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But what about this that you said- I was trying to figure it out because it seems like this would work ("another option"):
well now I'm onto a new target, so I'll see if I can do that with this (NGC 300.....the nearest spiral outside of the Local Group, about 6.7 MLy away.)If you've arrived, see if you can establish an orbit around your target.
The problem is if the flight isn't straight and direct what happens is what you mentioned before, it zooms me right past the target on a completely different trajectory. I like the straight line course since it's the fastest way of getting there as opposed to moving away from the target which makes it extra long. So this is a completely different thing from the velocity vector not lining up with the target?The autopilot will set up a trajectory towards your target. It may have to boost at an angle somewhat perpendicular to your path to the target, in order to "bend" your flight path towards the target. If you don't want to let the autopilot finish each phase of its hyperspace jump routine, there's not much more I can tell you. There is a step-by-step of a flight in the flight lessons, is there not? You have to do your homework.
And I've mentioned it before — you like the keep your main engines on when in hyperspace. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, as you can accelerate to very high velocities, both real and effective. But you never take into account the deceleration portion of your flight. You will blow right past your target when you get there.
The problem is I gave it 24 hours to correct the course and it didn't. I posted the screenshots, the velocity vector and the target never aligned. So I figured a more hands on approach by making everything line up was the way to go.Yes, the boost exponent is the hyperdrive. But you are just pushing buttons without understanding how the SE hyperdrive works.
When the hyperdrive autopilot first starts up, it aligns the velocity vector with your target. It may boost you in a direction not to your liking, but you are talking about a few hundred kilometres at best, compared to 6 million light years? How far out of your way is that?
Plus you are picking very distant targets which would normally takes the typical SE ship days, weeks, or even months to get there. You can crank up the real space velocity to get there quicker, sure — even use black holes as a slingshot — but then you also have to slow down at the other end. If you are under thrust all the way to your target, half of that should be decelerating.
Pick a closer target. Watch the SE autopilot do its thing. The velocity vector is the direction you are travelling in space. You have to do engine burns to bend your path towards your target. I don't know how simpler I can put that.
Thanks, I decided to print it out since it is actually easier to read that way.I would like to add that before you answer to Mr. Abner with more questions, you should go back to the basics with baby steps. His advice here is really valuable, as you keep going through the same problems because you are not taking the time to understand how the Flight Simulator really works, first using the manual that was sent multiples times, then by experimenting with easier scenarios.
You will never figure out how things work if you go for the big fish right away, so go easy for now, follow the manual (here it is again: http://spaceengine.org/manual/space-flight-school/ ) and you can come back here asking specific questions once you have mastered the basics. Good luck!
I actually have no idea if I made it to my destination (I was within 3 hours), because I fell asleep and the computer automatically shuts off in the middle of the night. It probably made it there but I noticed there were no warp effects going there, which means I probably wasn't using the warp properly. So I read more from the manual and decided to try it your way. First let me completely outline my method so it's easier to figure out what I might be doing wrong.Yes, the boost exponent is the hyperdrive. But you are just pushing buttons without understanding how the SE hyperdrive works.
When the hyperdrive autopilot first starts up, it aligns the velocity vector with your target. It may boost you in a direction not to your liking, but you are talking about a few hundred kilometres at best, compared to 6 million light years? How far out of your way is that?
Plus you are picking very distant targets which would normally takes the typical SE ship days, weeks, or even months to get there. You can crank up the real space velocity to get there quicker, sure — even use black holes as a slingshot — but then you also have to slow down at the other end. If you are under thrust all the way to your target, half of that should be decelerating.
Pick a closer target. Watch the SE autopilot do its thing. The velocity vector is the direction you are travelling in space. You have to do engine burns to bend your path towards your target. I don't know how simpler I can put that.
No no, not a few minutes. I am shooting for 17 hours for this target (for some reason my computer does some weird things and starts shutting things down if I keep it on for 20 hours, so I have it set to automatically shut off after just under 18 hours to stay on the safe side.) So 17 hours is a hard limit for the time I let it stay on. I outlined my entire method from memory in the post above so you could hopefully know where I went wrong. This time I used the method you suggested and got the nice warp effects backFirst of all, keep in mind that by default, the SE hyperdrive autopilot does not use the main engines. Except for setting up the warp vector in the first place, and sometimes some mid-course correction. And you are still picking some extremely distant targets, and wanting to get there in a few minutes.
The blue Warp delta-v is the vector you point to in order to put your purple "Boost vector" on to your red target.
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Here the ship is burning main engines to put the warp vector on to the target. The delta-v is shown to be 3.64 km/sec. You would see the purple warp vector moving towards the target as the delta-v counted down to zero. Then the main engines turn off, the ship points towards the warp vector (which now should be on the target), and the hyperdrive kicks in.
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We are now doing a sedate 0.11 light-year/second (that's the way I like it).
In your last pic, the delta-v is very small, less than 1m/sec. (When the velocities are very near zero, the vectors will disappear from the screen.) But then you are still 2.4 million lightyears from the target. That tiny angle of offset between the warp vector and the target will grow as you approach the target. And at such high velocities (4,468.68 km/sec) it may take a very long burn to get you back on track if you wait too long.
but I'm not sure if I still did it right, I think I'm missing something.
