UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

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Nutter

Nutter
jgm said:
Definition of the word "random".
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(IF) the RNG has to select a number without repeating then doing anything to 'reset' the process could affect your chances of hitting the right number.

So my suggestion will rule out that problem if there such a formula... that is all. I like to rule out as many 'complications' from my search, of course, each to their own ideas.
 

Dielos

Dielos
Has anybody ever studied the sounds and noises coming from the stars in the galaxy map when mousing over them?

Going over the stars in the Pleiades nebula I notice that almost all stars have difference in the sounds, often just in speed, other times with completely different sounds. I guess that some sounds indicate star type, others maybe even amount of bodies, and maybe other parameters.

What I did notice is that some of the systems in the Pleiades have a sound similar to a heart beating, and other systems do not show this. Most of the systems I found with this heart beating sound seem to be inside the nebula, but I didn't check too far. Those that have the heart beating sound, often it differs in different ways, like being slower or faster, or deeper in tone.

If anybody has ever studied this, it might be another approach to find the barnacles.



FD are well known for playing a lot with sound, so it could very well be that systems/bodies with barnacles could be distinctive in their sound.

Remember the phrase from MB on the UA's: "Have you listened to them?"
 

Nydo_Horth

Nydo_Horth
marbor22 said:
Just a thought.

About all we know about the Barnacles is that they well... look like Barnacles.

So the most obvious thing about this shape is that they can withstand massive amounts of gravity. A cone is the best shape for that. If its not pressure (No landable atmospheres yet) Then it MUST be Gravity.

That is the most important and most obvious clue I can think of.

So... Who's up for finding the highest G landable world in the Pleiades?
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Since i Bring back my imperial courrier to the pleiade count me in. which world are they?
 

Von Shadow

Von Shadow
Is there any indication that the RNG for spawns is affected by people in the instance?
ie. If you had a wing of 4 players join an instance the game do 4 'rolls' of the RNG for each in which case 3 could then move onto another body nearby and get 3 rolls, then 2 then the last .... thus giving a total of 10 'rolls' on 4 bodies for 4 players to track

Or are PoI's contents spawned by the RNG with each item time having x% change of spawning as encountered....
Main thing is.... does re-instancing 'cost' chance?
Just trying to figure whether keeping a planatery instance 'alive' by rolling players in and out as needed while scouring would yield a higher % chance or whether quite litterally everytime a PoI pops up the radar you have an equal chance of items based on weight
 

coojw

C
slashgoh said:
I found this on reddit:


  • Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-79
  • Pleiades Sector DL-Y D68
  • Pleiades Sector DL-Y D65
  • Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-74
  • Pleiades Sector HR-W D-177
  • Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-76
  • Pleiades Sector DL-Y D67
  • Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-75
  • Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-78
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Be advised
  • "Pleiades Sector HR-W D-177" on the list, is a typo, it should be "Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-77"
 

CMDR Boozeman

CMDR Boozeman
FARVA said:
So I streamed my barnacle search for almost 5 hours.
Turned up nothing but a couple of weird sounds coming from the crashed SRV POI.
I've been to a few of these but never heard the odd sound coming from the WS like I heard tonight.

Also...

This wasn't from my stream tonight but you could imagine the feeling I got when I saw this on the WS.
I guess the game glitched but I though for sure I was going to find some nice green glowing barnacles...

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This seem's like normal guarded ship wreck with 3 skimmers flying around it. (Copied the picture and do some adjusments in Gimp to get them visible)

I have the same experience too with normal outcrop glowing in green in the shadows of the crater.
 

Tall Bird

Tall Bird
Hey all,

About the appearance of the Barnacles, wouldn't it be wise to assume the Horizons Launch Trailer's video looked like it had barnacles in it? Or am I overthinking things?
 

Gypsy12

Gypsy12
Nydo_Horth said:
Since i Bring back my imperial courrier to the pleiade count me in. which world are they?
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Currently in HR 1185 system @A4. A4 has a G of 4.12, and is generally very, very big. Good fun knocking around too. Black hole in this system too. Come and take a gander.
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Atrox Lux said:
Help needed. Self starters required for misty crater exploration working under your own initiative.

Apply within.

Should have experience searching the misty craters that are permanent (mostly) on tidally locked planets. These exist in a narrow area around the planet, where the light side meets the dark side. They are pitch black inside. Bring a torch.

Rich in volatiles they would be a serious contender as a permanent source of nutrition for a large lifeform and follows a specific line of enquiry. Most likely round planets in the Pleiades nebula, with a metal content of 30%, or higher, but all should be checked. Temperature range should not be so high as to melt metal, or so low as to inhibit volatiles in craters.

The pay is terrible (there isn't any), but the job is easier than scouring a whole planet. Circumnavigate this potential goldilocks zone and once the misty craters in this hinterland between light and shadow is spotted from orbital cruise, just drop down and investigate.

There is no pension, you'll be working on your own all the time, the breaks are unpaid and the cleaner will accidentally-on purpose hit you on the back of the head with a bucket as they go past.

Canvassing will disqualify.
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Only if I get a packet of JammyDodgers to myself at morning coffee break, & plain chcolate hobnobs in the afternoon! :eek:
 

Neo Mjolnir

Neo Mjolnir
After searching the seven sisters for days and days till I almost pulled my hair out I decided to try somewhere different... So from Maia I set out in My corvette(one enterity later)to HD 56925/ALS 299 , (the dying star of Thor's Helmet.) RNGesus hasn't blessed the first landable I've set down on thus far.. Seven hours in.... info if its of use to anyone.

All landables of the system are 100% metal.no volcanism.

The terrain in the moon I'm currently on (als 299 7c)looks very similar to the trailer with redisish sand and its dark side isn't pitch black but not lit up by the nebula like most of the landables I searched in the seven sisters.

this moon also has some of the best looking mountains I've come across yet and canyons of small to large variety. I'll get pics up later.

there are only crashed data nodes/nav beacons ( no bases,no skimmers) nothing but the rocks show up on the map when you're close enough... No poi's have yet to show up. even crashed ships...

no tea!lots of narcotics. No gold.

Loads of meteorites.

Very few crashed ships. Compared to other areas I've searched...

Conclusion: RNGesus has forsaken us.... I've played many games with a 0.01 drop rate on items...someone should have found one by now/find something soon or I'm betting this is bugged...not giving up though just seems odd not one has been found yet... *slinks back to cockpit
 

Quester91

Quester91
I've encountered almost two dozens PoI on Pleione 4 and still no sign of barnacles. Crashed nav beacons, squared boxlike stations and lots of wreckages.
Meh, I'm thinking about starting a new search in another system.
 

Von Shadow

Von Shadow
It is deeply unsatisfying that its required to be dealt with outside the game ....
I'm all for emergent gameplay but it should be done within the game framework....

Plus last night came up on a PoI which was very dark and didn't seem to have much in it other than maybe something slightly red .... before i know it turrets have dropped my shields and i'm down to 75% hull before i got the hell out of there.
In the end I was flying around on the dark side of B1BA with the lights out in the room flying heli style at about 150m up nose down trying to spot something green (assuming thats the object in the trailer & would be most visible with no abient light).... did that for about an hour before my eyes started bleeding :)
 
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