Where are the names for discoverers?

[X-Bumble]

Apologies if this has been asked before, I couldn't find a thread.

I read that the names of people (person) who has discovered a new planet or star (etc.) is now logged and able to be viewed by other players. However, I cannot find where they are listed.

Can anyone please tell me where about these discovery names are?

Cheers!

 

[GrimVictor]

You'll find the names inside system info, and in each planet info chart.

 

[X-Bumble]

Hmm - I can't see any listed at all. Weird.

 

[Zieman]

Depend on which systems you look at. Inside the inhabited volume great many systems were already eplored by default, those won't have the tag of course. Try buying some system's data or jumping into an unknown (to you) system and using the Discovery Scanner there. Then open System Map and click on various bodies.

 

[Feldspar]

Without discovering the objects for yourself you won't see them.

 

[Alien]

Without discovering the objects for yourself you won't see them.

Which for me, begs the question ... what's the point then?
I thought the idea was you could look at the galaxy map and see which systems were discovered and which were not, and then plan a journey to an undiscovered region.

 

[pluton]

Without discovering the objects for yourself you won't see them.

That may be ambiguous.

If you can access the System Information for a system, then you can see the Discovered By tag which shows who was the first person (if any) to scan (not just discover) that star or planet. This may be your name, or someone else. Many systems in human space are preset as "discovered" and can't gain Discovered By tags.

 

[Zplintz]

Without discovering the objects for yourself you won't see them.

Sorry that isn't correct.

I don't know what might make them no show (whether not discovered or something else)

I saw a system last night that had about 40 stars, planets and moons that two different peoples names covering every planet in the system. Never visited the system before and didn't have a scanner installed.

The names show on the system map when you click on planets.

 

[Cmdr Trav ElEr]

Which for me, begs the question ... what's the point then?
I thought the idea was you could look at the galaxy map and see which systems were discovered and which were not, and then plan a journey to an undiscovered region.

the problem is, the galaxy map is entirely client side. That's how they managed to make it so impressively fast.

only system map connects to FD servers and can query that info.

 

[Feldspar]

Which for me, begs the question ... what's the point then?
I thought the idea was you could look at the galaxy map and see which systems were discovered and which were not, and then plan a journey to an undiscovered region.

That kind of spoils it for me, I like the idea that you cannot tell if territory is complete virgin until you get there, it stops people cherry-picking the unvisited systems and means you have to do some exploring.

 

[pluton]

I like the idea that you cannot tell if territory is complete virgin until you get there, it stops people cherry-picking the unvisited systems and means you have to do some exploring.

Yes, I agree. It may not be logical, but it's better gameplay.

 

[Pete]

Also remember it is the first person to sell the data who gets tagged.

You could visit a "virgin" system, scan it, and 5 minutes later see someone else's name tagged on it as they sell their data.

-- Pete.

 

[iain666]

I saw a system last night that had about 40 stars, planets and moons that two different peoples names covering every planet in the system. Never visited the system before and didn't have a scanner installed.

You just need to ping, not go up to, to see the name. You must have done that or they wouldn't be on your system map.

 

[vjek]

Yep, you have to scan systems outside the inhabited bubble in order to see who discovered them first.

So, clearly UC has the data, and clearly, they can show it to you (they do, 5 seconds later), but they won't show you BEFORE you scan. Errr... What?! Yeah. Illogical. And heaven forbid they show you all the discovered (or not) systems in the galaxy map, outside the inhabited bubble! Never!

Yet another in a long list of internally inconsistent negative gameplay features.

 

[Pete]

You cannot see it before you discovery scan because each individual body can be scanned "first" by someone.

If you cannot see the bodies you cannot know which are claimed.

-- Pete.

 

[vjek]

You cannot see it before you discovery scan because each individual body can be scanned "first" by someone.

If you cannot see the bodies you cannot know which are claimed.

-- Pete.

It's been scanned and sold already. It's already in the UC database.

Within the inhabited bubble, it shows you on the galaxy map, and shows you ahead of time. No scanning required. You can choose to buy the data (as it's available) so you know it's already been scanned and sold. Outside the inhabited bubble, it doesn't give you that choice, and there's no reason why.

The only difference is the distance from Sol. That's it. It makes no sense, has no lore to back it up, is internally inconsistent, and illogical, currently.

 

[Mountain Dewed]

If you can access the System Information for a system, then you can see the Discovered By tag which shows who was the first person (if any) to scan (not just discover) that star or planet. This may be your name, or someone else. Many systems in human space are preset as "discovered" and can't gain Discovered By tags.

This is good explanation^

 

[pluton]

No scanning required. You can choose to buy the data (as it's available) so you know it's already been scanned and sold. Outside the inhabited bubble, it doesn't give you that choice, and there's no reason why.

The only difference is the distance from Sol. That's it. It makes no sense, has no lore to back it up, is internally inconsistent, and illogical, currently.

Exploration data is only available for nearly systems, even in human space. So that's not inconsistent.

 

[Cmdr Trav ElEr]

It's been scanned and sold already. It's already in the UC database.

Within the inhabited bubble, it shows you on the galaxy map, and shows you ahead of time. No scanning required. You can choose to buy the data (as it's available) so you know it's already been scanned and sold. Outside the inhabited bubble, it doesn't give you that choice, and there's no reason why.

The only difference is the distance from Sol. That's it. It makes no sense, has no lore to back it up, is internally inconsistent, and illogical, currently.

UC is not in the business of giving away exploration data for free. Which is why you have to buy the data even in inhabited space. Except for the big systems, where the respective systems paid UC a generous sum to make the data available to all.

For all other, gotta pony up them credits, or scan yourself....

nothing inconsistent here