Actually, I'm in an ASP with only one SRV and I tend to do a low-pass fly-by on POI and don't even use my SRV. Center the blue circle right in front of you at around 2-2.5Km and once you hit the edge of the circle, drop to around 500m and slowly fly over. What was intended to spawn at the POI always shows up without having to get into the SRV. I have a feeling the POI circle radius is equidistant from what spawns there (which means the object is pretty much close to the center of the circle.. at least my experience so far). I'm slowly working my way to POLARIS checking out most planets on my way (at least superficially).
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Actually, I'm in an ASP with only one SRV and I tend to do a low-pass fly-by on POI and don't even use my SRV. Center the blue circle right in front of you at around 2-2.5Km and once you hit the edge of the circle, drop to around 500m and slowly fly over. What was intended to spawn at the POI always shows up without having to get into the SRV. I have a feeling the POI circle radius is equidistant from what spawns there (which means the object is pretty much close to the center of the circle.. at least my experience so far). I'm slowly working my way to POLARIS checking out most planets on my way (at least superficially).
About the six day mission, I've had over a week mission timers just to kill a few dozen pirates, so a six day timer could also mean a LOT closer in than 1,000ly.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but your post seems to be missing quite a few "in my opinion", and "I think".
Of course, that's just my opinion (see how easy that was?)
The Meta Alloys commodity mkt description says "...certain parts of space...". Plural.
I've been studying the galaxy map trying to find some kind of commonality in various areas around 300 - 2000LY out from the bubble. Nothing remarkable so far.
I've searched in many of the dark regions, including various different planet types. Nothing so far.
Also tried various far out planets (20,000LS +) thinking the 'parts' may possibly relate to distinct parts of systems, rather than the galaxy in general. Again - zip.
Different star types.
Planets orbiting ammonia worlds.
Water worlds. Gas giants with water and ammonia based life as well as most of the nebulae.
Even homed in on a high density L, T and Y type dwarf star area... you guessed it... zip.
Even had a dream about an invasion of rabid flesh-eating barnacles invading down town Houston - "Attack of the Large Space Barnacles!" (certificate PG). No clues there either
Only have 15 hours left on the mission timer so looks like they're not going to get their sample from me.
Wherever they are, they're well hidden.
I've been studying the galaxy map trying to find some kind of commonality in various areas around 300 - 2000LY out from the bubble. Nothing remarkable so far.
I've searched in many of the dark regions, including various different planet types. Nothing so far.
Also tried various far out planets (20,000LS +) thinking the 'parts' may possibly relate to distinct parts of systems, rather than the galaxy in general. Again - zip.
Different star types.
Planets orbiting ammonia worlds.
Water worlds. Gas giants with water and ammonia based life as well as most of the nebulae.
Even homed in on a high density L, T and Y type dwarf star area... you guessed it... zip.
Even had a dream about an invasion of rabid flesh-eating barnacles invading down town Houston - "Attack of the Large Space Barnacles!" (certificate PG). No clues there either
Only have 15 hours left on the mission timer so looks like they're not going to get their sample from me.
Wherever they are, they're well hidden.
I agree with the probable 300-2000 ly range. The 5000 that was mentioned is a little too "grindy" for most people IMO. Its probably somewhere on the order of the distance of Merope. Remember the 6 day timer is without any other clues or direction (other than "planet"), so my guess is that it's on the near side of that range.
Now, as to why none have been found yet, well... I don't like the spelling theory but this isnt the first time we've seen spelling errors, not to mention screw ups like the last treasure hunt.
Now, as to why none have been found yet, well... I don't like the spelling theory but this isnt the first time we've seen spelling errors, not to mention screw ups like the last treasure hunt.
"Parts of space"
Just thinking out loud again: "parts" as opposed to "regions" of space. I have been aiming for regions in the galaxy map, having taken the approach that wherever they placed these, the names of the systems needed to be easy to type for others (not just copy / paste where every syntax issue would create problems), and that aside from the barnacles themselves, the "region" would be around something visual in the galaxy map (nebula or something). Since the missions essentially requires no rank, I'm also wondering what a beginner would do with such a mission, and if finding them really does require an effort online by many players sharing information or if it really can be somehow done individually. I've also taken the approach that if a CMDR is on the right planet, the barnacle should spawn in less than ~10 POI, otherwise it's really not easy to find. I'll give the "parts of space" a bit more thought like you have.
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about the image , i just come thinking of using the galazy map to pinpoint the location of that station.... maybe who knows...
http://i.imgur.com/E0KQdOd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/E0KQdOd.jpg
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Got a confirmed lock on the nebula CORDs...only the 2 galaxies are out of position... meaning that now it's just a matther of "zooming in"
1100 : -100 : -510
1100 : -100 : -510
That's good enough for me, thanks peeps.IMHO it's not a bug. There are at least 8 references to uknBarnicles in game folders.
As a developer I agree with Han_Zen, as always.
