UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

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Dr. Dave Bowman

Dr. Dave Bowman
Biggest disappointment yet in a deep crater i see an angular almost pyramid like peak, takes ages to find a decent landing spot, dismiss my ship make my way towards a massive reading on the srv scanner get within 500m the oherside of the pyramid to the signal and see a combination of 8 sentries and stingers, oooh race back to ship go back kill em, find somewhere decent to land again go back to where they were and find a large very old wreck nothing there so spend an hour checking every signal or strange shape in the crater. to check if its a random POI i go out of open back to main menu, come back in again, nothing there so not a persistant poi, although it never showed up above 3km in blue circle... gutted :/
 

Iridium Nova

Iridium Nova
EAGLE 5 said:
Yeah at times it sounds like wind noise..... on an airless moon... not. good?
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Despite not having atmospheres, it appears many of these planets have fog or dust. You wouldn't think it'd be thick enough to produce wind noises though. Keep in mind the debug cam isn't supported as part of normal gameplay, so don't put alot of faith in anything you hear with it. I always figured the wind noises we could hear were things like solar wind striking the ship's sensors and being translated into an audible sound by the ship's sound system. But since that doesn't happen in space, maybe it has more to do with magnetic fields, mist/fog, or faint seismic activity, all being translated into the ship's soundscape.

Kola2 said:
I think i've refound the strange and rather creepy sounds at -48.0274 -40.1699 on Merope 3C

I've done some research and i've found that the sound has these properties :

It first appeard on Merope 3 C, and there are unconfirmed reports it is elsewhere.
At the start it is not pointing in any general direction, however later on it is, but it sadly does not turn into anything.
It changes a little, and at some times you can hear voice whispering.
It is more present when you stand still.
It has no correlation with signals on the wave-scanner, although if you turn it off, it dissapears, which suggest it is a radio signal, but which can only be heard not seen.
It was observed by many people, all of which did hear and agree to the creepiness of the sound and it's existence, so it's not just overreaction (we hope)

To quote (from memory) CMDR Aguri who i discovered the sound with (which strangely, started at the exact same time on both of our srvs, despite the 9km distance between us) "It would really suck if we couldn't get anything out of this"
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It's these audio signals the wave scanner picks up without a visual representation that intrigue me the most. I've very rarely encountered them (at least since I figured out to look for them), and I suspect they may be coming from a very distant POI, but so far I haven't been able to actually track one down.

Just drive in that direction, see if you can find the source. Whatever it is, at least we'll know.
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Had a strange event, probably not related. Was driving around on HP... erm... 2217? One of the seven sisters anyway, first planet, high metal, 1.5ish G (you can see, i'm a man of precision!).

Driving around the massive crater there, the one with the green glow look and its bottom is covered in mist (it kind of fits with the video right?). Well, driving along, plenty of fuel, hull at 87%. And suddenly, without any obvious cause, my SRV exploded. Bizarre! I might have to revisit that crater.

Side question: Has anyone tried loading a UA into a SRV and tried driving around, and listening?
 

Iridium Nova

Iridium Nova
Dr. Dave Bowman said:
Biggest disappointment yet in a deep crater i see an angular almost pyramid like peak, takes ages to find a decent landing spot, dismiss my ship make my way towards a massive reading on the srv scanner get within 500m the oherside of the pyramid to the signal and see a combination of 8 sentries and stingers, oooh race back to ship go back kill em, find somewhere decent to land again go back to where they were and find a large very old wreck nothing there so spend an hour checking every signal or strange shape in the crater. to check if its a random POI i go out of open back to main menu, come back in again, nothing there so not a persistant poi, although it never showed up above 3km in blue circle... gutted :/
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What if that was a barnacle, but there was just nothing interesting about it? Maybe we've found what we were looking for this whole time and it was so underwhelming we just ignored it and kept looking?

Man... That'd suck.
 

yoda711

yoda711
I also noticed there are 2 distinct types of "howls" in the UA sound. At the end of each hi/lo note sequence, it's either "type A" or "type B".

My original recording with updated howl types:

A 0
001100 A
011011 B
0101101 A
0010010 B
1010010 A
1100100 B
01100110 A
00110110 B
0 poof

Another CMDR suggested that there is a "begin transmission" bit. I'm not certain if it's there or not... but if it is, then I think it's "low" or 0.

edit: 2 different UA's exhibit the alternating A/B behavior, and it does not seem to care whether it's been scooped or not, in this regard.
 
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Cmdr Edard

Cmdr Edard
Agony_Aunt said:
Had a strange event, probably not related. Was driving around on HP... erm... 2217? One of the seven sisters anyway, first planet, high metal, 1.5ish G (you can see, i'm a man of precision!).

Driving around the massive crater there, the one with the green glow look and its bottom is covered in mist (it kind of fits with the video right?). Well, driving along, plenty of fuel, hull at 87%. And suddenly, without any obvious cause, my SRV exploded. Bizarre! I might have to revisit that crater.

Side question: Has anyone tried loading a UA into a SRV and tried driving around, and listening?
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Is this HR 1172 A 1?

Edit: Nvm - I glazed over 'first planet' ...... all I can see are barnacles now....I need to get some rest from barnacles. I think I'll get a cup of Barnacle. And then Barnacle in Barnacle..... Barnacle.
 
