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[Rhubarb Bikini]

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[Chro]

if u mean bookmark specific coordinates on the planet surface then it is not possible

[Fix]

Originally posted by Avatar:

Hi,
I am trying to figure out how to perform the simple function that any decent game has of creating a user defined waypoint / bookmark.

What a loaded statement that is.

Anyway - In the galaxy map, and system map its possible to bookmark locations and also name them as well.

[semidomestic]

To my knowledge, there is no way to bookmark a single location in space. Traveling from system to system or planet to planet is done in a straight line. Planets rotate and revolve around the star which means that everything is always moving. Points of interest are dynamic. Even the "static" USS are only temporary, and have a time limit.

[DuDun]

It's actually... a little easier than before the update... since a number of objects used to disappear past the 1000ls. (satelites like the Sirius Atmospherics, Resources Extraction Zones, mega-ships used to be only visible within 1000ls)

I may be wrong but I believe anything that shows up on your navigation tab (besides USSs, CZs, wake signals) can be bookmarked.

[Fix]

Old vid, for PS4 as well but the general concept is the same;

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/363609-Bookmarks-amp-Galaxy-System-Map

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by FixxxeR:

Old vid, for PS4 as well but the general concept is the same;

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/363609-Bookmarks-amp-Galaxy-System-Map

From what I can see, he didn't bookmark an arbitrary place in the system, he just bookmarks the star systems. But those bookmarks will not lead him to some arbitrary space in those star systems. It will only lead him to the main star.

There is still no way to bookmark an arbitrary place, if its not a point of interest. The only thing is to write down coordinates (I do it on some of my bookmarks).

[Girthworm Jim]

Originally posted by TAW TheSmell:

Originally posted by FixxxeR:

What a loaded statement that is.

Anyway - In the galaxy map, and system map its possible to bookmark locations and also name them as well.

Please explain how!!! as the manual and no where else does...
Thank you

I know this post is way old but what the hell.

It's a loaded statement because you begin with a not-so-subtle dig at the perceived quality of the navigation tools, implying the the game is rubbish because it doesn't include what you believe to be some basic feature (or you presume the feature doesn't exist based on a lack of understanding the dynamics of the game world).

As others have explained, the game does include the ability to bookmark entire solar systems within the overall galaxy map, or individual bodies and points-of-interest within any given solar system. It also includes a coordinate system for reference and navigation anywhere within the galaxy or system, however as has also been explained, because the ED:H universe is modeled on a realistically scaled galaxy, and because individual stars and planets within any system move in a realistic way in the form of orbital and rotational periods (i.e. planets rotate on their axis like the Earth rotates in its day-night cycle, and bodies orbit each other like the Earth orbits the sun roughly once per year), placing a bookmark on an arbitray point in space isn't included in the game because over time, the things in that location in space changes, signal sources come and go, etc. The only possible application of a custom bookmark that could understandably exist but doesn't is the ability to place a bookmark on some random spot on a planet's surface, perhaps to mark the location of a surface deposit or scannable data point. However, those things are dynamic too; if you leave and come back that piece of cargo probably won't be there anymore, and that's okay because things like that are common enough not to warrant bookmarking such locations. If someone instead wanted to mark the location of a cool view, they can instead simply look at the cooridnates on their HUD (if on a planet's surface) and return to those coordinates. They could even bookmark that planet and then edit the bookmark to include the coordinates in the bookmark's name.

Now, you stated that you wanted to bookmark an arbitrary point in space not nearby any POIs to return to later, but what is the purpose of that?

Again, bodies within each system move over time, and signal sources come and go. Placing a random bookmark at an arbitrary point in 3D space doesn't exist because there's zero reason for it to exist. Even if you wanted to bookmark that point because you think there's a cool view or something, the objects visible from that vantage point move over time -- so the view will change -- and the galaxy in the background is effectively static from anywhere within that system, so the background will look the same from one side of a solar system to the other (simply because space is so inconceivably freakin' huge).

So the statement was loaded because you were making a complaint presuming that a feature which has zero reason or purpose for existing 'would exist in any basic game,' and somehow the devs just neglected to implement it or failed to realize this shortfall, when, what's more likely, you just didn't realize why there's no reason for such a feature to exist.

Lastly, as far as I understand, bookmarks within the galaxy map are limited to somewhere around 125 or 130 (a pointless limitation in my opinion, and a legitimate point to complain about), so letting the people who don't realize that the galaxy is dynamic and constantly moving place bookmarks at arbitrary points would lead to them filling their bookmark bar with pointless marks and then having to painstakingly go back and delete some when they run out.

