what are the orange crescent shaped markers over some stars on the galaxy map?????

mostly newish

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JumpStart57 said:
That makes no sense? He's talking about the little orange half circles that appear over systems in the galaxy map, and the can appear thousands of LY away from you so it wouldnt make sense for this to be what they are
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you obviously know what im talking about , its always on the top of the star , like a crescent moon facing downwards toward the star itself , with the curve pointing upwards .
 

Ezren

Ezren
JumpStart57 said:
That makes no sense?
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Neither does the question. It's poorly described and could easily be done better with a simple screenshot, but that would require a minimum of effort.

From simple observation they denote what systems are reachable from the currently-selected destination. The arcs do not appear when you have no system selected, so it's not "always on top of the star"
 

JumpStart57

JumpStart57
Ezren said:
Neither does the question. It's poorly described and could easily be done better with a simple screenshot, but that would require a minimum of effort.

From simple observation they denote what systems are reachable from the currently-selected destination. The arcs do not appear when you have no system selected, so it's not "always on top of the star"
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Well not necessarily, because I've been in the bubble, then zoomed in to stars in the core and they have the crescent above the system. Unless you're thinking about something entirely different, if you go in the gal map and look zoom over to systems with the crescent it is always above the system star that is visible in the map. To be honest its probably just a little glitch that never got fixed an isn't worth taking the time to fix.
 

stormyuk

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stormyuk
This? (reddit link below for discussion. There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer...?)

elite-dangerous-8.png


https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteOne/comments/3owe6z/on_the_galaxy_map_what_does_the_little_orange_hat/
 
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SushiCW

SushiCW
I believe they are stars within 1 jump of the star you are currently hovering over. So as you move the selected system around, they'll change. And obviously in the core where things are dense you'll see hundreds of them.
 

Ezren

Ezren
JumpStart57 said:
Well not necessarily, because I've been in the bubble, then zoomed in to stars in the core and they have the crescent above the system. Unless you're thinking about something entirely different, if you go in the gal map and look zoom over to systems with the crescent it is always above the system star that is visible in the map. To be honest its probably just a little glitch that never got fixed an isn't worth taking the time to fix.
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"Currently-selected" system. Not your current system.
 

mostly newish

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SushiCW said:
I believe they are stars within 1 jump of the star you are currently hovering over. So as you move the selected system around, they'll change. And obviously in the core where things are dense you'll see hundreds of them.
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thanks

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stormyuk said:
This? (reddit link below for discussion. There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer...?)

https://www.pcinvasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elite-dangerous-8.png

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteOne/comments/3owe6z/on_the_galaxy_map_what_does_the_little_orange_hat/
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thanks
 

Mr Cynical

Mr Cynical
It's already been answered above correctly by SushiCW, but just wanted to add (as i have nothing better to do on this bus right now), that I think the little arc icon represents a 'h-jump' possible from the selected system.
 

Mr Cynical

Mr Cynical
JumpStart57 said:
But in the picture stormyuk posted you can clearly see that Abazi is two jumps away not one.
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Is that two 'economic' route jumps though, when actually it's within single jump range (using fastest route)?

Edit...As abazi is only 8.8ly from ho hsien, i would say that explains it mon ami ☺
 
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Lawrence van Rijn

Lawrence van Rijn
Jumpstart57 is right, I still like SushiCW explanaition the best. Is there any chance that the orange curve means that they are the same alignment? (in this case all Federation), as the stating point is Federation?
 

mostly newish

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Lawrence van Rijn said:
Jumpstart57 is right, I still like SushiCW explanaition the best. Is there any chance that the orange curve means that they are the same alignment? (in this case all Federation), as the stating point is Federation?
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strange .. i was thinking the same thing when i originally posted the thread ... but the xbox one does not have a decent integrated hand book , for such things .
 

Mr Cynical

Mr Cynical
Lawrence van Rijn said:
Jumpstart57 is right, I still like SushiCW explanaition the best. Is there any chance that the orange curve means that they are the same alignment? (in this case all Federation), as the stating point is Federation?
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No, see earlier posts, the arcs appear whether the system is inhabited or not.
 

JumpStart57

JumpStart57
Mr Cynical said:
Is that two 'economic' route jumps though, when actually it's within single jump range (using fastest route)?

Edit...As abazi is only 8.8ly from ho hsien, i would say that explains it mon ami ☺
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Point taken my friend, that sound like a decent enough explanation. I will try and test this with multiple ships/jump ranges when I get home a report back with my findings
 
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