UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

[locastan]

Quick update - For those following the Horizons trailer hunch.. SRV thrusters are neutral (neither up or down) on a 1g world with a tolerance of 0.1g

Barnacle Unknowns
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5. Are they only found in dark areas of a planet (Craters or Trenches)?
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John Casey and I were discussing on the UA reddit sub that they maybe found on the dark side of tidally locked worlds. Another idea is they might also prefer high G worlds, where their strong structural integrity is really needed. Just speculation as usual.

 

[Nutter]

John Casey and I were discussing on the UA reddit sub that they maybe found on the dark side of tidally locked worlds. Another idea is they might also prefer high G worlds, where their strong structural integrity is really needed. Just speculation as usual.

Yeah, I will slowly grow the detail and other theory's plus some tips Not got a lot of spare time

 

[RedWizzard]

So I might have missed in in the 40 odd pages

How has this been confirmed?
2. What Region of space can they be found? - Can be found in the region of the Seven Sisters nebula (Pleiades).

Michael told us near the end of the last thread.

 

[BaronDeKalb]

haha - just this eve - was playing around with the possibility that the markings were system descriptions again ... now that we have a general area to look at

I was thinking about this also tonight, i believe there is another message. Also were on our map Sol is 0,0,0 , I Think the UA's are saying Merope is their 0,0,0

hmm : Merope mated with man (learned morris, time to check the children of Merope)

 

[Jorge]

Compromise
Likely to be found in or close to nebulae, specially the Pleiades

Great. Thanks CMDR! o7

 

[IceFire122]

I went out to find the crashed Anaconda from OA's video to experiment with how fixed POIs work and just as i reached it, my lights shined over it and i crashed to desktop.

I confirm, that the game can crash when visiting the Anaconda. I had one crash, when flying around. After re-log, I could land, inspect and scavange safely.

Hence, anybody having a CTD hopefully can report the coordinates/planet it happened.

Visibility at the Anaconda crash site is very limited at night, as in the video. With high gamma, it can be seen 15 km from above (a little dot only). nothing on ship radar, SRV scanner shows lines similar to canister sites and some fuzzy signals (forgot to take a pic).

Will check the site again during day time.

As the real coordinates are close to 1° of from the message values, I wonder, how it can be found in a 2°*2° square without knowing the correct values. At night, it will be difficult. With several players skimming the area, it should be possible, once narrowed down to that small square.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

from last thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371375#post3371375

Originally Posted by Michael Brookes
Not really, some are randomly generated, but others have been specifically placed to be found.


Michael

Not sure if that wording is intentional, but it would indicate they are in some sort of logical place, or logical once you have the right clues/information.

 

[squiggsy]

I confirm, that the game can crash when visiting the Anaconda. I had one crash, when flying around. After re-log, I could land, inspect and scavange safely.

Hence, anybody having a CTD hopefully can report the coordinates/planet it happened.

Visibility at the Anaconda crash site is very limited at night, as in the video. With high gamma, it can be seen 15 km from above (a little dot only). nothing on ship radar, SRV scanner shows lines similar to canister sites and some fuzzy signals (forgot to take a pic).

Will check the site again during day time.

As the real coordinates are close to 1° of from the message values, I wonder, how it can be found in a 2°*2° square without knowing the correct values. At night, it will be difficult. With several players skimming the area, it should be possible, once narrowed down to that small square.

Wait when did you go to the Anaconda? I went there just now and it was gone (read my edit to that post) I was at the EXACT coordinates that OA was at while he was sat on top of it in his SRV and it wasn't there.

 

[IceFire122]

I then flew up to over 20kms above it (23.5 to be exact) and I could still see it easily.

But you knew, where to look and what to look for. Barnacles can look different or require a closer distance. Spotting known patterns is much easier than unknown ones.

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Wait when did you go to the Anaconda? I went there just now and it was gone (read my edit to that post) I was at the EXACT coordinates that OA was at while he was sat on top of it in his SRV and it wasn't there.

I was there 10-20 minutes ago in open. Found it at the exact spot.

Edit: Still there/here. Could be instancing. While I have some time, I could try to get you into my instance (Friend+Wing up).

 

[squiggsy]

But you knew, where to look and what to look for. Barnacles can look different or require a closer distance. Spotting known patterns is much easier than unknown ones.

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I was there 10-20 minutes ago in open. Found it at the exact spot.

That's really weird, I was there then, it looked like the right spot, it had the exact same coordinates and nothing was there... I wonder if that's a glitch or some other funny business.

 

[Han_Zen]

I was thinking about this yesterday.

What if the markings on the UA actually do point to a specific place? Mostly the repeating two dots and upturned V.

