Distances in SE IV

[Puke]

Originally posted by mottlee:
you can turn on the distances when you are trying to open one and will tell you

yeah, after you've built the darn thing - which sort of defeats the point of pre-planning. 10LY squares, use 2d planar geometry to find the distance. SJ posted the formula below.

or, you could run a test game with max tech, build a ship with a warp opener in one turn with the cheatcode, and use the map there to ball-park the distance. it will probably be good enough.