OK, I was wondering, how can one calculate travel time in system by knowing ship's sublight speed and coordinates?
For example, if your ship's sublight speed is 30 MGLT and you want to travel from system coordinates (0,1) to (10,1), how can you exactly calculate ETA in hours and minutes? I understand it should be distance/speed and if 30 MGLT is 300 km/h, how is distance in coordinates transformed into kilometers?
Thank you.

I was wondering this also. I've been having to make do with rough estimations based on journeys i've done previously.

I think I remember reading somewhere in the rules that the formula used for sublight travel is an admin/developer secret.

It is, but you can use this: NavComp

that only does hyper times, doesn't it? which isn't so handy when you need to be very precise.

You need to reverse-engineer it, which has been the response every time before that someone has asked the same question. Sit in space, click a square away at various different speeds, do some math, and figure it out. ;)

so basically, get a group of ships, do some tests and work out a formula to use for ourselves? would it be removed if we posted if after finding it to make it easier on those less inclined towards numbers?

I don't see why; many people sell Excel calculators to figure out construction times/travel/whatever else.

So the pilot of a ship has no clue when he'll get to his destination? I have my doubts... lol

“So the pilot of a ship has no clue when he'll get to his destination? I have my doubts... lol

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The pilot can use the NavComp for hyper times, and can read the ETA if he's already begun travel. As far as predicting travel times ahead of time, the pilot must have figured out the equation, purchased one of the Excel calculators MvB talked about, or has otherwise read the formula somewhere else.

If you're saying that the way it's coded isn't exactly realistic (or the fact that the admins don't tell us), I ask you when was the last time you predicted exactly when you would arrive somewhere, down to the minute?

((Not driving a car, though if I am at 60 miles per hour in a ground vehicle, calculating drive time is a no brainer.

When I was taking piloting lessons, it was a requirement to calculate travel time as part of the trainiing. And you can be certain that commercial pilots and airlines know their flight times on all of their scheduled flights to within a very few minutes accuracy.))

Right, that's why there are never any delays in flight or train travels (or any other kind of travel for that matter) ...

Delays are not relevant to this particular discussion. This thread only asks if a flight time can be calculated. In the game, no. In RL...

Don't be an idiot and invent some sort of Excel sheet. You'll be able to calculate your travel time then.

lol

Never mind