Hi,
TL;DR: How is it determined which star systems can travel through other systems without going into orbit?
Long explanation:
A while ago @ninte000 posted a great thread here ("CAREER MODE: Final Score, Travel Route and thoughts") with an Excel file that contained the information which star systems can travel through other systems without going into orbit.
In another thread ("Questions about the starsystemdef_ files"), @MarkDey asked about how this list was compiled and he got the following anwer:
However, this is clearly incorrect and so there must be something else at work here. For example, Brisbane can go through Landmark, but Landmark can not go through Brisbane without entering the orbit.
It's important to note again that ninte000s original file is (almost) correct in that regard, so I'm really, really wondering how this was done. Here are the three options I can see how ninte000 did it and I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out on this:
Thank you in advance for your help.
P.S.: I'm not only doing this for my own career planning, but I have also created a utility to visualize the star map. However, I can't link or upload it yet, but you may find it on reddit if you are interested.
TL;DR: How is it determined which star systems can travel through other systems without going into orbit?
Long explanation:
A while ago @ninte000 posted a great thread here ("CAREER MODE: Final Score, Travel Route and thoughts") with an Excel file that contained the information which star systems can travel through other systems without going into orbit.
In another thread ("Questions about the starsystemdef_ files"), @MarkDey asked about how this list was compiled and he got the following anwer:
There's not a list of linked systems defined in game files, it just checks that the distance between any two systems is less than 30 LY
However, this is clearly incorrect and so there must be something else at work here. For example, Brisbane can go through Landmark, but Landmark can not go through Brisbane without entering the orbit.
It's important to note again that ninte000s original file is (almost) correct in that regard, so I'm really, really wondering how this was done. Here are the three options I can see how ninte000 did it and I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out on this:
- There is a file which lists all the connections (would be great, but unlikely).
- There is a another condition (or more) for traversing without going into orbit (I first assumed that there was a minimum distance condition at work, but that can't be it would still mean the list is symmetrical. However, having a minimum distance of 15LY is already filtering out many of the false positives).
- ninte000 compiled the list manually (I hope not as that would mean A LOT of work).
Thank you in advance for your help.
P.S.: I'm not only doing this for my own career planning, but I have also created a utility to visualize the star map. However, I can't link or upload it yet, but you may find it on reddit if you are interested.