[MSCSSSCOMAdmin[OMSDK]]

Originally posted by Polemics on Wax:

Originally posted by TAW TheSmell:

Please explain how!!! as the manual and no where else does...
Thank you

I know this post is way old but what the hell.

It's a loaded statement because you begin with a not-so-subtle dig at the perceived quality of the navigation tools, implying the the game is rubbish because it doesn't include what you believe to be some basic feature (or you presume the feature doesn't exist based on a lack of understanding the dynamics of the game world).

As others have explained, the game does include the ability to bookmark entire solar systems within the overall galaxy map, or individual bodies and points-of-interest within any given solar system. It also includes a coordinate system for reference and navigation anywhere within the galaxy or system, however as has also been explained, because the ED:H universe is modeled on a realistically scaled galaxy, and because individual stars and planets within any system move in a realistic way in the form of orbital and rotational periods (i.e. planets rotate on their axis like the Earth rotates in its day-night cycle, and bodies orbit each other like the Earth orbits the sun roughly once per year), placing a bookmark on an arbitray point in space isn't included in the game because over time, the things in that location in space changes, signal sources come and go, etc. The only possible application of a custom bookmark that could understandably exist but doesn't is the ability to place a bookmark on some random spot on a planet's surface, perhaps to mark the location of a surface deposit or scannable data point. However, those things are dynamic too; if you leave and come back that piece of cargo probably won't be there anymore, and that's okay because things like that are common enough not to warrant bookmarking such locations. If someone instead wanted to mark the location of a cool view, they can instead simply look at the cooridnates on their HUD (if on a planet's surface) and return to those coordinates. They could even bookmark that planet and then edit the bookmark to include the coordinates in the bookmark's name.

Now, you stated that you wanted to bookmark an arbitrary point in space not nearby any POIs to return to later, but what is the purpose of that?

Again, bodies within each system move over time, and signal sources come and go. Placing a random bookmark at an arbitrary point in 3D space doesn't exist because there's zero reason for it to exist. Even if you wanted to bookmark that point because you think there's a cool view or something, the objects visible from that vantage point move over time -- so the view will change -- and the galaxy in the background is effectively static from anywhere within that system, so the background will look the same from one side of a solar system to the other (simply because space is so inconceivably freakin' huge).

So the statement was loaded because you were making a complaint presuming that a feature which has zero reason or purpose for existing 'would exist in any basic game,' and somehow the devs just neglected to implement it or failed to realize this shortfall, when, what's more likely, you just didn't realize why there's no reason for such a feature to exist.

Lastly, as far as I understand, bookmarks within the galaxy map are limited to somewhere around 125 or 130 (a pointless limitation in my opinion, and a legitimate point to complain about), so letting the people who don't realize that the galaxy is dynamic and constantly moving place bookmarks at arbitrary points would lead to them filling their bookmark bar with pointless marks and then having to painstakingly go back and delete some when they run out.

The funny part about this is that 1500+ years in the future our computers can't predict where that object/spot in space will be when you return to it. point of note; astronomy is currently capable of doing such things. on my android phone.

the point, i'm assuming, at least my interest in such bookmarks, is to mark a spot relative to other spots. for example. lets use mining. I find a hotspot for void opals. it is in a certain part of a certain ring of a certain planet in a certain system. my android could take the data given by your varied sensors, and make predictions for where that same hotspot will be when you return to it a week later. that bookmark should be representing the section of the belt i want to return to, not some arbitrary spot in space. it was stated that you couldnt mark a spot on a planet. why is that? we can plot jump coordinates, and predict where we'll drop out of warp so we dont land in a star, you can bookmark a planetary base, no?

It's a matter of differing levels of common sense. if you can do one, you can do the other barring some kind of derpitude.

[Shade]

Originally posted by Rhubarb Bikini:

I do not wish to bookmark a station, I simply wish to return to the same location in a system that has no points of interest close by.
Please explain how I do this.

It's fall 2024 and you still can't. But you can't setup your depot or POS, and everything but static structures is generated randomly each time. Also, you can't warp to it automatically except by supercruise assist. So ATM it would serve little purpose and you can just as well leg it in supercruise to a similar spot. Sad but true.

But just in case someone wishes to bookmark a settlement on a planet, you can do it by selecting that planet in a System Map, choose 'Points of interest' in the left menu ('pin' icon), then select installation type, pick your installation from a list and then, on the right menu that appears click 'Add to Bookmarks' ('banner' icon with '+' sign). This helped me a lot.

[BatWingSix]

Holy necro

[Hando Craap]

At one point I was able to use ! Or * at the beginning of book.arks, but I'm not sure how to do that anymore

[frumple]

Do search the forums for information, but *don't* revive 7 year old thread.

Post a new discussion instead.