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Intergalactic trip in preparation
How much closer? The edges are getting clipped already lol
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You're right I had to use the ship menu to take control of the ship again after taking this screen shot
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Should've just stayed where I was lol. The ship halted again before getting past the target and went back to conventional engine power so I guess I'll just stay here in the blackness. Wont let me use boost beyond this point, is this because of the black hole?
Intergalactic trip in preparation
It's because you are not pointing in the same direction you are travelling. Follow the velocity vector.
Another option — drop out of warp and use the Orbit HUD mode.
Another option — drop out of warp and use the Orbit HUD mode.
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Yeah but the ship points randomly in whatever direction it wants I have zero control over the velocity vector lol. It's very hit and miss. I just made and destroyed 6 ships before the velocity vector coincided with my new target. I think the Andromeda mission turned out well, didn't that one have the velocity vector on the target all the way until I hit the black hole? For future reference what do I need to do in Orbit HUD mode if the velocity vector and target aren't lined up?It's because you are not pointing in the same direction you are travelling. Follow the velocity vector.
Another option — drop out of warp and use the Orbit HUD mode.
Here's my new mission, everything seems to be lined up now?
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Sure, they line up now. But you are still 2.81 million light years away from your target, But as you get closer, you may see you are not on a collision course. If you don't correct for that, you will blow right past your target. As you have discovered. You like to constantly accelerate towards your target to speed up the flight, but forget that there must also be an equal period of deceleration from the half-way point. Physics. Cruel mistress? Something like that... 
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Well, when I woke up the boost exponent was back at 0. The program automatically shuts it down when I get too close. Is that because of Autopilot? Does it do this in 0.980 too?Sure, they line up now. But you are still 2.81 million light years away from your target, But as you get closer, you may see you are not on a collision course. If you don't correct for that, you will blow right past your target. As you have discovered. You like to constantly accelerate towards your target to speed up the flight, but forget that there must also be an equal period of deceleration from the half-way point. Physics. Cruel mistress? Something like that...
I actually had to start it back up to get it a little closer.
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Hey fellow Alex, how can I use Orbit HUD in space to line up all the markers to the target? I saw that Orbit is the default setting when I first build a ship.Sure, they line up now. But you are still 2.81 million light years away from your target, But as you get closer, you may see you are not on a collision course. If you don't correct for that, you will blow right past your target. As you have discovered. You like to constantly accelerate towards your target to speed up the flight, but forget that there must also be an equal period of deceleration from the half-way point. Physics. Cruel mistress? Something like that...
Also as I get even closer why does the purple warp arrow not stay lined up and does this matter?
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Wow this is spectacular
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I'm just going to shut engines off lol
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to this....so I cut main engines off but I was still drifting closer and I wanted to go in the opposite direction so I turned on Retro engines but that didn't stop or even slow down the forward progress, how come?
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and I guess I'm on the other side now?
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