HWS Universe on HWS Connect is everything about places: a 3D galaxy map with warp planner and routes you can follow in game, your favourite playfields with personal notes, and the Registry of every system, playfield and POI you have discovered.
Each server has its own map, favourites and registry. The map works without signing in, and you never need to be online in game.
💡 Playfield and star names on many HWS Connect pages (Structure Commander, Garage, OAM, Proximity Log, Dashboard ...) link straight into the map.
🌌 Map: 3D Galaxy Explorer
Every star of the galaxy, coloured by star class. Map layers toggle faction Territories, Star Fragments, your Favourites, system and region names.
Search systems, playfields, POIs and traders (press Q or /). Filter by faction, POI type, star type, and whether you see only your own surveys or also your faction's.
Click a star to open the Inspector: class, region, coordinates, its sectors/playfields (visited, shared by a faction mate, or unsurveyed) and their POIs. Right-click a star for Open, Warp here, Set as origin, Save as favourite.
Controls: drag to orbit, shift-drag to pan, scroll to zoom. Keyboard: W/A/S/D fly, Space / C up/down, hold Shift for 3x speed.
The selected star is kept in the page link, so you can copy the URL to share a location.
ℹ️ Stars you only know from long-range scans show their position, not their contents. Sectors appear once you warp in, or when a faction mate shares their survey with you.
System view
For any system a player has visited, View system draws its sun, planets, moons, stations and space sectors. Click a body for its parameters (class, gravity, temperatures, air, radiation, difficulty ...) and your discovered POIs there.
Warp planner
Warp range: 15–500 LY (default 250 LY)
Set an origin (My position or This system) and a destination (Warp here), choose Shortest or Fewest jumps. You get the jumps, the total distance and the longest leg. "Warp here" only plans the way. It doesn't move your ship.
Show only discovered stars (map layer) hides every star you haven't discovered yet.
Star Fragments
Signed in with Steam, the Star Fragments panel lists the fragments unlocked so far and whether you delivered them at the ECC. Their locations show up on the map. Server-wide progress is on the HWS Quests page.
🧭 Routes: plan a trip and follow it in game
Routes are saved lists of stops (systems, sectors or POIs from your registry), for a trade run, a mining tour or a trip to your faction's bases. You find them in the Routes panel on the map and on the Routes tab.
Build a route
Type a name and click Create (up to 50 routes). Select it, then add stops: search your registry on the Routes tab, or use Add to route on a star, a sector or a registry POI on the map
Generate from POIs: pick POI names (e.g. every trading station), a max distance and a max number of stops, and the route is built from your origin, using your warp range and Shortest / Fewest jumps
Optimize order sorts the stops into a short trip, and Show on map draws the route. Legs your warp range can't reach are marked
Share makes a route visible (read-only) to your faction mates. Their shared routes show under Faction routes
💡 The Item Tracer can build a trade route to every NPC trader you know that sells an item (Build trade route, HWS Elite+).
Follow it in game
Be online in game, then click Start. The first stop is put on your in-game map as a bookmark
A bookmark sync token lands in your backpack. Use it once per game session so your map bookmarks follow the route (Send token gives you a new one, e.g. after a relog)
Fly within 1 km of the stop (or into its sector) and the next stop is bookmarked automatically. Skip stop moves on by hand, Stop ends the route
Optional: Copy overlay link and open it in the Steam overlay browser (Shift+Tab → web browser → paste → pin it and lower the opacity). It shows your current target, the distance and every stop, and updates live while you fly
ℹ️ Starting the route again gives a new overlay link and ends the old one. Bookmarks and tokens are not possible while you take part in a player event.
⭐ Favourite Playfields
Throughout the season you discover playfields, interesting POIs and traders. Favourites let you bookmark them with your own notes.
Click the star icon to add or remove a favourite. Your current playfield is marked You are here.
Type a note (max 2,000 characters). It saves itself a second after you stop typing, and writing a note also stars the playfield.
Favourites are saved to your account per server and also show on the map. You can add them from the map too (Inspector "Add favourite" or right-click "Save as favourite").
Old favourites that were only stored in your browser can be imported with Import favourite….
🗂️ Registry: Everything You Discovered
The Registry shows every system, sector and POI you discovered, straight from the game database, plus what your faction mates share with you.
Search by system, playfield or POI, filter by sector type, discovered by (mine / shared), PvP/PvE and star type
Select a sector to list its POIs with type, owner and position
The data refreshes about every 30 minutes
Needs a Steam sign-in
Share with your faction
Share my registry (switch at the top) is on by default and applies to all servers. It's free.
Seeing your faction mates' discoveries needs HWS Master+. Only current members of your faction share with you.
❓ FAQ
"Nothing discovered yet": the game database has no discoveries for you yet. Explore in game and come back later.
"No route within X LY warp range": raise the warp range to at least the shown minimum.
I can't see my friend's discoveries: they must be in your current faction with sharing on, and you need HWS Master+.
My warp range is gone: it is stored only in your current browser.
Favourites and notes may be deleted with a season wipe, because playfield names can change.
