Grimpak
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The Whitehound Corporation
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Posted - 2011.04.14 12:11:00 -
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Edited by: Grimpak on 14/04/2011 12:11:48
 Originally by: Gavjack Bunk
Edited by: Gavjack Bunk on 14/04/2011 09:46:39
Originally by: Wacktopia
2. Align to the planet at full speed (you will align directly to the planet bracket/icon)
Originally by: Grimpak
it has been like that since I can remember.
...and I've been playing for like 8 years already.
Something is borken. Is there a discrepancy in terms here?
Also, when I use the Align To function, I don't get an re-alignment errors. It aligns to the designated planet spot which isn't where the bracket is in space.
Although I've never had to cause to notice if what I just said is true, because it's always appeared to work.
I should had explained myself better:
when you warp to a planet, you really don't warp to it, you warp to a point somewhere close to it. As it happens, that point is pretty much the "warp to" point for anyone in the solar system.
that means that, in locations that are very near of a planet, when you press "align to" or "warp to" it points to said location, not the planet itself.
also, since the location is close enough of the planet, that means that if you align, or warp from places that are far enough, you only need to point at the planet.
it's a kinda weird explanation, but it has always been like that.
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Grimpak
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Posted - 2011.04.14 13:31:00 -
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Originally by: Othran
Originally by: DeBingJos
Edited by: DeBingJos on 14/04/2011 13:16:24
I gues they do this to make survey probing easy.
In order to launch a survey probe your ship must be pointing to the moon for the probe to hit. This is (probably) why the ship will allign to the center of the plannet instead of to the warpin point.
My 0.02isk.
No its simply that there is one warp-in co-ordinate per celestial and it obviously can't be the celestial itself. Its always been this way. That's why places like N-RAEL have/had bubbles on the planets, dumb as that may sound.
Having your ship align to the warp-in point would result in loads more "why can't I align" posts and the current method isn't exactly causing problems is it? If it was we'd have loads of posts but it seems most missed it completely.
tactically, it's also a bit stupid to align to nearest planet.
best option is always the middle ones if you're in a ship with slow warpspeed.
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