come back to galaxy map, i have to do it all over again.

 

[DYSEQTA]

Awesome

 

[CmdrSimonsen]

Great news, thanks for sharing

 

[Venkman]

Yes yes yes yes

 

[orfeboy]

A top priority. Glad to see it is being addressed

 

[Ben Ryder]

Good news!