Hi again,
There's gotta be an easier way to select your ships for movement. You can't seem to select your ships from the bottom fleet destination icon on the bottom of the screen! Also, as someone mentioned here, you really need to add the "WASD" keys to the galaxy map. It's very hard to move around when the view is locked on the selected system!
Thank you.
Hi Whammo,
Indeed you cannot select fleets from the destination setter, however you can focus on any fleet from the Empire Assets Panel on the left just select the fleet category tab and then click the location icon on any fleet to be selected, the icon is on the bottom right corner.
When you start the game there is an introduction on how to navigate the star chart as well as the empire asset tab, you can also find it in the wiki under Star Chart Navigation/Empire Asset Tabs.
The orbiting camera of the star chart allows you to zoom in and out on the selected object using the scroll wheel but while holding down the middle mouse button you can rotate it in 360 degree as you dragging your cursor around.
You can change your location either by left click selecting an object or using the asset tab location icon or when applicable clicking an event popup's location icon (right bottom corner). Sometimes you might find it easier to hop across the map from one system to the other or just hold down the middle mouse button to rotate your view till you see your desired location.
I know it takes a bit of a time to get use to it however this orbiting camera is the only way to navigate a 3D star chart quickly and efficiently.
Unfortunately a WASD input would do very little and be quite clumsy due to the 3 axis movement , an example of it you can find when navigating in a solar system , there you still using the middle mouse button to look around and WASD to move along the system plane which works in that 2.5D set up but would be a nightmare in 3D.
p.s.; There is also a navigation way point creator that allows you to set up locations yourself using typed in coordinates if you want to be able to go to a specified location with a fleet or by the camera.
