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Year 9 Day 147 1:16 Why the long ETA?
Cesodevo Avina

I noticed with a speeder that, in a regular terrain, to get from one corner to another, it takes:

200 km/h = 13 minutes

400 km/h = 7 minutes

Fair and good. But, it also takes:

600 km/h = 7 minutes

1000 km/h = 7 minutes

1500 km/h = 7 minutes

So what's the deal? Obviously I should need less time going 3x as fast as beforehand (1200 km/h over 400 km/h), not the same time. Otherwise, it does not make sense to even have a vehicle that goes more than 400 km/h. So why is this so?

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Year 9 Day 147 2:54 Why the long ETA?
Orion Mcphee

I believe I remember seeing something about a planetary speed cap that is below the maximum speeds of many craft.

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Year 9 Day 147 3:15 Why the long ETA?
Neth Dharek

From the Rools

“
4.1 Ground Movement Calculations
Ship Speed: Maximum 200 km/h

Vehicle Speed: The maximum speed for vehicles is 200 km/h (or less if the vehicle speed is lower) when inside a city.
Vehicles can use their full speed when outside a city.

Character/NCP Speed: Characters and NPCs may move at a speed between 4 and 24km/h. (4 *(Speed Skill + 1))

Distances: Each grid square within a City/Terrain is a 2km x 2km area (44km x 44km Total)

Time to Move: Distance / Speed

Aborting Ground Movement: Travel on the ground can be aborted at anytime, it is instant, and you will stop at the square you are currently in. Travel is also aborted if the pilot leaves or boards a ship or vehicle within the ship/vehicle.
 ”


So either that's wrong or you were inside a city.

Edited By: Neth Dharek on Year 9 Day 147 3:16

Year 9 Day 147 3:39 Why the long ETA?
Cesodevo Avina

No, Neth, that's not it. The rules are correct, and I am not in a city (I did say terrain, not city).

Edit: But I do wonder about what you said, Orion. I've never heard of a planetary speed limit, so I'll try to find something in the rules about that.

Edit 2: I searched the rules, but I couldn't find anything close to what you said, Orion. If you could provide the source of your statement, that would be great.

Meanwhile, I'll bugbase this.

Edited By: Cesodevo Avina on Year 9 Day 148 3:36
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Year 9 Day 148 10:11 Why the long ETA?
Orion Mcphee

http://www.swcombine.com/forum/thread.php?thread=19168&page=0

I believe this is the source I remembered reading. However, the rules are no longer as stated in the post.

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Year 9 Day 148 12:30 Why the long ETA?
Cesodevo Avina

I remember that thread, that was regarding something different. That was regarding the max speed of vehicles, something I had also once brought to attention and bugbased.

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Year 9 Day 148 12:50 Why the long ETA?
Orion Mcphee

What you referenced appears to be counter to the rules, so would appear to be a bug.

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Year 9 Day 150 14:59 Why the long ETA?
Raiden

The bug is in getSurfaceCountdownMaxValue(), I'll try to figure a way of writing a fix, although the problem here is that getSurfaceCountdownMaxValue() is also used for calculating your ETA with the javascript functions, and returning a travel time less than 1 minute would mess up the way it runs.

Edit: This has been fixed, wait for sync. (I added new high res timer for speeds over 400 km/h.)

Edited By: Raiden on Year 9 Day 150 17:09

Year 9 Day 151 3:09 Why the long ETA?
Cesodevo Avina

Alright, thanks. I'll test it out when it comes.

Edit: I tried it out, and it indeed still does not work. The ETA in the travel screen (where you choose coordinates and speed) is correctly updated, but the actual ETA that is there when I hit "Go" is still at 7 minutes for anything above 400 km/h.

Edited By: Cesodevo Avina on Year 9 Day 151 16:03
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