Compass

Compass: planet is well over to the left but still in front

Overview

The Compass is the vital instrument to help navigate from the witchpoint buoy to the main orbital station.

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Modes

One may navigate by:

Planet

nearby planet directly ahead - and compare with example above.

nearby planet directly aft.

and when one is close to the planet, the compass immediately switches over to

Station

nearby station directly ahead.

nearby station directly aft.

• N - Main orbital station Navigation buoy (N may show beside the compass when you are close enough to the station)
  
  

Upgrade

This can be upgraded (for some 650₢) in a TechLevel 8 or greater system to the Advanced Space Compass/ASC. The ASC allows identification of far more objects than just the planet & main orbital station (the sun, the witchpoint buoy, other planets & moons, other stations, rock hermits etc).

History

The replacement of the circle (for the planet) by the square (for the station) was introduced for Oolite v.1.90. This was after 15 years of new players being told to look for the change to the square - and the change not happening! This could be quite confusing for new players, needless to say!

OXPs

See the Advanced Space Compass for a much longer list: the basic compass only detects first the planet and then the Main Orbital Station.

For this oxp you will need a HUD which supports MFDs.

• GalCop Missions enables purchase of the Range Finder MFD and its Extender.

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