NMSCS Field Experiment # 082018PS4A

Precedence: FIELD EXPERIMENT Date: 08/20/2018

To: No Man’s Sky Cartographic Society

From: HoosierVic

Report ID #: 082018PS4A

Title: Using base computers to determine grid locations and distance on PS4 Platform

Synopsis: This experiment was an attempt to replicate the methods used on the PC platform to use base computers as navigational landmarks to calculate distances on a planetary surface. The purpose of this test was to determine if the results would be consistent across both platforms.

Details: The moon used for this experiment was Glascrux G32[i], in the Euclid galaxy. Base computers were placed at the moon’s Center Point, where the equator and Prime Meridian meet: (0.00, 0.00); then at (+45.00, 0.00); and at (-45.00, 0.00).

From (+45.00, 0.00) to (0.00, 0.00), the scanner showed a travel time of 47:58, and from (-45.00, 0.00) to (0.00, 0.00), the scanner showed a travel time of 47:59. These distances were double-checked and confirmed to be identical the distances measured on the PC platform.

To get a record of the distances in u, additional base computers were placed at the mid points (+22.50, 0.00) and (-22.50. 0.00). These distances were 6,029 u and 6,034 u for a total 12.063 u from the Center Point to (+45.00), and 6,031 u and 6035 u for a total of 12,066 u from the Center Point to (-45.00). The 3 u variation in distance may have been the effect of elevation at one of the points which was on a small slope.

Conclusion: This experiment produced calculations of distance and time on the Ps4 that are identical to those recorded on the PC to within a few u. This confirms that these measurements are equivalent across both systems and allows for the collaboration of mapping efforts between platforms.

[i] Booster Signal Coordinates for Moon Glascrux G32 is LUYEV: 02E1:0079:OC98:016

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