Why do I sometimes land to 0 and sometimes land to approximately 5 km away from bookmark (while my default warp to distance is set to 0)??
Edit: I forgot to say this usually happens in w-space.
For instance, warping to bookmark to check wh exit, sometimes I land on top of exit and I can jump immediately, sometimes I'm ~5 km away and need to fly towards wh until jump button becomes active. Hope this clears orginal question.
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astronomix
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This is just what happens with wormholes. I lived in wormholes for about 8 months and I learnt that in order to get a good warp-in on a wormhole every single time, you have to fly to the wormhole and manually make a bookmark in space using your People & Places window.
If you just bookmark your scan result from the system scanner window you will often land outside jumping range, which might get you killed if you're in a big, slow ship.
I don't know exactly why this happens, but my theory is that it is a game mechanic based on the inherent instability of wormholes.
Alternatively, you can right click on the wormhole in space and add bookmark that way. I’m 95% sure this gives you a good warp-in as well, although it’s been a year since I’ve been in a wormhole.
I think it’s just bookmarking it from the system scanner that gives you the dodgy warp-ins.
All scan results have a certain deviation. The size of the deviation varies with skills and fittings. When you’re bookmarking a scan result, you are never bookmarking the celestials exact location.
camon bear
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You will rarely warp exactly to 0 to anything. For most celestials (gates, stations etc) it is normally sufficient to land within 2500m.
I believe some of this is intended to prevent ships landing on top of each other.
But another part of it is to do with game mechanics. If you warp to a stargate at 0, in a capsule, for example, you will frequently over shoot. This applies to other small agile ships too.
Actually, in my experience, you won’t overshoot in a pod. You’ll usually land slightly short because of the pods high agility (meaning it decelerates quickly).
Yup, deceleration is just negative acceleration so a ship that quickly accelerates stops quickly too.
It seems my question didn’t contain enough information or I put it badly (sorry for my English too). These answers are good to know but they are not what interest me. I edited question again, please read.
Are you sure you’re landing as far away as 5km from the bookmark?