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Afrika 18
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Posted - 2007.08.07 17:02:00 -
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Is there a command that will auto do this? Or is it done my just finding out the direction of the destination and then manually clicking space to orient yourself in that direction?
cheers!
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Cygnus Zhada
Amarr
UK Corp
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.07 17:05:00 -
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yup, has to be done manually
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Stefx
Gallente
Moons of Pluto
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Posted - 2007.08.07 20:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Afrika 18
Is there a command that will auto do this? Or is it done my just finding out the direction of the destination and then manually clicking space to orient yourself in that direction?
cheers!
You can also pick a destination (overview, bookmark), chose "warp to.." then cancel the warp by clicking on the zero-speed button (stop my ship).
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Zephyr Mallory
Limberry Aegis GmbH
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Posted - 2007.08.07 20:40:00 -
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CTRL+SPACE also stops your ship, you want to give your ship a little speed before you sink back down to inline with the solar plane though.
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Itaivef
Caldari
Gravis Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.07 20:54:00 -
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May I ask to what benefit this does by "aligning" your ship?
Itaivef
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2007.08.07 20:58:00 -
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Originally by: Itaivef
May I ask to what benefit this does by "aligning" your ship?
If you are doing something like mining in low/no sec you want your ship aligned to warp out ASAP. If bad guys show up the time it takes some slow ships to turn to align for warp can be the difference between life and death. If you are already aligned all you need to do is accelerate to warp speed and you are off. There are other occasions where this is a wise precaution besides mining but you get the idea.
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Jezala
Repo Industries
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Posted - 2007.08.07 22:30:00 -
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Originally by: Itaivef
May I ask to what benefit this does by "aligning" your ship?
The objective here is to get into warp as fast as possible. There are 2 requirements before your ship goes into warp. First, you're ship's pointing direction must be within 15 degrees (somewhere around there) of your target warp destination. Second, your ship must be at 80% of its maximum speed.
When you hear fleet commanders issue orders to align to XXX gate, they're basically telling you to double click in the direction of that gate so that your ship aligns and gets up to speed. That way once the warp command is issued everyone will get into warp immediately.
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Derovius Vaden
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Posted - 2007.08.07 22:40:00 -
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Originally by: Jezala
Originally by: Itaivef
May I ask to what benefit this does by "aligning" your ship?
The objective here is to get into warp as fast as possible. There are 2 requirements before your ship goes into warp. First, you're ship's pointing direction must be within 15 degrees (somewhere around there) of your target warp destination. Second, your ship must be at 80% of its maximum speed.
When you hear fleet commanders issue orders to align to XXX gate, they're basically telling you to double click in the direction of that gate so that your ship aligns and gets up to speed. That way once the warp command is issued everyone will get into warp immediately.
This, except 15 degrees sounds a little too big, I think its more along the lines of 10 degrees.
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Kitex
Caldari
Blacktag Test Labs
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Posted - 2007.08.08 04:55:00 -
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There is a misconception that alignment matters if you are at a dead stop. It actually doesn't matter at all.
With zero velocity (standing still), you will achieve warp speed at exactly the same time regardless of whether you are pointing directly at your destination or directly away from it. Your ship may seem to turn slowly if you are not aligned at your target, but it's just an illusion. Your ship is actually accelerating directly toward your destination despite the fact that your eyes are telling you that your ship is still turning.
This misconception is years old, so I invite any doubters to test it. Time it with your highest mass ship, both pointed directly at, and directly away from your destination.
If you have velocity, then alignment definitely matters of course.
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Billy Sastard
Amarr
Life. Universe. Everything.
Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.08 14:02:00 -
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Edited by: Billy Sastard on 08/08/2007 14:03:28
Originally by: Kitex
There is a misconception that alignment matters if you are at a dead stop. It actually doesn't matter at all.
With zero velocity (standing still), you will achieve warp speed at exactly the same time regardless of whether you are pointing directly at your destination or directly away from it. Your ship may seem to turn slowly if you are not aligned at your target, but it's just an illusion. Your ship is actually accelerating directly toward your destination despite the fact that your eyes are telling you that your ship is still turning.
This misconception is years old, so I invite any doubters to test it. Time it with your highest mass ship, both pointed directly at, and directly away from your destination.
If you have velocity, then alignment definitely matters of course.
I heard this for the first time about a month ago and didn't believe it so I had to test it myself, and it appears to be true. I did not go into any scientific method mumbo-jumbo, all I did was watch the second hand on my wall clock after initiating warp from different orientations in an apoc with as many plates as I could cram on it. But yea, this appears to be true, as long as you are at a complete dead stop any movement at all will cause your ship to fly an arc to put the nose on the destination, and in a massive ship, this takes a while.
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