exploring

gonbugin · Post by **gonbugin** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:17 pm

Ok, time to do more with myself. I am 35 sorties away from being a Captain. I have more money then I could ever spend (and if I do I can get more fast).
Time to start exploring and I need tips.

For instances; last night I set a course from Cerulean to Oylmpus and hit autopilot. Watching the Nav. Console I came to the Actarius system. So every few minutes I take the autopilot off and do a 360. If I see something bigger then the stars around I hid that way. Found the Actarius planet that way. Pretty planet; but no citiesâ€¦so now what. How are you guys exploring these systems. Thereâ€™s got to be a better way then every few minutes doing a 360.

Thanks

Ravenfeeder · Post by **Ravenfeeder** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:55 pm

I just go out the door and turn left - see what comes up!

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:32 pm

You should have been here before the auto pilot worked as well as it does now. Your fingers got tired of hitting the jump key. Exploring is still a hit and miss action. The way you are doing it will work fine just take your time and enjoy. There are things out there we still (or so I have heard) need to find.

:D:P

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SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:15 am

Welcome gonbugin.

I suggest that you use Atollskis NavData program. It keeps track of all the systems
you've gone through and also helps you find new planets.

http://www.starwraith.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6799

[Edited on 2011-1-3 by SeeJay]

Parapilot · Post by **Parapilot** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:55 pm

I'd like to use the program too. To bad all the links are dead

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:52 pm

From post: 99066, Topic: tid=7083, author=Parapilot wrote:I'd like to use the program too. To bad all the links are dead

No they're not. Just click on v0.8 in the buttom of
the first post.

Parapilot · Post by **Parapilot** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:40 pm

I still get an "Oops" page whether I click on it or copy the link. Could some one email it to me in a zip?

According to its properties this is where its sending me

http://www.mediafire.com/evochron

Wow It magically appeared after a while. no need for the zip

[Edited on 1-3-2011 by Parapilot]

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:09 pm

Hi - I found the same problem when clicking on the link. Hanging on doesn't do anything!

However, I'm using Firefox with the "Cool Previews" add-on. If I look at the link via cool previews, I can download the files!

Hope this might helpothers (although no-one else has mentioed it as problem!!:)

[Edited on 4-1-2011 by DaveK]

gonbugin · Post by **gonbugin** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:17 pm

I suggest that you use Atollskis NavData program. It keeps track of all the systems
you've gone through and also helps you find new planets.

Thanks SeeJay I will download it. I ready like the idea of exploring some. What little I have done is a lot of fun...I just don't feel organized about it. It would be nice to have an ingame map you could pull up with all the stuff you have explored. I use your website map a lot

gonbugin · Post by **gonbugin** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:19 pm

oh, that didn't quote well did it

I was refirring to SeeJay a few post up. I guess I need to learn how to quote

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:23 pm

Just hit quote to the right in the message you wanna quote!

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:16 am

Is there a problem with the link to the program? It should be www.mediafire.com/evochron

for the time being, the direct link to the 0.8 executable only is http://www.mediafire.com/?fyd82xj3k4hbzxp (This will change when a new version is uploaded).

If there are problems with the file hosting site, can anyone recommend an alternative?

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:29 am

Well, I can host it on my site if you like!;)

I have no problem downloading from your link thou.

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:39 am

From post: 99212, Topic: tid=7083, author=SeeJay wrote:Well, I can host it on my site if you like!;)

That would make a lot of sense ... especially since you can also host a Readme for those of us who need step-by-step instructions for using Atoll's program. The Readme is a WIP ... as I get all my questions answered by either you or Atoll.

gonbugin · Post by **gonbugin** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:42 pm

Atollskis, this looks very interesting. I thought it was just a file tree like whatâ€™s in your signatureâ€¦but from what little time I have had to look at it , itâ€™s much more. Am I seeing this rightâ€¦it ties into the nav. map with all your info in itâ€¦.thatâ€™s great THANKS

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:27 pm

SeeJay, feel free to host the program, source and documentation if you have the space

Yep, it reads data from your nav log entries, calculates & uploads navigation routes to the game and has a (currently undocumented) facility to calculate the location of unvisited planets by monitoring your flight log data.

About the exploring ingame map you said about earlier - am testing that right at the moment! (There is an example map uploaded (Spoiler alert))
It directly modifies the nav map in the \\hud folder so you can view all the systems you have found in-game. It gets very cluttered though because there is a lot of systems out there to explore...

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:02 pm

From post: 99272, Topic: tid=7083, author=Atollski wrote:It directly modifies the nav map in the \\hud folder so you can view all the systems you have found in-game. It gets very cluttered though because there is a lot of systems out there to explore...

Is that the nav map or the quadrant map? If it's the quadrant map ... luckily we now have a zoom option.

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:16 pm

Sorry, I meant quadrant map - even with the zoom, it gets very busy!

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:34 am

How are coordinates applied to the map? Cursor over to see them? What other data is displayed?

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:01 am

Currently not being displayed but am thinking of plotting the chart on a grid so you can work out the position (it gets even messier with co-ordinates - lots of overlapping).

Could decrease the font size/increase the image size (same effect) but it makes the whole thing hard to read in game, even with zoom. OR... could have some kind of crafty zoom facility which plots a section of the universe instead of the whole thing?