Using the Local 3d Map
The local 3D Map shows a view of the stars around your current position with your travel history.
The map is opened by using the panel selector (+) in either a tab or as a standalone panel.
You can open more than one local 3d map panel at a time. Each retains its own settings.
Note that if too many are open, EDD may exit suddenly due to the openGL graphics system running out of memory and causing a shutdown without warning. Best practise is to open only a single one and ensure stability on your system before trying one 3d or local map at a time.
The local 3dmap loads EDSM stars around your current position to the distance specified in the menu. As you travel, the map will update the area of these stars and load in more automatically around your new position.
For the view of the systems, you have two positions to control:
- Eye position - where your eye/camera is
- Lookat position - where your looking at
These positions are shown on the bottom left (Lookat position, distance between eye and lookat in light years, eye position)
You use the mouse and/or keyboard to change these positions. EDD remembers your lookat and eye position over shutdown so will open at the same position next time. Use the home button to go to your current travel position.
Along the top of the screen are icons to configure and move around the galaxy map:
- Menu - open the menu, see below
- Left arrow - go backwards in travel history one system
- Home - go to current system
- Right arrow - go forwards in travel history one system
- Galaxy - go to the default galaxy view (centred on Sol, at 6000 LY from it at a angle above the galaxy plane)
- Bookmarks - show the bookmark list
- Search text - search for a star or EDSM object, or show the name of the currently selected object.
- Load star box - load more stars at the current lookat position. You may move the lookat position off from your current travel position and want to see what stars are there. Use this button to load stars at that position.
See the 3d map.
The menu allows you to control the look of the galaxy map.
- Select between elite movement (Hold Y when translating X/Z) or full 3D movement
- Display the galaxy image
- Display the dynamic grid
- Display the Nav route
- Display bookmarks
Configure how the map displays any stars loaded from EDSM in your system database:
- Enable/Disable star display
- Show names of stars
- Set the distance limit to display stars, from 1 to 500 lys from the current travel position. The more distance, the longer it will take to load the stars, and the more graphics memory it will use.
Configure how your travel path is shown:
- Enable/Disable
- Show names of stars
- Select start/end date of travel path shown.
See the 3d map.