HWS Universe on HWS Connect is everything about places: a 3D galaxy map with warp planner and routes you can follow in game, your favourite playfields with personal notes, and the Registry of every system, playfield and POI you have discovered.
Each server has its own map, favourites and registry. The map works without signing in, and you never need to be online in game.
💡 Playfield and star names on many HWS Connect pages (Structure Commander, Garage, OAM, Proximity Log, Dashboard ...) link straight into the map.
🌌 Map: 3D Galaxy Explorer
Every star of the galaxy, coloured by star class. Map layers toggle faction Territories, Star Fragments, your Favourites, system and region names.
Search systems, playfields, POIs and traders (press Q or /). Filter by faction, POI type, star type, and whether you see only your own surveys or also your faction's.
Click a star to open the Inspector: class, region, coordinates, its sectors/playfields (visited, shared by a faction mate, or unsurveyed) and their POIs. Right-click a star for Open, Warp here, Set as origin, Save as favourite.
Controls: drag to orbit, shift-drag to pan, scroll to zoom. Keyboard: W/A/S/D fly, Space / C up/down, hold Shift for 3x speed.
The selected star is kept in the page link, so you can copy the URL to share a location.
ℹ️ Stars you only know from long-range scans show their position, not their contents. Sectors appear once you warp in, or when a faction mate shares their survey with you.
System view
For any system a player has visited, View system draws its sun, planets, moons, stations and space sectors. Click a body for its parameters (class, gravity, temperatures, air, radiation, difficulty ...) and your discovered POIs there.
Warp planner
Warp range: 15–500 LY (default 250 LY)
Set an origin (My position or This system) and a destination (Warp here), choose Shortest or Fewest jumps. You get the jumps, the total distance and the longest leg. "Warp here" only plans the way. It doesn't move your ship.
Show only discovered stars (map layer) hides every star you haven't discovered yet.
Star Fragments
Signed in with Steam, the Star Fragments panel lists the fragments unlocked so far and whether you delivered them at the ECC. Their locations show up on the map. Server-wide progress is on the HWS Quests page.
🧭 Routes: plan a trip and follow it in game
Routes are saved lists of stops (systems, sectors or POIs from your registry), for a trade run, a mining tour or a trip to your faction's bases. You find them in the Routes panel on the map and on the Routes tab.
Build a route
Type a name and click Create (up to 50 routes). Select it, then add stops: search your registry on the Routes tab, or use Add to route on a star, a sector or a registry POI on the map
Generate from POIs: pick POI names (e.g. every trading station), a max distance and a max number of stops, and the route is built from your origin, using your warp range and Shortest / Fewest jumps
Optimize order sorts the stops into a short trip, and Show on map draws the route. Legs your warp range can't reach are marked
Share makes a route visible (read-only) to your faction mates. Their shared routes show under Faction routes
💡 The Item Tracer can build a trade route to every NPC trader you know that sells an item (Build trade route, HWS Elite+).
Follow it in game
Be online in game, then click Start. The first stop is put on your in-game map as a bookmark
A bookmark sync token lands in your backpack. Use it once per game session so your map bookmarks follow the route (Send token gives you a new one, e.g. after a relog)
Fly within 1 km of the stop (or into its sector) and the next stop is bookmarked automatically. Skip stop moves on by hand, Stop ends the route
Optional: Copy overlay link and open it in the Steam overlay browser (Shift+Tab → web browser → paste → pin it and lower the opacity). It shows your current target, the distance and every stop, and updates live while you fly
ℹ️ Starting the route again gives a new overlay link and ends the old one. Bookmarks and tokens are not possible while you take part in a player event.
⭐ Favourite Playfields
Throughout the season you discover playfields, interesting POIs and traders. Favourites let you bookmark them with your own notes.
Click the star icon to add or remove a favourite. Your current playfield is marked You are here.
Type a note (max 2,000 characters). It saves itself a second after you stop typing, and writing a note also stars the playfield.
Favourites are saved to your account per server and also show on the map. You can add them from the map too (Inspector "Add favourite" or right-click "Save as favourite").
Old favourites that were only stored in your browser can be imported with Import favourite….
🗂️ Registry: Everything You Discovered
The Registry shows every system, sector and POI you discovered, straight from the game database, plus what your faction mates share with you.
Search by system, playfield or POI, filter by sector type, discovered by (mine / shared), PvP/PvE and star type
Select a sector to list its POIs with type, owner and position
The data refreshes about every 30 minutes
Needs a Steam sign-in
Share with your faction
Share my registry (switch at the top) is on by default and applies to all servers. It's free.
Seeing your faction mates' discoveries needs HWS Master+. Only current members of your faction share with you.
❓ FAQ
"Nothing discovered yet": the game database has no discoveries for you yet. Explore in game and come back later.
"No route within X LY warp range": raise the warp range to at least the shown minimum.
I can't see my friend's discoveries: they must be in your current faction with sharing on, and you need HWS Master+.
My warp range is gone: it is stored only in your current browser.
Favourites and notes may be deleted with a season wipe, because playfield names can change.