Maybe one of the paired moons in Merope?

If you look at the trailer at about 9s to the left of the rising sun, there are some stars in a upturned V pattern.

 

[IceFire122]

That's really weird, I was there then, it looked like the right spot, it had the exact same coordinates and nothing was there... I wonder if that's a glitch or some other funny business.

Friend request send to CMDR SQUIGGSY (to get you into the instance).

 

[squiggsy]

Friend request send to CMDR SQUIGGSY (to get you into the instance).

I'm long gone now! I'm back to space truckin'

 

[Lugus]

Visibility at the Anaconda crash site is very limited at night, as in the video. With high gamma, it can be seen 15 km from above (a little dot only). nothing on ship radar, SRV scanner shows lines similar to canister sites and some fuzzy signals (forgot to take a pic).

I can confirm this just been there myself.

Realistically to have a chance of spotting it on a 'fly-by' you would need to be under 7.5km IMO. Was proper dark and would have zero chance of seeing it without gamma turned way up.
Fortunately I had another CMDR with me and I could see his SRV headlights from over 10km up with gamma up or down. If the barnacles 'glow' as much as an SRV's headlights then they should be visible at this height even without gamma turned up.

 

[LordZoltan]

Not sure if that wording is intentional, but it would indicate they are in some sort of logical place, or logical once you have the right clues/information.

So, yeah - repped - wonder where the clues are if there are any...

The biggest one we have is the UA pointing at Merope IMHO.

...which I totally ignored yesterday as I investigated Pleione!

Monday lunchtime and evening, I'm heading back to Merope for sure.

 

[Azathoth]

Been trying to find them myself. I wonder if they grow on shipwrecks?

 

[darkinnit]

I'm worried that Michael Brookes' comment on some being randomly generated is being taken out of context:
"Not really, some are randomly generated, but others have been specifically placed to be found."
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371375#post3371375

Follow the trail to the previous posts:
"Unfortunately the article on galnet was written by a player so it still most likely is just lazy POI placement."
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371268#post3371268

And that post:
"I'm really excited in the spread of probes far away from the human bubble -> the article in GalNet confirms that it's not a bug"
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371248#post3371248

"The article" which is thought to be "lazy POI placement" which is clarified as "some are randomly generated, but others have been specifically placed to be found" is discussing the crashed nav beacons and their morse, not the barnacles.

Admittedly there is some mention of large barnacles in the same post but I'm following the trail of specific points that each person is replying to. So I'd be careful assuming barnacles can be found randomly, it could be that Michael Brookes was referring to the nav beacons with that reply.

I can't find the article on the nav beacons now, but I think the galnet site is missing some articles.

 

[squiggsy]

I'm worried that Michael Brookes' comment on some being randomly generated is being taken out of context:
"Not really, some are randomly generated, but others have been specifically placed to be found."
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371375#post3371375

Follow the trail to the previous posts:
"Unfortunately the article on galnet was written by a player so it still most likely is just lazy POI placement."
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371268#post3371268

And that post:
"I'm really excited in the spread of probes far away from the human bubble -> the article in GalNet confirms that it's not a bug"
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=542&p=3371248#post3371248

"The article" which is thought to be "lazy POI placement" which is clarified as "some are randomly generated, but others have been specifically placed to be found" is discussing the crashed nav beacons and their morse, not the barnacles.

Admittedly there is some mention of large barnacles in the same post but I'm following the trail of specific points that each person is replying to. So I'd be careful assuming barnacles can be found randomly, it could be that Michael Brookes was referring to the nav beacons with that reply.

I can't find the article on the nav beacons now, but I think the galnet site is missing some articles.

The article was a local one somewhere in the bubble but I can't remember where now.
Also he confirmed towards the end of the last threadnaught that at the very least there have been Barnacles placed in specific.. places.

I also thought he was talking about Nav Beacons at first but after I while I started to doubt that and thought he was probably talking about POI's in general.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

The article was a local one somewhere in the bubble but I can't remember where now.
Also he confirmed towards the end of the last threadnaught that at the very least there have been Barnacles placed in specific.. places.

I also thought he was talking about Nav Beacons at first but after I while I started to doubt that and thought he was probably talking about POI's in general.

I think the article in question was in Sol. Good news is I'm back from the outer rim, so I can start to help with the search of the Pleiades. If only I could decide where to start... oh well, I'll head to Obsidian Orbital first and then decide.

 

[CmdrZaratan]

Flying around higher up at night really gives a great view of the canyons on Merope 2A. Starting to wonder if this whole barnacle hunt is just an excuse to get us to fly around and look at all the great scenery they've created.

Really is spectacular in places.