# Flat star map **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277 "2019-07-15T07:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gref\_Borielle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gref_borielle/32/144439_2.png) [@Gref\_Borielle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gref_Borielle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/1 "2019-07-15T07:47:48Z")
Is there any chance, that CCP will normally organize positions of stars on map, or maybe there are already such in game option that i am missing. Right now when i look on this mess and try to plan a route i get severe brain and eye damage. For example dotlan maps does not do such thing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/2 "2019-07-15T07:55:31Z")
There is a Flatten Map option in the Map control panel Though I dont use the “New” map ---
**Author:** ![Gref\_Borielle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gref_borielle/32/144439_2.png) [@Gref\_Borielle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gref_Borielle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/3 "2019-07-15T08:04:36Z")
I tried in game flat map, and its a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/4 "2019-07-15T08:05:43Z")
> [@Gref\_Borielle](#): > > try to plan a route i get severe brain and eye damage What sort of route are you plotting? Im assuming you dont mean an A to B flight then? ---
**Author:** ![Gref\_Borielle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gref_borielle/32/144439_2.png) [@Gref\_Borielle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gref_Borielle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/5 "2019-07-15T08:23:19Z")
For example ,i am plotting a route to visit all systems in region. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/6 "2019-07-15T08:24:09Z")
Unless you are autopiloting, Id just use Dotlan tbh ---
**Author:** ![Gref\_Borielle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gref_borielle/32/144439_2.png) [@Gref\_Borielle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gref_Borielle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/7 "2019-07-15T08:26:16Z")
Yes, that is how i am doing this right now, but it would be more convenient to have normal map in game rather than using third party resources. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/8 "2019-07-15T08:28:08Z")
Sorry man, I dunno what to say, I use the map ok but Ive never needed to plot that kind of course. ---
**Author:** ![Jorad\_Todako](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jorad_todako/32/195448_2.png) [@Jorad\_Todako](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jorad_Todako)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/9 "2019-07-15T08:29:29Z")
It’s Flat ! ---
**Author:** ![Xuxe\_Xu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xuxe_xu/32/464660_2.png) [@Xuxe\_Xu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xuxe_Xu)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/10 "2019-07-15T08:39:50Z")
OP, do you have the option under general settings tab to uncheck “try new map”? ---
**Author:** ![Gref\_Borielle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gref_borielle/32/144439_2.png) [@Gref\_Borielle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gref_Borielle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/11 "2019-07-15T15:22:51Z")
I already tried with and without “try new map” - its dosent change anything - map still is mess and dosent look like dotlan map. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/12 "2019-07-15T15:31:36Z")
You probably should never play Elite Dangerous then ---
**Author:** ![Circumstantial\_Evidence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/circumstantial_evidence/32/399551_2.png) [@Circumstantial\_Evidence](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Circumstantial_Evidence)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/13 "2019-07-15T15:42:45Z")
The “flatten” option takes stars arrayed in a 3-D volumetric space, and flattens it, causing stars to nearly overlap in some cases. It can be challenging at times to pick between adjacent stars, if they are close together even at max zoom. Dotlan “fixes” that by making a 2D space map from scratch, based on connections. Perhaps some day. The fact that “new map” has been in suspended animation as a beta feature for more than a year says something. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolai\_Serkanner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nicolai_serkanner/32/358049_2.png) [@Nicolai\_Serkanner](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nicolai_Serkanner)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/14 "2019-07-16T16:24:21Z")
The in-game map is horrible and you should avoid it like the plague. Use dotlan. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/flat-star-map/175277/15 "2019-10-14T16:24:28Z")
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