I can add to this that the UA is referenced both as Artefact and Artifact, in game files... and that does not seem an issue as well
But worth checking and waiting for an official Devs reply on the matter.
I have also been thinking about the "...certain parts of space..." and the "High Temperature resistance" so i was thinking of trying to find a metal planet very close to a Wolf-Rayet star so did a google found the closest one to sol (Gamma 2 Velorum) but it's not in the game. so anybody know of one close to the bubble?
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Gamma Velorum is in the game, but it's permit locked in the Regor sector, 1000ly away.
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Why do you think those criteria are needed to find barnacles?
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Please stop with this. It is entirely conjecture.
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But it's still an assumption. As I said before, if it's bugged then how did FD get the trailer footage?
Thats it i got a 99% image refence grid of the Orion nebula and the other 2 galaxyes on the background of the horizons trailer.
cordinates aprox:
1095 : -162 : -530
nearest planet:
COL 140 SECTOR VV-L B8-4
M4 VA, M3 VA , M8 VA
there's also a
F9 VB system very close to the cords....
Images for comparison.
Side By side:
http://i.imgur.com/CCwQ4yz.jpg
Side By Side with Lines:
http://i.imgur.com/fQdmiOp.jpg
Overlayered:
http://i.imgur.com/SDXyaJg.jpg
cordinates aprox:
1095 : -162 : -530
nearest planet:
COL 140 SECTOR VV-L B8-4
M4 VA, M3 VA , M8 VA
there's also a
F9 VB system very close to the cords....
Images for comparison.
Side By side:
http://i.imgur.com/CCwQ4yz.jpg
Side By Side with Lines:
http://i.imgur.com/fQdmiOp.jpg
Overlayered:
http://i.imgur.com/SDXyaJg.jpg
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so has that been confirmed yet, or is it a case of avoiding the keeping it simple S principle
Yes, it is an assumption. That's exactly what I said. It is easy to assume.
I was not suggesting that it is a bug, though.
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I just did those images.
I aligned the Trailer image with the 2 galaxies on the BG , also scaled by them (since they are the furtest objects we can see in the image)
Then i just start aligning the orion nebula to a fiting position.
And for the end was just a fine tuning between then.. not 100% but 99% give or take a few light years..
I'm here , it's 99.9% perfect match.
4 landable planets high metal content.
Overlayed shot from inside the system out of supercruise:
http://imgur.com/a/VVycQ
System data:
http://i.imgur.com/wBnOrIU.jpg
I feel a bit dim here, but I just realized that in the quote "They are associated with recently discovered alien entities nicknamed 'Large Barnacles' by interstellar explorers. These appear to be common in certain parts of space, although no-one is certain why.", the "these" refers to the "large barnacles", not the meta-alloy.
I'm re-focusing my search back towards the UA bubble.
I'm re-focusing my search back towards the UA bubble.
I really admire your effort, commander, but a couple of questions...
What exactly are you hoping to find? The section of the launch trailer you pulled the image from may not be the same planet where we will find barnacles or meta alloys. It may be just a random planet that FD used for that section of video, and might not have any deeper meaning than that. If you're just trying to find it in order to prove that the places in the video are real, then by all means, please proceed
.You said you were at approximately 1095 : -162 : -530, at COL 140 SECTOR VV-L B8-4. There wouldn't be any colonies that far out, would there? Because the video clearly shows a colony in the same scene. I mean, Robigo is pretty far outside the bubble and there's a station there, but it's not THAT far outside. What's the furthest station/colony outside the bubble, that someone has found?
I really admire your effort, commander, but a couple of questions...
What exactly are you hoping to find? The section of the launch trailer you pulled the image from may not be the same planet where we will find barnacles or meta alloys. It may be just a random planet that FD used for that section of video, and might not have any deeper meaning than that. If you're just trying to find it in order to prove that the places in the video are real, then by all means, please proceed
You said you were at approximately 1095 : -162 : -530, at COL 140 SECTOR VV-L B8-4. There wouldn't be any colonies that far out, would there? Because the video clearly shows a colony in the same scene. I mean, Robigo is pretty far outside the bubble and there's a station there, but it's not THAT far outside. What's the furthest station/colony outside the bubble, that someone has found?
thing is, why record so far? the planet is there but the stations isnt. plus the 3° planet has the same soil of the barnacle enconter... worth a try.
yes, that's the question. however, are we even sure they actually recorded it IN GAME? Maybe they use another piece of software to do all the animations?
Also... if you open the galaxy map, and set to filter by economy, and pick all except the "none" box, then it should show only systems that have a station or colony on them. (I couldn't get this to work properly by using the population slider). I'm not seeing any colored dots close to COL 140 SECTOR VV-L B8-4.
Also... if you open the galaxy map, and set to filter by economy, and pick all except the "none" box, then it should show only systems that have a station or colony on them. (I couldn't get this to work properly by using the population slider). I'm not seeing any colored dots close to COL 140 SECTOR VV-L B8-4.
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