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====Check out the Compare Tool==== | ====Check out the Compare Tool==== | ||
This service makes it easy to compare items of gear. It is very useful when you are buying or fitting out a ship. | This service makes it easy to compare items of gear. It is very useful when you are buying or fitting out a ship. | ||
* Open the Compare Tool – its icon is a cube with two arrows beneath it | * Open the Compare Tool – its icon is a cube with two arrows beneath it. | ||
* Open the Market window | * Open the Market window. | ||
* Pick a category ... like Ship Equipment > Propulsion > Afterburners | * Pick a category ... like Ship Equipment > Propulsion > Afterburners. | ||
* Drag two or three items from the category into the Compare Tool | * Drag two or three items from the category into the Compare Tool. | ||
Now when you check the little boxes on the far left, information about the items will appear on the right. You can sort the rows by clicking on a column header. | Now when you check the little boxes on the far left, information about the items will appear on the right. You can sort the rows by clicking on a column header. | ||
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This is how you make places that you can jump to quickly in emergencies. It is also how you record the locations of interesting or valuable things that you have found in space. | This is how you make places that you can jump to quickly in emergencies. It is also how you record the locations of interesting or valuable things that you have found in space. | ||
* Undock and be in space | * Undock and be in space. | ||
* Open the Map Browser (key F11 – note: not the Map; you want the smaller Map Browser) | * Open the Map Browser (key F11 – note: not the Map; you want the smaller Map Browser). | ||
* Find a planet or moon in the browser, right-click on it and choose "warp to within 50 km" | * Find a planet or moon in the browser, right-click on it and choose "warp to within 50 km". | ||
* You will now be warping ... when you arrive, click in space somewhere to get your ship moving – you do not want your spot to be exactly where you arrive, as someone else might arrive there later | * You will now be warping ... when you arrive, click in space somewhere to get your ship moving – you do not want your spot to be exactly where you arrive, as someone else might arrive there later. | ||
* While you are moving, open the "People and Places" window (key alt-E) | * While you are moving, open the "People and Places" window (key alt-E). | ||
* Click the "Add a Location" button at the bottom left of the window | * Click the "Add a Location" button at the bottom left of the window. | ||
You'll see the system name ... edit the text to say "safe spot" after the system name | You'll see the system name ... edit the text to say "safe spot" after the system name. | ||
* Save the location (hit the "submit" button) | * Save the location (hit the "submit" button). | ||
From now on, any time you are in this system, you can right-click on this entry in the People and Places window and warp to this spot. | From now on, any time you are in this system, you can right-click on this entry in the People and Places window and warp directly to this spot. | ||
====Know Your Attributes==== | ====Know Your Attributes==== | ||
Open your Character screen. Click on "Attributes" – you will see five of these: Perception, Memory, Willpower, Intelligence, Charisma. Leaving that screen open, open your skill training queue and click on the "Get Info" circle for any of the skills you are training. Click on "Description" – on that page you will see a "Primary" and a "Secondary" Attribute. The only thing that [[Attributes#Attributes|Attributes]] affect is the speed at which you learn skills. If you have more points in an Attribute (you can reconfigure this on the Attribute panel of your Character screen), then you will learn skills that | Open your Character screen. Click on "Attributes" – you will see five of these: Perception, Memory, Willpower, Intelligence, Charisma. Leaving that screen open, open your skill training queue and click on the "Get Info" circle for any of the skills you are training. Click on "Description" – on that page you will see a "Primary" and a "Secondary" Attribute. | ||
The only thing that [[Attributes#Attributes|Attributes]] affect is the speed at which you learn skills. If you have more points in an Attribute (you can reconfigure this on the Attribute panel of your Character screen), then you will learn skills that require those Attributes faster. Whether you want to do this or not is up to you, and [[Attributes#General_Training_Strategies|how you optimize it]] is open to discussion. | |||