I was 9 hours in when I figured out how the route planner (and scanner charges) work...

[Chrius]

Yay

[Ramstar]

Do share what do you mean?

[Chrius]

The route planner in the garage scans the area to show you what anomalies will appear on the map, but you can take any route when you leave the garage.
Even if you're going the other way and don't even use the planned route.

I thought you had to take one of the options that light up when you scan it.

[Ramstar]

How do you mean take any route?
i get the first bit, in the garage you pick a spot. Garage door opens you drive out, turn left and you then select again the route (but you can hop to something closer before final destination)…and it warps you there. Saying that it is a bit odd why you need to pick it twice .. :/

[Terminal Velocity]

Originally posted by Ramstar:

How do you mean take any route?
i get the first bit, in the garage you pick a spot. Garage door opens you drive out, turn left and you then select again the route (but you can hop to something closer before final destination)…and it warps you there. Saying that it is a bit odd why you need to pick it twice .. :/

You dont have to pick the same route you selected on the route "planner". You can go anywhere.
The route planner is just there to help you scan a location and see what the biomes / modifiers are, if you so wish it.

[DeathSpectrum]

I figured that out really early on, I'm smarter and more observant than you :p

[Chrius]

Originally posted by Ramstar:

How do you mean take any route?
i get the first bit, in the garage you pick a spot. Garage door opens you drive out, turn left and you then select again the route (but you can hop to something closer before final destination)…and it warps you there. Saying that it is a bit odd why you need to pick it twice .. :/

When you drive off the garage and pick the route again you can go anywhere, you don't need to go through the route you picked in the beginning.

You can even pick zones that weren't scanned in the garage.

[decreebass]

Interesting...

[Ramstar]

Originally posted by Chrius:

Originally posted by Ramstar:

How do you mean take any route?
i get the first bit, in the garage you pick a spot. Garage door opens you drive out, turn left and you then select again the route (but you can hop to something closer before final destination)…and it warps you there. Saying that it is a bit odd why you need to pick it twice .. :/

When you drive off the garage and pick the route again you can go anywhere, you don't need to go through the route you picked in the beginning.

You can even pick zones that weren't scanned in the garage.

They should just let you open the damn garage door lol what’s the point of selecting the route in garage :/

[Chrius]

Originally posted by Ramstar:

Originally posted by Chrius:

When you drive off the garage and pick the route again you can go anywhere, you don't need to go through the route you picked in the beginning.

You can even pick zones that weren't scanned in the garage.

They should just let you open the damn garage door lol what’s the point of selecting the route in garage :/

You scan the route for anomalies there.

[Fatty the Krack]

Originally posted by Ramstar:

Originally posted by Chrius:

When you drive off the garage and pick the route again you can go anywhere, you don't need to go through the route you picked in the beginning.

You can even pick zones that weren't scanned in the garage.

They should just let you open the damn garage door lol what’s the point of selecting the route in garage :/

Also let you CLOSE it. Or make scanning part of the pre-check list.

[boink]

you can go anywhere even if you dont scan it, but if you do that you wont know what to expect because all the anomalies and stuff isnt listed

[Ramstar]

None of that answers why you have to define and confirm a place before garage door opens. I get it shows anomalies but holding and selecting the place in garage adds no value.

It just seems like you’ve ’done’ something but you haven’t done anything except open door lol.

Achieve the same thing having a glance at it and hovering over where you’re going to see location info, and having an open garage door button.

Not big deal just doesn’t make sense to me.

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

yeah don't feel bad it took me like 8 hours, but its not really relevant till then anyway tbh (cause you have so few options before that)

[Commander Freedom]

Same and I think it's intended, make us figure out how it all works.

[Forward Bias]

Originally posted by Ramstar:

None of that answers why you have to define and confirm a place before garage door opens. I get it shows anomalies but holding and selecting the place in garage adds no value.

It just seems like you’ve ’done’ something but you haven’t done anything except open door lol.

Achieve the same thing having a glance at it and hovering over where you’re going to see location info, and having an open garage door button.

Not big deal just doesn’t make sense to me.

I assume putting it in the garage gives incentive for you to plan ahead with what parts you might want to throw on your car. You'll know what tires you might want, or other accessories / utilities. Doesn't really make sense to drive out without planning where you're going beforehand. Putting in the garage gives you that option.