EVE General Discussion

I have been looking for a comprehensive Guide on Starmaps and Solar System Map

Including description of Game mechanics ie the abilities and limitations of the maps
their dimensionality as well as range boundaries

I have not been able to laocate much more than simple Guides with some definitions of various terms

Are there other recources on this Item available ?

I would be grateful for som info and evt Links

Ofc I mean what I write : COMPREHENSIVE & EXHAUSTIVE GUIDE on STAR MAPS & SOLAR SYSTEM MAPS

Any LINKS ?

He posted a link. That's what you get for shouting.

Solar System limits in eve are 10 AU further out from the sun than the aphelion of the orbiting body with the largest orbit.

it used to be much further until the Deep Safe Spot Nerf of 2010 (or was it 2011?)

Well thanks for the various answers ... but what i REALLY would like to get info on is :

HOW does the Star map and Solar System Map function ... are the maps true 3 D or just a simulation

For ex when U are in Solar system map , the centricity as well ass the plane of the map changes at a boundary of 5 AU

U can see different planes .. 2 usually but it appears to me that the visual map is Not really 3 dimensional more like 2 planes

where the celestials are lined up in individual planes and then just superimposed on each other to create an ilusion of 3

dimensionality . Ofc .. the COORDINATES .. of any given spot in space should be true 3 dimensional .. but ..again the VISUAL map

does not really appear to be so ....

I am grateful for some insightfull INFO on the subject .... Thanks

The world is 3-d.

The maps are 3-d.

The whole game is just a simulation.

Go play with them and you'll figure it out if you are capable of doing so. I give you a 50/50 shot based on your posting aptitude.

Every object in the game (stars, planets, asteroid belts, etc.) has a 3D x,y,z coordinate. Stars are located in 3d on the galaxy map, and planets are located in 3d on the solar-system map. The galaxy (or cluster or whatever it is) is fairly planar, about 4 times as big in x,y as it is in z - roughly 100 light years around by 25 light years deep. I'm pretty sure the allowed locations are continuous along the respective axes, that is the stars are not confined to a few z=constant planes. And I believe the in-game maps display an accurate representation of the locations, if that's what you mean by "true 3D" (unless of course you are looking at one of the explicitly flattened maps).

Nothing to do with the map, but: Eve is mostly 3D but has a preferred z-direction singled out. When you rotate your ship up or down you hit the z-axis, probably because they've done something silly like use spherical-polar coordinates to represent orientation. Things like the tactical overlay show a plane in the universal equator. I believe all stations are aligned with universal z-axis, and possibly x,y as well. Gates used to be, but that was recently changed so that gates actually point towards their destination system in 3D space. Most importantly for pilots, when your ship is not moving it also drifts towards being aligned with the universal equator.

If you are looking for the real coordinates, there is a database dump you can download where you can get all of the (x,y,z) locations as well as any other stat related to celestial bodies, via a few mysql queries. I once used this to construct a Hertzsprung-Russel diagram for New Eden, and established that there must be some interesting stellar evolution going on indeed. The oldest mapped star in New Eden is 90 billion years ... let's hear the lore explanation for that.