Horizons Do Tip Off's Decay & Vanish ?

[Deep Thought 42]

Hi i have a few tip off's in my message box i have been trying to locate a crashed ship from the oldest tip off i have
On http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=746451921

Tucanae Sector HH-U B3-0 A 7 A
Lat 33.64 Lon -133.14


I have landed almost directly on the location & have driven arround for 30-60mins & not found the downed ship

I have compleated a few tip off in the past & normaly i find the crash site in a few mins

so is this a bugged tip off or am i doing it wrong

 

[PanTast]

Do they decay?
I think so. I´ve collected quite a few. When I visited the newest (a few days old) and it was empty - no crash site at the coordinates.

 

[Deep Thought 42]

Thanks for your reply
dam was Grinding my Imperial Rank upto Duke & did not want to stop till i got there
I will work backwards on my list till they stop turning up

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

Thanks for your reply
dam was Grinding my Imperial Rank upto Duke & did not want to stop till i got there
I will work backwards on my list till they stop turning up

Man! I have never got one! What am i doing wrong?

 

[Deep Thought 42]

Man! I have never got one! What am i doing wrong?

I was grinding in HIP 10716 to the next system wu ????? for a few days & nothing else when i got them

 

[John J. Aubrey]

They start appearing after you have become allied with a local faction, which naturally happens while grinding rank at HIP 10716/Wu Guinagi. I was wondering same thing about whether they decay, and it seems they do. I deleted oldest ones in my tab, and remaining one is a day or two old. I wonder how long it lasts?

 

[Deep Thought 42]

They start appearing after you have become allied with a local faction, which naturally happens while grinding rank at HIP 10716/Wu Guinagi. I was wondering same thing about whether they decay, and it seems they do. I deleted oldest ones in my tab, and remaining one is a day or two old. I wonder how long it lasts?

Thank you didn't think of local rep yes i was allied to the 3 or 4 empire factions in HIP 10716

as for how long do Tip Offs Last my newest ones were atleast 6-8 days old & I have spent today planet hopping & found nowt from my newest ones ! (Note to self explore them when ya get them in the future!)

would luv a dev to give a definitive answer!

Edit i know the Tip off missions to collect containers only last for aprox 3 days from what i remember of the times on them

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

They start appearing after you have become allied with a local faction, which naturally happens while grinding rank at HIP 10716/Wu Guinagi. I was wondering same thing about whether they decay, and it seems they do. I deleted oldest ones in my tab, and remaining one is a day or two old. I wonder how long it lasts?

Ta dude, so I am allied to lots of factions (my own included) but i have to become an ally to a new faction for them to turn up?

 

[Chris Simon]

The tip-off itself, yea, maybe.

but if you remember the location and return there in a week or so, it's still there. You can tell others and they will also find it. I think these things are permanent. (at least the crash sites, I don't know whether there are other types of tip-off locations)

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

The tip-off itself, yea, maybe.

but if you remember the location and return there in a week or so, it's still there. You can tell others and they will also find it. I think these things are permanent. (at least the crash sites, I don't know whether there are other types of tip-off locations)

ta dude! please tell me some locations as all the ones i have googled then gone to have all disappeared!

 

[djadjok]

The tip-off itself, yea, maybe.

but if you remember the location and return there in a week or so, it's still there. You can tell others and they will also find it. I think these things are permanent. (at least the crash sites, I don't know whether there are other types of tip-off locations)

No, the crash sites are not permanent (maybe with some exceptions), they are kind of semi-persistent POI's and their existence lasts a couple of weeks (no exact data). I've checked this once having the same question in my mind - having to follow my own tip off and some others received by other commanders - some were present, some already disappeared.

Btw, here is a good thread to search for reports.

 

[Chris Simon]

No, the crash sites are not permanent (maybe with some exceptions), they are kind of semi-persistent POI's and their existence lasts a couple of weeks (no exact data). I've checked this once having the same question in my mind - having to follow my own tip off and some others received by other commanders - some were present, some already disappeared.

Btw, here is a good thread to search for reports.

Hmm. To be honest I never tried returning to the place after weeks. Just a couple of days later. Interesting. Thanks for clarification and I apologize to Marcus for misleading him.

 

[Codger]

Yes they do disappear after a while. Seems to be a week or so, maybe some are longer than others.

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

No, the crash sites are not permanent (maybe with some exceptions), they are kind of semi-persistent POI's and their existence lasts a couple of weeks (no exact data). I've checked this once having the same question in my mind - having to follow my own tip off and some others received by other commanders - some were present, some already disappeared.

Btw, here is a good thread to search for reports.

thank you every one!

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

Thanks for clarification and I apologize to Marcus for misleading him.

all good dude. You da man! i would rep you again but it tells me i have to spread my love around first....

 

[3instein]

I got my first ever tip-off earlier telling me to go to LP 798-44 system, and to check out LP 798-44 A1 planet for a crashed ship with loads of goodies.

I was 16 jumps away, approx 160/170 lyrs. I went straight there but could not find the ship anywhere.

The coords were, Lat: 42.51 : Long: 131.44. Took me a wee while but I did get to the exact coords but nowt there, plenty poi's around but just the usual stuff.

Mick.

 

[TuxedoSteve]

Yeah, noticed they disappear after I went searching for a few (11) from back when I was rank grinding for my Corvette, gave up after the first 3 I visited didn't exist. Personally, I suspect Thargoids as I noticed all 3 'crash sites' had purple tinted rocks which weren't present on other locations on the planet

 

[GG7]

Ta dude, so I am allied to lots of factions (my own included) but i have to become an ally to a new faction for them to turn up?

They appear after missions and will often be introduced to you in a message from that mission's giver. Just keep an eye on your in-box.

Originally they would eventually time-out and get removed from the in-box, but FD changed that and now they stay up there indefinitely unless they changed it again in .05? I haven't played since the last update. Anyway... Was never sure if the Tip-Off mission itself remained viable forever because I have never actually done one, despite having dozens of them all up and down my inbox.

The reason I don't do them is because the coordinates listed for planets was wrong for the longest time. Actually backwards, and that made these very difficult to locate. Too much work for me with my limited playtime.