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by eti
Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:23 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant
Replies: 10
Views: 7121

Re: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant

Found it ! An intriguing mixture of floor division and intermediate rounding in legacy_random.h. Sorry for the inconvenience... at least the Insects story got me curious to wonder off the first octant...
by eti
Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:04 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant
Replies: 10
Views: 7121

Re: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant

So, as I am not familiar at all with the extension API (yet), I'm trying proof of concept implementing some advanced routing in some python script on the side. Looking good... But I am a bit frustrated though because I can't seem to get distances calculations "right". I'm loading the oolit...
by eti
Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:08 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant
Replies: 10
Views: 7121

Re: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant

Thanks for input ! That Display Course mod is indeed very helpful. On the other hand, I am sorry but I misswrote :D: "deadline" was the word, not ETA... but that was until I realized that the F5 panel shows the NOW-relative deadline and not the TIME_OF_CONTRACT-relative deadline and theref...
by eti
Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:04 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant
Replies: 10
Views: 7121

Contracts ETA's display - routing assistant

Hi, Cannot find "contract" and "ETA" in the same post... which makes me wonder if the idea of a "Contracts ETA's" display of sorts (in a MFD for example) is just... sacrilege. Trying to tie up few contracts on the same ride being quite entertaining, that would be a inte...
by eti
Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:48 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Unwanted re-routing
Replies: 21
Views: 23364

Re: Unwanted re-routing

Hi all, (very) new commander here, I was wondering, playing with my ANA... what is the rationale behind the "shortest"/"fastest" route ? I am all fine with the way it is, just wondering how a longer (distance) might end up being faster. Is hyperspace traveling time not linear ? A...