Soontill Relics, the Regor Permit Sector and DB's cryptic hints....

Arcanonn · May 1, 2015

Shalzarr said:
Please could you update the 1st post with pad sizes for the systems requiring permits, as I arrived at HIP 18609 for the Peregrina Permit in my 'conda and there were only outposts
Just a minor setback for me but if this is the case for any of the other systems, it would be nice to have the information in advance.

Shalzarr...

Sorry Shalzarr I'm at work and can't access that info, when I get home I have a family and my slim time is invested in searching. Feel free to PM the info though and I will add it if you like.

slashgoh · May 1, 2015

Arcanonn said:
Is that seriously real???? Sorry for the scepticism but we have had multiple hoaxes along the way.

Into the game model folders, there are no models for ship different from the ones all we know. It is an hoax for sure.

Vasious · May 1, 2015

I would expect the artifacts to be in a Human made cargo cansiter

Shalzarr · May 1, 2015

Arcanonn said:
Sorry Shalzarr I'm at work and can't access that info, when I get home I have a family and my slim time is invested in searching. Feel free to PM the info though and I will add it if you like.

I am at work also, so maybe I should be working instead of reading lol. I am hoping to take part in the search over the bank holiday weekend, so I will send any updates / discoveries to you.

Shalzarr...

nikos · May 1, 2015

mattamon said:
WSS (Weak Signal Sources) only ever contain a destroyed ship, and canisters of none-tradeable items (i.e items you cannot buy at a market) such as (but not limited to)

Rebel Transmissions
Black Box Recorders
Ancient Artefacts
Toxic Waste
etc etc.

Not quite true: while exploring I've hit many WSSs where there is a single small ship (cobra, sidewinder, etc), usually unshielded and just flying around. It made me wish I had a cargo scanner and weapons with me!

dominathan · May 1, 2015

That's the in game model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnghnMHPes

I replaced the Toxic Waste Canister with it

Vasious · May 1, 2015

nikos said:
Not quite true: while exploring I've hit many WSSs where there is a single small ship (cobra, sidewinder, etc), usually unshielded and just flying around. It made me wish I had a cargo scanner and weapons with me!

Smugglers carrying illegal goods

SteveLaw · May 1, 2015

nikos said:
Not quite true: while exploring I've hit many WSSs where there is a single small ship (cobra, sidewinder, etc), usually unshielded and just flying around. It made me wish I had a cargo scanner and weapons with me!

Last night and this morning I'd say I had more single, clean Haulers than canisters in WSSs. Normal commodity cargo.

Vasious · May 1, 2015

dominathan said:
That's the in game model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnghnMHPes

I replaced the Toxic Waste Canister with it

Well I'll be

Arcanonn · May 1, 2015

Errrrr holy crap if this is fake it's the best one I've ever seen! Can anyone confirm this please?

Your getting rep my friend as it looks real.....and even if it isn't your getting rep. God Damn.

CMDR Moortz · May 1, 2015

That's interesting - I've not encountered that. Anyone else experienced this?

Ah, I can see many people have.

Tangy Red Smurf · May 1, 2015

Arcanonn said:
Errrrr holy crap if this is fake it's the best one I've ever seen! Can anyone confirm this please?

Your getting rep my friend as it looks real.....and even if it isn't your getting rep. God Damn.

I was tempted to do that the other day, swap to model ovl files to another object, I think that is really legit :-O omg

dominathan · May 1, 2015

I was actually surprised it matched the other video from that Hoax guy. I wasn't expecting that, since I was all over trying to get a better quality image out of that SSTV signal chase he put us on. But with the ability to do something like this, we're going to have to be even more skeptical of other videos with the right audio.

Tangy Red Smurf · May 1, 2015

Now just need to find the real thing and get a good sound sample off it.

Looks like that last Reddit vid post may not have been a hoax (unless they did the same thing) Only the effects look different (Blue sparkles appear around it in the vid)

CMDR Balboa · May 1, 2015

Dominathan, could you provide a bit more detail as to how you located that 3D model and what it's named? If it is in the game files, than the earlier post from r/elite mystery solver might be real, but it's far more likely he or she just did what you did in order to continue their tomfoolery. Also, if you're still on the thread Redeye, can you let us know if the unknown artefact containers you found looked liked that model when you scooped them, or did they look like every other cargo container?

Arcanonn · May 1, 2015

I'm buying this to be honest it just....looks right?

Tangy Red Smurf · May 1, 2015

CMDR Balboa said:
Dominathan, could you provide a bit more detail as to how you located that 3D model and what it's named? If it is in the game files, than the earlier post from r/elite mystery solver might be real, but it's far more likely he or she just did what you did in order to continue their tomfoolery. Also, if you're still on the thread Redeye, can you let us know if the unknown artefact containers you found looked liked that model when you scooped them, or did they look like every other cargo container?

The game model files are in C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\EDLaunch\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1001\Win32\Items\Models\CargoUnknownArtifact

The are 3 ovs model files and 1 ovl file (the names match the ones found in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\EDLaunch\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1001\Win32\Items\Models\CargoContainerToxic

So Im guessing they just swapped them over (I was tempted to do this myself but didn't want to spoil the supprise)

That is why the sound and item name is that of a toxic waste container.

I suspect anyone whos got some time now could try this and confirm

dominathan · May 1, 2015

CMDR Balboa said:
Dominathan, could you provide a bit more detail as to how you located that 3D model and what it's named? If it is in the game files, than the earlier post from r/elite mystery solver might be real, but it's far more likely he or she just did what you did in order to continue their tomfoolery. Also, if you're still on the thread Redeye, can you let us know if the unknown artefact containers you found looked liked that model when you scooped them, or did they look like every other cargo container?

My thoughts exactly. This is how he did it, for sure. I hope I'm not getting in the realm of cheating with this, because I only intended this to help us. I did notice that the audio files for the artifact include a special file, an AUX. The only other ones that have those are the Voyager probes, and the NAV beacon (of all things). I wasn't successful in getting those to swap, but I'm actually kind of glad. The hunt is still on!

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Frontier_Developments\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1010\Win32\Items <- models and audio

Edit: They use the folder names to grab the items, so changing them is all it takes

CMDR Moortz · May 1, 2015

It's interesting for certain!

I'd be cautious about swapping files over, that would certainly not be the intended way that FD expect us to solve this. That AUX bit is interesting though - voyager probes might emit that SSTV signal (has anyone tried that with those??) and the NAV beacons emit that morse signal...

Vasious · May 1, 2015

Resist the Temptation!