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Syncing waypoints

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Sarisjo
Newstar Industries
#1 - 2015-03-14 22:30:00 UTC
So I was co-fcing and we were planning the route wich we were going to take for our roam and while doing this he had to link me the systems in chat so I would get the same path as him.

Now im woundering if it would be possible to sync the waypoints with the fleet boss waypoints instead of manually adding them.
Just some button to press or something to get the same waypoints as him would be wounderful.

//Sarisjo
Lugh Crow-Slave
#2 - 2015-03-14 22:35:22 UTC
so that F1 drones can become even more automated?
Iain Cariaba
#3 - 2015-03-14 22:37:04 UTC
Sarisjo wrote:
So I was co-fcing and we were planning the route wich we were going to take for our roam and while doing this he had to link me the systems in chat so I would get the same path as him.

Now im woundering if it would be possible to sync the waypoints with the fleet boss waypoints instead of manually adding them.
Just some button to press or something to get the same waypoints as him would be wounderful.

//Sarisjo

Nope. Just make sure everybody's autopilot settings are the same and you'll all get the same route. This is literally as simple as saying, "everybody make sure autopilot settings are (whatever FC's settings are.)"
Sarisjo
Newstar Industries
#4 - 2015-03-14 22:42:55 UTC
Lugh Crow-Slave wrote:
so that F1 drones can become even more automated?


What? Its for making planning routes easier between fcs and members of the fleet.
LT Alter
Ryba.
White Squall.
#5 - 2015-03-14 22:51:31 UTC
It would be great to implement this such as a link that looks something like "Route:Jita,Amarr,Rens" and clicking it sets the route automatically.
Sarisjo
Newstar Industries
#6 - 2015-03-15 00:55:05 UTC
LT Alter wrote:
It would be great to implement this such as a link that looks something like "Route:Jita,Amarr,Rens" and clicking it sets the route automatically.


Exactly.
Iain Cariaba
#7 - 2015-03-15 16:18:14 UTC
Sarisjo wrote:
LT Alter wrote:
It would be great to implement this such as a link that looks something like "Route:Jita,Amarr,Rens" and clicking it sets the route automatically.


Exactly.

Why? If two people have the same settings in the route planner, they're going to get the exact same route to the same destination. You don't need redundant systems to link a route, you just need to be smart enough to uncheck a box while making sure another box is checked. Seriously, it's that easy.

  1. Click on the "A" in the upper levt corner of the screen.
  2. Make sure option for shortest route is selected.
  3. Make sure option to avoid systems in your avoidance list is unselected.
  4. Magically get same route as everyone else in the universe who did steps 1-3 and set the same destination from the same starting system.

You see, with just a tiny, tiny bit of common sense, your idea is utterly irrelevant and totally unnecessary. These settings are essentially the default settings. The avoidance one is because you have no systems avoided by default. If the FC wants to use different settings, he can simply tell the fleet. You don't need to code a thing in simply as a crutch for those to dumb to pay attention to the FC.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#8 - 2015-03-15 16:24:57 UTC
Sarisjo wrote:
Lugh Crow-Slave wrote:
so that F1 drones can become even more automated?


What? Its for making planning routes easier between fcs and members of the fleet.


no it makes adding the routes easier planning them stays the same.


all this does is remove even more of the human element from any member not the FC and in so doing limits the chance of error