Bit of advice needed

[Adger1971]

Hello everybody 1st of all i wanted to introduce myself and say a massive thanks to Vice for this game..Ive played a few quest missions and got a few kills but now im stuck..ive got a early mission to descend and land on Olympus Theta at the main trade station..ive tried for 3hrs to find the city its just not showing anywhere ive set my Nav to the green box on the map and its still not showing me where to land on the planet..Any advice will be much appreciated ...Thank you Adger

[Marvin]

Two words: three dimensions! Check the navigation map again ... the options on the right side: Rear View. Click and then center your waypoint.

[Marvin]

I've posted a similar tutorial elsewhere ... but, since this is one of the most-asked questions, I figure it could stand being repeated. Using an example in the Rivoch stary system, this is something like what you might see when first calling up the Nav Map:




You want to jump to the trade station, so you right-click on your target and expect to zoom in on the sector where the station is located. Surprisingly, when you click (and, consequently, zoom in), the trade station doesn't show up. Ergo, you assume the Nav Map function is borked. But you'd be incorrect in your assumption ... easily proved if you now left-click on the "Rear View" button located on the right side of the map. 'Cause, when you do, you'll see something like this:




Hopefully, a light bulb goes on and you realize that the trade station is above your current location. Nonetheless, your jump point is still on the same level as your ship. You can confirm this fact by examining the "Destination Position" windows. See the "SY" window? It displays the current Y-sector destination coordinate and, in this example, it still shows a zero ... meaning your destination jump point is set to SY=0! But the trade station is at SY=1! So, before going back to the map's Top View, left-click on the trade station. While you're at it, check the "SY" window and observe that the destination Y coordinate has changed to reflect the proper sector coordinate of your intended target (the trade station).




Now, left-click on the "Top View" button to flip the Nav Map back to a top-down view. Finally, right-click on the trade station ... and you'll zoom in on the trade station. Simple. Now you can jump. Set your pitch to zero and launch. Btw, if your target is a gate, you'll also want to set your heading to zero.

[Adger1971]

Thanks Marvin i feel a fool haha..thing is ive done a landing before and totally forgot about the rear view as well,after 3hrs spent last night finding it i followed your diagrams and found it in a matter of minutes,just landed that was a tricky one with the lightning and heavy winds doing its best to put me off landed safe though..Thank you once again Marvin,im really loving this game.

[Marvin]

As I mentioned above, this is one of the most-asked questions ... and not a foolish one (unless your name is Ender).

[Rubber Chicken]

Out of all Evochron pilots that have ever flown, I would only accept the Boss (Vice) himself as the ONLY one who can claim to have never made this nav map mistake.

[CS-ACI-]

Hello,

You forget things in this game, you then come back to this forum and ask "How do you/I do whatever?"

Some one will answer, some times a newbie and then you go "Oh yeah . . . I forgot."

It is because it is so big and so many different things to do.

You then feel silly and we make fun of you . . . . . . all in good taste.

Steve

[Adger1971]

Haha thanks guys..Im glad it isnt just me then,im hoping to try multiplayer soon,This forum seems like a really good light hearted place to visit,so thank you once again for helping "This" rookie out

[Busch]

Hello Adger1971, and welcome aboard!

Something for a sticky-note for you. All main trade stations, located on planets wherever you may find them, are denoted by the [+] sigil in green. The 'lesser' stations are marked just with the +, also in green. Well, that is unless the planet in question doesn't have any of the above, station-wise. Maybe in some future update or expansion, we can plant our own. That'd be so cool!

P.S. We do strive to keep it friendly here. Seems to work rather well, for the most part.

[Adger1971]

Cheers for the headsup Busch,i didnt realise that about the stations..plant our own yep that would be cool,im gonna get into shipbuilding in Evochron next..wish me luck