Finding planet coordinates?

[Maltebyte]

Hi all,

What is a good way to find a planets coordinates? Instead of spending numerous minutes punching in numbers. Many Thanks

[Sovereign]

Make a GPS coordinate when you are at the planet. I'm not really sure what you're asking as you've given no context.

[DaveDunno]

What Sovereign said.

You have to discover the planets before you can jump to them perfectly.
Unless you like to do the math from distance to the planet, travel time and or jump drive.

[Maltebyte]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Make a GPS coordinate when you are at the planet. I'm not really sure what you're asking as you've given no context.

Hi Sovereign,

you know the planet update they added, there is the map called 3 planets where you start with a lander on a planet which looks like earth. Now there are 2 other planets one which looks like mars and another yellow orange tint planet. Is there a way to findout if i look at the Mars looking planet to figure out its coordinates?

[Maltebyte]

Originally posted by Kamoba:

What Sovereign said.

You have to discover the planets before you can jump to them perfectly.
Unless you like to do the math from distance to the planet, travel time and or jump drive.

So how do you do it? I mean you just jump drive to the near vicinity and then fly down to the planet to discover it?

[DaveDunno]

Then press K and then in the top right you'll see a tab "GPS" practice with that tab and try a youtube or google search to learn more about it or a tutorial about it.

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Maltebyte:

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Make a GPS coordinate when you are at the planet. I'm not really sure what you're asking as you've given no context.

Hi Sovereign,

you know the planet update they added, there is the map called 3 planets where you start with a lander on a planet which looks like earth. Now there are 2 other planets one which looks like mars and another yellow orange tint planet. Is there a way to findout if i look at the Mars looking planet to figure out its coordinates?

Your best bet is to build a ship with a jumpdrive, either one that can escape the surface, or build it in space after you have a ship that can get into space. You can then point the ship in the direction of the planet and do a "blind jump." This will make your ship jump at whatever distance you set forward. It might take a few tries to get in the position you want to be in, but that's pretty much how you do it without spending hours flying there in normal space.

GPS Directions: You press the button to open like the control panel stuff. I use different keys, this is "F" for me, but I think it's K for the default binding. You then select the GPS tab on the far right. Here you can click "create new GPS coordinate from current location" or something like that. You click it and it should create a new coordinate in the list to the left with your name and a number. For example, mine would say Sovereign #1, Sovereign #2, etc. You can click on the coordinate in the list and you can use the menu to the right to change it's name and whether it shows up in your HUD. As far as I know, GPS range in infinite and uses no power.

[Equinoxer]

I think trial and error basically is the way to go unless you want to triangulate the position which is basically how you would find extreem distances IRL. I havent tried it myself but to triangulate you would need to outposts on a planet that both could see where ur going, then figure out the angle between the target and the other outpost and then use trigonometry to figure out an estimate. I kinda wanna try this myself now lol, the angle should be measurable with a rotor with a camera on... hmm...

[LHammonds]

I know this is an old thread but I searched and didn't see a good answer so here is one that will be added to this thread.

Single player Solution:

Start a Solar System game, save it, exit the game.
Go to the savegame folder and open "SANDBOX_0_0_0_.sbs"
Search for the planet definitions "MyObjectBuilder_Planet"
There are currently 6 default planets (more if you add modded planets)

Here are the current default definitions you will find in there as of version 01.185.301

EarthLike
<Position x="-131072" y="-131072" z="-131072" />

Moon
<Position x="0" y="120000" z="-130000" />

Alien
<Position x="0" y="0" z="5600000" />

Titan
<Position x="20000" y="210000" z="5780000" />

Mars
<Position x="900000" y="0" z="1500000" />

Europa
<Position x="900000" y="0" z="1600000" />

Multiplayer solution: If playing on somebody else's server, you just have to visit each planet or get someone to share their coordinates if they have them...unless they are the default planets above. If default, simply add new GPS coordinates and enter the above and you are golden.

LHammonds