Overlapping systems

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Overlapping systems

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I've come across systems that are very close together before, and in these cases, selecting one system or the other requires a bit of care with the mouse.

However in galaxy 5, I've found a couple of systems that appear to be directly on top of one another: Divees and Tezabi. The text labels for these systems almost completely obscure each other, and clicking on the single white blob that's visible only allows you to select Divees.

Does anybody have any ideas of how it might be possible to select Tezabi? :?
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JohnnyBoy wrote:

Does anybody have any ideas of how it might be possible to select Tezabi? :?
yeah in the long range chart, type tezabi and viola you got it...
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Frame wrote:
yeah in the long range chart, type tezabi and viola you got it...
I tried that before, and voila, I got a small green box around it. But I can't seem to get a red cross on it. So I can't witchspace to it.

It's not the end of the world if I can't get there, I just wondered if anybody else had figured this one out...
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JohnnyBoy wrote:
Frame wrote:
yeah in the long range chart, type tezabi and viola you got it...
I tried that before, and voila, I got a small green box around it. But I can't seem to get a red cross on it. So I can't witchspace to it.

It's not the end of the world if I can't get there, I just wondered if anybody else had figured this one out...
hmm i´m sure i used to do this on the C64... testing... all though i do remember you might have to be docked to call up the long range chart and/or find function at all

we got differences here then, i just launched and typed zaonce, then pressed H to hyperspace.. works like a charm here... no use of mouse or arrow keys to move the cursor..

i´m using 1.71.2
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In this screengrab, I've typed the first three letters of "Tezabi" but underneath that is the name of the system that the red cross has locked onto - "Divees" - even though the green box has identified Tezabi on the chart :?

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If I press '1' to leave spacedock and press 'h', the on-screen countdown announces that I'm about to witchspace to Divees.
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I believe clicking on the double system repeatedly should toggle between the two systems. This may not work in 1.65.
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It did work in 1.65. I did a lot of trading between Lezaer and Esmaonbe in Galaxy 3 back then. The perfect combination for the good old computers-furs milkrun.
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Yes, me too. Lezaer and Esmaonbe were close, but not on top of each other. I've checked the co-ordinates for Divees and Tezebi and they are identical.
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