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While the Route Planner is not physically attached to the map, the route you produce when you use it does show up on your map. The Route Planner controls any trips that you make using the Autopilot. However, any of these routes can also be executed manually, one at a time. Thus, you can use the route planner to think through and plot out a trip ahead of time. | While the Route Planner is not physically attached to the map, the route you produce when you use it does show up on your map. The Route Planner controls any trips that you make using the Autopilot. However, any of these routes can also be executed manually, one at a time. Thus, you can use the route planner to think through and plot out a trip ahead of time. | ||
=== Opening the Route Planner === | === Opening the Route Planner === | ||
To see the Route Planner, first be sure that you are displaying your route information. This will appear in the upper left hand corner of your screen. (''It cannot be moved.'') If you do not see the word "Route" in big, white letters, then click on the "Star Trek" (''it looks like a spaceship, or letter A'') icon at the top left of your screen. This toggles the Route display on and off. (''Note that these icons are nearly transparent, and kind of hard to see.'') | To see the Route Planner, first be sure that you are displaying your route information. This will appear in the upper left hand corner of your screen. (''It cannot be moved.'') If you do not see the word "Route" in big, white letters, then click on the "Star Trek" (''it looks like a spaceship, or letter A'') icon at the top left of your screen. This toggles the Route display on and off. (''Note that these icons are nearly transparent, and kind of hard to see.'') | ||
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*Optimize Route - organizes your route to take the shortest path consistent with your security selections | *Optimize Route - organizes your route to take the shortest path consistent with your security selections | ||
*Manage Route - opens the Manage Autopilot Route window. | *Manage Route - opens the Manage Autopilot Route window. | ||
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=== Waypoint Management === | === Waypoint Management === | ||
The Manage Route window contains two tabs. One lets you look at your avoidance list and delete any systems that you no longer want to avoid. The Waypoints tab lists the systems you will pass through in your current route and lets you drag the waypoints around to reorganize the trip. | The Manage Route window contains two tabs. One lets you look at your avoidance list and delete any systems that you no longer want to avoid. The Waypoints tab lists the systems you will pass through in your current route and lets you drag the waypoints around to reorganize the trip. | ||
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For example, here is a trip that passes through Ansalle and Jufvitte on the way to Amygnon, and then back through Jufvitte to Anasalle. Perhaps this is exactly the path you want to take, in which case there is not problem. But suppose that you are on the way to home base in Amygnon and just want to drop something off at Ansalle. In that case, you are backtracking in a way that makes you take extra jumps. Pressing the "Optimize" button tells the Planner to reorganize the route so that it makes the minimum number of jumps. | For example, here is a trip that passes through Ansalle and Jufvitte on the way to Amygnon, and then back through Jufvitte to Anasalle. Perhaps this is exactly the path you want to take, in which case there is not problem. But suppose that you are on the way to home base in Amygnon and just want to drop something off at Ansalle. In that case, you are backtracking in a way that makes you take extra jumps. Pressing the "Optimize" button tells the Planner to reorganize the route so that it makes the minimum number of jumps. | ||
You can also optimize the route by clicking the "Optimize Route" button on the main Route Planner menu window. This button will ''ONLY'' be visible if the route can be optimized ... if the route is already at minimum length, the button will hide. | |||
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== Map, Route and Market == | == Map, Route and Market == | ||
If you are buying or selling in the Regional Market, you can set filters to remove systems on your avoidance list from the market display. | If you are buying or selling in the Regional Market, you can set filters to remove systems on your avoidance list from the market display. | ||
[[File:Qs marketsecurity.png|thumb|left|300px|alt=market system avoidance list]] | [[File:Qs marketsecurity.png|thumb|left|300px|alt=market system avoidance list]] | ||