Added blarg post on autonav for safe lanes.

content/blarg/2023-07-30_autonav_the_lanes.md

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+---
+title: 'Autonav the Lanes'
+author: bobbens
+tags: [ 'development' ]
+---
+
+*This post is about development on Naev 0.11.0.*
+
+Pirates have always been an issue for the law-abiding player. They are
+everywhere and relentless. However, with the
+[addition of patrol lanes in 0.9.0](<%= @items['/blarg/2021-08-22_sporadic_naev_newsletter_vol_2.md'].path %>),
+the universe has become a safer place, at least where the patrol lanes exist.
+Although that made things much easier for the player, a gaping flaw was that
+the autonav system did not understand how to use these lanes. For 0.11.0, we
+implemented the long awaited feature that **autonav will now use patrol lanes
+if configured to!**.
+
+<%= video( @items['/videos/blarg/2023_07_autonav_the_lanes.webm'], "A Llama using the autonav system to stick to patrol lanes.", "video720p" ) %>
+
+So how does this work? By default, autonav will use patrol lanes of non-hostile
+factions when jumping, and will not use them otherwise. You can configure it to
+not use lanes for jump, and also to use lanes for landing on planets or
+stations from the new settings option accessible in the info menu.
+
+To get this working the entire autonav system was scrapped and rewritten, this
+also has the added effect of being much more accurate and efficient when
+travelling around. Overall it's a win-win situation! Hopefully this will ease
+the early game and save many pilots from meeting their fate at the hands of the
+hordes of marauders lurking in the darkness.
+
+As always, you can opt-in to the `nightly` beta branch on steam, or download
+the nightly from itch.io or github to get the latest and greatest of Naev
+development. Due note that this can be unstable, and make sure to back up your
+0.10 saves first!