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Are speeds reported correctly by the throttle slider?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,018 Arc User
edited January 2010 in PC Gameplay Bug Reports
This has bugged me for some time. The reported speeds on the speedometer report several lightyears a second in sector space, but looking at systems (which I assume are stationary) I don't think I see the numbers change that fast.

Is this a known bug? Is that even a bug at all?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Don't know... Never noticed it before
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    An interesting fact:

    According to the maximum speed of the slider in Sector Space, Voyager could have returned to Earth in under an hour. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    no, they're a factor of 10 out.
    or is it 100, i can't remember
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    An interesting fact:

    According to the maximum speed of the slider in Sector Space, Voyager could have returned to Earth in under an hour. :p
    "We're in the Delta quadrant!"
    "np cpt i left my wallet at home so i was gonna turn around anyway lol"
    Mardoxx wrote: »
    no, they're a factor of 10 out.
    or is it 100, i can't remember

    So it is a bug?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Yeah, my speedometer usually says something like "25.6 Ly/Sec"...well there are systems that are about 5 LY away...I should be there in about....instantly.

    When in reality...I'm moving toward a system, the system is closing from 5 LY...it takes me at least 20 to 30 seconds to get there. In reality to the game, I'm going more like 0.16 Ly/Sec. So...I would guess it's probably off by about a 100 factor (at least 2 decimals). I would like the speed to be displayed just above or below the throttle bar permanently, instead of having to hover over it.
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