Cluster Handling (hide or delete redundant intra-cluster links, treat clusters as entities)

[MHaroldPage]

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NB CG says this is a potential candidate for the " Special/user-call (advanced, I suppose)", and therefore not high priority.

If you generate Short Links (say up to 4ly) then the galaxy resolves into neat clusters of worlds.

When you generate Long Links (say 4-6ly), the clusters become connected by (call them) Cluster Exits.

This has the advantages of

• Chunking complex information.
• Creating a sense of narrative geography.
• Reflecting natural political/economic boundaries
• Creating comprehendible story or gaming environments without sacrificing 3D

However, additional Long Links usually clutter up the cluster, e.g if you have a loop of of 4 stars connected by Short Links, you get a web of long links connecting the stars:

Problem 1: Chart cluttered with redundant information for big scale navigation, for which it's enough to know that clusters are connected by Cluster Exits.

Problem 2: It's hard to represent a universe in which wormholes connect by the shortest route, i.e. in which intra-cluster jumps don't exist.

Problem 3: No organic way to handle or navigate clusters, which are the natural political/economic/cultural units. E.g. A cluster of 7 stars could represent several months Traveller play. It would be useful to be able to handle the cluster in isolation, except for the Long Link cluster exits.

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In descending order of good-to-have:

1. Option to hide or delete intra-cluster links, e.g. skip long links for stars that are already connected. It would look something like this (red scrawls indicated Cluster Exits):
   

2. Option to do (1) above for a selected cluster or system, thus allowing more granular navigation without visual clutter.

3. Option to show only a selected cluster, plus Cluster Exits.

4. Option to treat clusters as entities, with their own database entries.

5. "Grand Cluster view" in which each cluster is represented by a single icon, and Long Links between clusters are shown.

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No obvious workarounds occur to me, other than manually editing the map.

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