The world map

The world map

How does the world map work and what can it tell me?

Pressing the F10 key will open the map and replace your ship view.

It possesses two separate zoom levels available on the top-right corner of the screen: Solarsystem and Star Map.

The Solarsystem zoom is particularly useful while trying to use the probe system or to have quick overview of all the interesting space objects in your close area.

The Star Map displays all the solar systems in the EVE galaxy. Of course, each of these contains a sun, multiple planets, moons, stations and asteroid belts. The Star Map has many useful features and can be used to scout, spy or navigate through the thousands of systems in EVE. It holds valuable information and you will use it often so it is important to know how best to use it.

NOTE: The Star Map is only updated ever hour, so it is never 100% reliable. Even though you see no players in space in the system you are jumping into, that does not mean that there is nobody there, only that the system was empty on the map's last update.

The map is in 3D and can be rotated if you hold down your right mouse button and move the mouse around. Holding down the left mouse button will shift the map in the direction you move your mouse. If you hold down both the left and the right buttons you will zoom in and out depending on how you move the ouse. The mouse wheel will also zoom in and out. The system where you are currently will be circled and makred with a "You are here".

If you left-click a system you will be able to zoom into that system. Right-clicking sets your destination, sets a waypoint or views information about the system.

THE WORLD MAP CONTROL PANEL

The Control Panel should be open by default. If it's not visible you can open it by right-clicking on an empty part of the map.

The Search tab

Here you can search for systems, set destinations and waypoints, center your map to that system or set a bookmark.

The Star map tab

This menu lists all options linked to the EVE galactic map. It contains four subcategories:

• Color stars by:
  Allows you to quickly sort solar systems by filters.
• Labels
  Configures name tickets and labels on the map
• Lines
  In this tab you can select if, and how, the lines connecting the solar systems are shown.
• Animation
  Changes the zoom speed transition from your ship view to the map.

The Solar systems tab

This window configures filters and hint notication on the solar system map.

The autopilot settings

Here you can select how your autopilot AI picks your route. Selecting a safe route will mean that you will most likely not run into any pirates but may also increase your travelling time considerably.

• Prefer Shorter
  Your autopilot will try to get you to your destination using as few jumps as possible. It will ignore the security status of the systems you're going through, so use caution when using this option is selected or you may find yourself in the middle of a pirate blockade.
• Prefer Safer
  Your autopilot will try to stay in 0.5 and above space whenever that is possible. This can turn a 3 jump trip into a 30 jump trip and is never 100% reliable as there may be no way for you to get to your destination without going through a few low security areas. It is highly recommended that you check your route carefully before you engage your autopilot.
• Prefer Less Secure
  Pirates will want to use this option when their security status gets so low that they can't go into high security space any more. This option will make your autopilot use 0.4 and lower space where possible, but check your route before you start your journey to make sure it is "safe".
• Try To Stay Out Of Pod Killing Zones
  If you have this selected, your autopilot will try to avoid systems that have 1 or more pod kills in the last 24 hours. Since EVE is a PvP (Player vs. Player) game and pod killing is very common in corporation warfare, this means that your autopilot will try to avoid a lot of popular systems and may not be able to find a route to where you want to go so you may end up with a destination a thousand jumps away. In that case you will have to skip this option.
• Security Penalty
  This decides how strictly the autopilot attempts to fulfil your demands. Slide it to the left to relax the demands, and to the right to adhere adamantly to them.
• Disable Autopilot At Each Waypoint
  If you have multiple waypoints and this option selected, your ship will stop when you reach every waypoint and give you a "Autopilot Disabled" voice message. Engaging your autopilot again will continue your journey.
• Continue Non-Stop To Final Waypoint
  With this selected your autopilot will not stop until you reach your final destination. If you have multiple waypoints selected you will go to them in the order you have selected but your ship will not stop and you will not get a message once a waypoint is reached. This is handy if you have to plot a manual course using many waypoints.
• Waypoints
  From here, you can plan your journey. If you have multiple waypoints you can edit the order you want to visit them in or even allow the computer to calculate the shortest trip that takes you through all of your selected destinations. Please note that the Optimize button may not work if you have many waypoints selected and it is recommended that you do not use it at all if you have over 7 destinations.