Good luck searching, all. I'm done with barnacle hunting... got to get ready for DW departure!
UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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Oh, internet, I suddenly don't feel like looking for barnacles anymore:
[video=youtube;znlU8nR5hI8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znlU8nR5hI8[/video]
I looked up barnacle in naupilus stadium. They look similar to the UAs. But the head is the head. Not around. So forget what I assumed. They do orientate towards the surface. To the sun.
So why do UAs think merope is the surface? Why is it the only sun they see?
I'm not in game right now but I am docked at obsidian orbital
Where are you?
This seems like normal behavior. I've had this happen on various planets. There is sort of a sweet spot between too low and too high to enter SC.
Don't know about the exact distance but yeah, if you take off from the surface you leave mass lock at about 2.5 Km then have a bit of time to SC/High wake out and then back in mass lock! Doesn't make much sense but it is normal in game.
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Yup, there's a mass lock based on the surface and another one based on the forced drop from orbital cruise altitude - DRP on the altitude indicator.
I haven't paid much attention to it, but it sounds normal. You get mass-locked by the planet, but there's a range where you need to be able to jump to Supercruise. On the surface, you're mass-locked up to around 2km, at which point you can Supercruise to get into Orbital Cruise.
Debug camera is a nice way to look around - I have bind it to F1 and can switch it fast on/off.
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There are more mass-lock reagions afaik. One is below 2km, the other is around the OC/orbital cruise exit (25km). Not sure about any other regions...?
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yes Earth-based mythology I have no problem with, I mean the UA's do appear to be trying to communicate with us, it's possible if they know about humanity they might pick clues any human with knowledge of ancient-earth history could discover. If the barnacles are indeed related to the UA's they may perhaps be trying to hide from one alien race while attempting to get our attention in order to save them.
And here we are only thinking about what resources we can extract by shooting them! Typical humans.
Theory: It seems a bit hopeless to search moons and planets with no direction other than "Pleiades". Even if you narrow the search down to low lying craters and canyons that have vapor fogs it is a ridiculous amount of area to cover.
Maybe there are special Unidentified Signal Sources in systems that could potentially harbor Barnacles and Meta-Alloys... and if so there could be NPC's in the USS's that have dialogue related to potential locations for the Barnacles and Meta-Alloys.
I started looking for some in Maia this morning but, no luck.
Has anyone been attempting this? Red herring?
Maybe there are special Unidentified Signal Sources in systems that could potentially harbor Barnacles and Meta-Alloys... and if so there could be NPC's in the USS's that have dialogue related to potential locations for the Barnacles and Meta-Alloys.
I started looking for some in Maia this morning but, no luck.
Has anyone been attempting this? Red herring?
I just got in today. Nothing special, although if you stand on one of the hatches there is weird sound, seeming to come from below. Couldn't make anything of it. The Turrets and guards are easy prey for a ship, even my asp could take it.
There goes my theory that they're visible from orbit because they have tentacles sticking out into space.
I noticed that in surface flight, the ship slows to a halt when you switch to debug cam, which is different behaviour than in space.
I was trying to cruise at about 2km and have a good look around and after a while I realised I wasn't moving.
I could probably change FA Off to toggle instead of hold and try that but... gravity!!
I was trying to cruise at about 2km and have a good look around and after a while I realised I wasn't moving.
I could probably change FA Off to toggle instead of hold and try that but... gravity!!
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ahahaha, indeed!
I had no clue, thx for the info.
sure why not im at Alcyone right now.
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