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IceFire122

IceFire122
I am in space above Merope 3C, ship nearly shut down. Listening to space sounds.

When I look at Merope 3C (Debug cam), I hear a humming sound.

Humming sound is also there, when I am in the ship (turned on again).
 
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squiggsy

squiggsy
Agony_Aunt said:
Had a strange event, probably not related. Was driving around on HP... erm... 2217? One of the seven sisters anyway, first planet, high metal, 1.5ish G (you can see, i'm a man of precision!).

Driving around the massive crater there, the one with the green glow look and its bottom is covered in mist (it kind of fits with the video right?). Well, driving along, plenty of fuel, hull at 87%. And suddenly, without any obvious cause, my SRV exploded. Bizarre! I might have to revisit that crater.

Side question: Has anyone tried loading a UA into a SRV and tried driving around, and listening?
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Sounds like HR 1772 A1 :) unfortunately that SRV bug is known and seems to be rearing its head a lot here since so many people are out in them so often right now.

Edit: Ninja'd by Edard
 
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Wicz

Wicz
Agony_Aunt said:
Had a strange event, probably not related. Was driving around on HP... erm... 2217? One of the seven sisters anyway, first planet, high metal, 1.5ish G (you can see, i'm a man of precision!).

Driving around the massive crater there, the one with the green glow look and its bottom is covered in mist (it kind of fits with the video right?). Well, driving along, plenty of fuel, hull at 87%. And suddenly, without any obvious cause, my SRV exploded. Bizarre! I might have to revisit that crater.

Side question: Has anyone tried loading a UA into a SRV and tried driving around, and listening?
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Random SRV explosions is a known bug, or at least it was in the previous client version.


Edit: Too late ^^.
 
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Spdrmn7

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Kola2 said:
I think i've refound the strange and rather creepy sounds at -48.0274 -40.1699 on Merope 3C

I've done some research and i've found that the sound has these properties :

It first appeard on Merope 3 C, and there are unconfirmed reports it is elsewhere.
At the start it is not pointing in any general direction, however later on it is, but it sadly does not turn into anything.
It changes a little, and at some times you can hear voice whispering.
It is more present when you stand still.
It has no correlation with signals on the wave-scanner, although if you turn it off, it dissapears, which suggest it is a radio signal, but which can only be heard not seen.
It was observed by many people, all of which did hear and agree to the creepiness of the sound and it's existence, so it's not just overreaction (we hope)

To quote (from memory) CMDR Aguri who i discovered the sound with (which strangely, started at the exact same time on both of our srvs, despite the 9km distance between us) "It would really suck if we couldn't get anything out of this"
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I'll head there with my UA for more testing
 

Cmdr Edard

Cmdr Edard
IceFire122 said:
I am in space above Merope 3C, ship nearly shut down. Listening to space sounds.

When I look at Merope 3C (Debug cam), I hear a humming sound.

Humming sound is also there, when I am in the ship (turned on again).
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In terms of universe Lore it could still be possible for one of these moons is actually a Thargoid base since they could construct planet sized objects...

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Kyp Shard

Kyp Shard
yoda711 said:
I heard this too, so here's what I did. I found another UA, and recorded it. I then cut a single "low" note from each sequence and put them together in series. It sounds like the notes just get gradually higher. Have a listen:

(no video, just audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn7Ilh1EhMI
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Yep. About 200 years ago in thread terms I suggested it might be the sound from Space Invaders, slowed down :D (it doesn't quite match though)

I think this is a product of the decay, the tone rising as it gets nearer to death. May be different with a non decaying UA?
 

Dakron Nova

Dakron Nova
squiggsy said:
Sounds like HR 1772 A1 :) unfortunately that SRV bug is known and seems to be rearing its head a lot here since so many people are out in them so often right now.

Edit: Ninja'd by Edard
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Wicz said:
Random SRV explosions is a known bug, or at least it was in the previous client version.


Edit: Too late ^^.
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I see a vehicle recall and lawsuit. Was the emission test faked as well.
 

LordZoltan

LordZoltan
Agony_Aunt said:
Had a strange event, probably not related. Was driving around on HP... erm... 2217? One of the seven sisters anyway, first planet, high metal, 1.5ish G (you can see, i'm a man of precision!).

Driving around the massive crater there, the one with the green glow look and its bottom is covered in mist (it kind of fits with the video right?). Well, driving along, plenty of fuel, hull at 87%. And suddenly, without any obvious cause, my SRV exploded. Bizarre! I might have to revisit that crater.

Side question: Has anyone tried loading a UA into a SRV and tried driving around, and listening?
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Edit - okay if it's a known bug, that's cool - but I'll leave my comment here anyway...

These SRV insta-deaths bother me greatly. I've clocked up around 200km and never had anything like this - and that's with some pretty dangerous driving (well, falling to be more precise!)...

I know 200km is nowhere near the top amount, but if there were a bug causing it, I'd have expected to have experienced it by now?
 
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RonkerZ

RonkerZ
Puddingcake said:
There's no sound in space, so the ship simulates sounds, because humans are more effective when all of their senses are engaged. You can tell this when you canopy blows out, and your ships speakers have no more media to transmit through.
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So what's the points turning the ship sounds off if you don't hear anything?
 
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