3D route planner

The 3D route planner is a visual map for scouting routes before you commit to a haul. It shows the wider starfield, lets you choose a start and destination system, and draws an animated path between them when routing is available.

Use it from More → 3D map showcase in the Pelusium app.

What you can do

• Explore the map — Rotate, pan, and zoom through the system cloud to understand distance and direction.
• Click systems — Click a node to fill the start system, then click another node to fill the destination. Nodes are fixed map points; you do not drag systems into new positions.
• Search by name — Type a start and destination system into the route card if you already know where you are going.
• Build a route — Pelusium draws the path, highlights the route systems, and shows the ordered system list.
• Copy the route — Use Copy route to share the exact path with a pilot, corp channel, or planning note.

Map controls

• Left drag rotates the camera.
• Right drag pans the camera.
• Mouse wheel / middle drag zooms in and out.

The map recenters smoothly when you select systems or build a path. It does not force a hard zoom after routing; you can zoom manually from there. Dragging the view moves the camera only, not the systems.

Route options

The route card has several choices:

• Optimize: distance — Prefer shorter total distance.
• Optimize: fuel — Prefer a route based on fuel use when fuel data is available.
• Optimize: hops — Prefer fewer jumps.
• Ship — Pick the ship profile used for route math.
• Fuel — Pick the fuel type used with that ship profile.
• Cargo mass (kg) — Cargo weight used in jump performance calculations. Heavier cargo can change the route a ship can make.
• Manual jump radius (LY) — A direct jump-radius override. It is used only when Use manual jump radius is checked.

If you are using real ship data, leave Use manual jump radius off and pick a ship and fuel. Use the manual radius when you are experimenting, testing a known max jump range, or planning with a ship profile that is not listed yet.

Reading the result

After a route is built, Pelusium shows:

• The optimization mode used.
• The ship or manual jump setting.
• The fuel used for the calculation.
• The calculated jump radius when available.
• The total hop count.
• The ordered Route text from start to destination.

Use the route text as a planning reference. Before flying, confirm the destination, cargo, and job terms in-game and in the shipping job you are signing.

If routing is unavailable

Sometimes the map can still show a showcase starfield while live routing is not available. In that state you can explore the visuals, but Build route may be unavailable or may ask you to wait for the connected catalog.

Try refreshing the page, waiting a few seconds, and checking that the systems you typed match the suggestions shown by the app. If it still does not work, see Troubleshooting.