The Warp Range Bug

The Warp Range Bug

by CmdrBond

First, a huge thanks to Predano for finding this bug, notifying me, and then helping me figure out some of the parameters of the bug as the bug does not affect me. Second, obviously from my previous statement you can deduce that the bug does not affect everyone. And lastly, we have not yet figured out who might be affected by this bug or why? We also don’t know the extent to which this bug affects different systems. We just know that this bug exists.

What is the Warp Range Bug? If you have read my article Deep Space Mining, Part 1, you will see that I talk about the Nikola and Sotavi systems and that they require a warp range of 61 to reach. What Predano noticed was on his game he only needed a warp range of 56 to reach these systems. This prompted us to do some investigating and here is what we found.

Currently Predano is ops level 38. His docks: a, b, and c, are at level 37 and dock d is at level 38. Using his docks: a, b, or c, he saw a warp range of 56 to the Nikola system, but using dock d he saw a warp range of 61 as I mentioned in my article. Interestingly, the Sotavi system showed a warp range of 56 for all docks. So, we decided to run a test. He used his Auger which currently has a warp range of 56; and, he could reach each of these systems regardless of which dock it was located.

Have you seen this type of behavior? If you have, add your experience and parameters in the comment section below.