Does fleet basing rights affect your exploration range?

[Vampiresbane]

If I read this right, fleet basing rights do NOT help colonial range OR exploration range:
https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Colonization#Colonial_range

Excerpt:
"This (colonial) range also controls how far Explorers can go on exploration missions."

Now I know that fleet basing rights do not affect colonial range, but I haven't tested to confirm fleet basing rights do NOT allow for more exploration options. Can anyone confirm/deny this for me?

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Exploration range is colonial range + some factor, I see no evidence fleet rights help.

Long, long ago in ~patch 1.4 era fleet rights did extent colonial range. It was patched out because reasons.

 

[Vampiresbane]

Exploration range is colonial range + some factor, I see no evidence fleet rights help.

Long, long ago in ~patch 1.4 era fleet rights did extent colonial range. It was patched out because reasons.

What do you mean by factor?
A random coefficient?
1.3*colonialrange=explorationrange
or something else?

 

[rinehime]

What do you mean by factor?
A random coefficient?
1.3*colonialrange=explorationrange
or something else?

There was a thread on this awhile back which basically concluded with "no one knows". Exploration range is tied to colonial range for sure, but that's about all that was determined. Maybe a modder who's familiar with the files has an answer?

 

[TheMeInTeam]

What do you mean by factor?
A random coefficient?
1.3*colonialrange=explorationrange
or something else?

If I knew what the factor was I'd have just said it . It's easy to observe though because you can increase colonial range by small increments and get a few extra provinces available for exploration (not entire regions for example). This is range definitely > colonial range, but based on it.