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Corran Haylicon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-07-05 19:38:30 UTC
How in the world do i use the map?!?!?!? I am liking what I am seeing with EVE so far (so much better than WOW or other MMO's Big smile) But I cannot for the life of me figure out the blasted map!! I have just finished all the the training missions except for business and will be trying to leave my starting area soon but I cant figure out how to plan a route to anywhere!!
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-07-05 19:43:42 UTC
Use people and places to find the system and set destination, most people I know just use dotlan.

Always willing to help all you have to do is ask, though if you're in the other fleet I may not help the way you want. Just a heads up. Pub Channel: Lost Souls Trading Post
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-07-05 19:53:38 UTC
well there's a big label saying "YOU ARE HERE" and all systems are connected like molecules (if you ever did chemistry). Some systems are connected to multiple other systems and if you zoom in a little you should be able to see the lines connecting systems.

Art of Explosions
Elena Thiesant
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-07-05 19:59:59 UTC
Use Dotlan maps. http://evemaps.dotlan.net/

Much as I love the look of the in-game map, it's not exactly easy to use.
Solai
Doughfleet
Triglavian Outlaws and Sobornost Troika
#5 - 2013-07-06 05:46:37 UTC
There might be some misunderstandings happening here.
OP: When you ask how to use the map, which map do you mean, and what are you looking to do with it?

The galaxy map doesn't do much besides the obvious things, like seeing where you are in relation to other systems, and route planning. It has filters though, and those are helpful for niche info.
The system map isn't used much except for scanning, which is a bit past the level of knowledge you're at now.

When you're doing your day-to-day navigation, it's all about the overview. Next in line, in importance, is the contextual menu(when you right click in empty space). Jump gates on your overview are how you get from system to system, and if you're running missions, usually there's bookmarks provided in a tab on the left so that you can get somewhere even if it's not on your overview.

But for the sake of context, FYI, there's not much to see from system to system, if that's what you had in mind. Navigation within a system isn't generally big deal at your experience level, as most solar systems are the same. The primary items of interest per system are the stations, and the gates, and those should be on your overview.
Trudeaux Margaret
University of Caille
#6 - 2013-07-06 06:00:54 UTC
I'm going to paste a link to a YouTube video that is about "PvP: First Steps". Don't let the title put you off though because the video contains a very detailed visual demonstration of how to use the in-game map.

http://youtu.be/V5wRNAR3uLI

> anyone willing to give me like a 5 min politics crash course?

> grr goons, lowsec is full of elitist sh*s, all roads lead to the bittervet pl
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-07-06 06:43:20 UTC
EVE Travel has lot's of interesting places to go.
Braxus Deninard
Hard Knocks Inc.
Hard Knocks Citizens
#8 - 2013-07-06 06:47:13 UTC
In a very short summary, hit F10 for the game map, and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out of it. Each little dot is a solar system, and you travel between solar systems using stargates that you warp to. Right click the dot representing the solar system that you want to travel to, and click "set destination" on the menu that pops up for a route to be plotted from your current system to the system you selected. The above links are great for anything more in-depth.
Tixam Quri
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-07-06 11:15:13 UTC
When you have the map open, there is a map window that opens up with it. The map window allows you to choose between the star map (which is for travel) and the solar system map (mainly for probing).

The map window has a search functionality as well. Type in the name of any system, or location and it will provide a result you can set a destination for, view on the map, and view information about.

The 3D star map is also very useful for picking a new home. For instance, I looked very carefully at the map for a losec system that is not only directly connected to a major trade hub, but is also directly connected to several other low population losec systems within close proximity to yet another major trade hub.

With a little practice the map system is actually quite useful.

Jafit McJafitson- "try scamming people. it's like PvP, but with words. Their greed is your warp scrambler, your lies are your autocannons."
Oraac Ensor
#10 - 2013-07-06 16:12:17 UTC
If you mean the star map, left clicking a star gets you an information panel regarding that system, right clicking gets you a drop-down menu of actions you can take in relation to that system.
Chinwe Rhei
Syn Interstellar
#11 - 2013-07-06 19:06:51 UTC
I usually keep the map in "Flatten" (2d) mode (on the control panel). If you're easily confused by a bunch of red-green-yellow-gray dots spinning around other dots like me it's much easier to orient yourself and learn the layout of your region.

To plan a route select a target system and right click -> Add Waypoint (or Set Destination if there's only one), after that on your overview you'll see the next gate on your route highlighted in yellow so warp to it, jump and keep going.
Toshiro Hasegawa
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2013-07-06 21:04:36 UTC
One doesn't usually use the map to plan routes, instead one picks a destination, sets it as destination and then maybe look at the map to see where one is heading if one cares to see, which usually one doesn't.

One might use it to look for a dead end system, or choke, or where low sec is, or some other map feature, but I would think that would be the exception.

History is the study of change.

Oraac Ensor
#13 - 2013-07-06 23:41:03 UTC
Toshiro Hasegawa wrote:
One doesn't usually use the map to plan routes, instead one picks a destination, sets it as destination and then maybe look at the map to see where one is heading if one cares to see, which usually one doesn't.

One might use it to look for a dead end system, or choke, or where low sec is, or some other map feature, but I would think that would be the exception.

I use the star map all the time with my explorer character. I can see how all the local systems link to each other and plan the most efficient route.