Anyway to speed up getting to a waypoint within a system?

danskmacabre · Post by **danskmacabre** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:52 am

So I'm doing the initial missions and am being sent about local areas, I assume you can't use jumping for such short distances, but if I don't it takes ages to get anywhere.

The alternative is to use the afterburner, but that wastes a LOT of fuel, is there any way around this or just sit out the 40k+ trips?

Deli · Post by **Deli** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:22 am

i'd say it's worth Jumping if the distance is anywhere over about 10k, but then again i use my afterburner a lot as well

arkwar · Post by **arkwar** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:41 am

You can definitely Jump for those distances. In fact, from what I can tell, you can jump even if you're right on top of the point you have selected... A death from an accidental F2-press a few minutes ago just convinced me that I need to remap my Jump button

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BÃ¦nlynn · Post by **BÃ¦nlynn** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:27 am

I'll jump if I miss an approach to a station. It uses less fuel than manoeuvring back into position.

Rubber Chicken · Post by **Rubber Chicken** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:35 am

Missions automatically set the NavPoints to correspond with the Waypoints. All you have to do is complete the waypoint and jump to the next one. There's no need to set your NavMap manually, the mission does it for you!;)

Viper · Post by **Viper** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:15 am

Yup and the Mantis jump drive only uses 10 units of fuel for each jump while its range is 10 sectors, so I would bet that the fuel consumption of each type of jump drive is directly related to its range. With that in mind, using your jump drive will cost you FAR less fuel than flying there by any other means.

[Edited on 2-8-2012 by Viper]

danskmacabre · Post by **danskmacabre** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:55 am

great thanks for the tips, will try it out tonight.

Malix · Post by **Malix** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:04 am

I'd point out the IDS multipliers, as I wasn't aware of them before ~20 hours into the game

So set keys to IDS up/down (last page of controls, if I remember correctly). Set ids to 5 & increase speed normally to travel faster when jumping isn't appropriate.

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:31 pm

From post: 129590, Topic: tid=8854, author=BÃ¦nlynn wrote:I'll jump if I miss an approach to a station. It uses less fuel than manoeuvring back into position.

That works especially well if it's a station you built yourself and you're under attack by thousands of enemy ships.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:47 pm

From post: 129590, Topic: tid=8854, author=BÃ¦nlynn wrote:I'll jump if I miss an approach to a station. It uses less fuel than manoeuvring back into position.

As was stated above, you can jump any distance as an example I will be within sight of a station I want to dock at and instead of engines or afterburners, I lock onto the station in nav map, level my ship to ZERO degrees and jump. It uses fuel but saves lots of time.

danskmacabre · Post by **danskmacabre** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:23 pm

I must be missing something, when I take a mission and hit jump, it transports me to somewhere wayyy away.... There was a waypoint tho, but it went nowhere near it and then failed the mission.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:36 pm

From post: 129771, Topic: tid=8854, author=danskmacabre wrote:I must be missing something, when I take a mission and hit jump, it transports me to somewhere wayyy away.... There was a waypoint tho, but it went nowhere near it and then failed the mission.

Hello, if you click "accept mission" the game is suppose to automatically set a way point for you so all you do then is push "f2" and nothing else. If you use "ALT" f2 it does not work so "Only" press the f2 key by itself. I say this cause "ALT" f2 jumps you in the direction you are facing to the maximum distance your jump drive allows.

snapjaw · Post by **snapjaw** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:39 pm

Keep in mind danskmacabre that if you have "auto-pilot" on and your either manually hit "jump" or "F2", that it will cause your mission to fail. The key is to take a mission, fly out of the base or planet, then simply press "F2" to jump. Just make sure to not have the "auto-pilot" mode on during that time.

If you are NOT on a mission and you just want to travel to a specific point in space that is very far away THEN it is helpful to mark the spot on the NAV map and use "auto-pilot" to get there.

Have fun out there!

snapjaw

danskmacabre · Post by **danskmacabre** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:42 am

yes, the F2 works fine, got it.
Thanx for the tips.

Yes, started mining now and have got my head around the navigation.
ATM, Saving up for a bigger ship so I can mine more stuff and make money faster..

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:19 pm

From post: 129909, Topic: tid=8854, author=danskmacabre wrote:yes, the F2 works fine, got it.
Thanx for the tips.

Here's another tip: reassign F2 to something not so close to F1 and F3. To understand why, all you need do is play for a few hours.

XinCasa · Post by **XinCasa** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:24 am

"Only a fool would believe his perceptions to be absolute and infallible. A wise man will always account for the possibility that some how, in some way, he just might be wrong."

Hey Rubber Chicken. How about this:

Only a fool would believe his perceptions to be doubtful and faulty. A wise man will always account for the possibility that some how, in some way, he just might be wrong.

Good Luck Pilot