Is there any way to increase the range of detail pop up on the terrain? Mines kinda low. But nothing seems to change it.
Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 9 - The Canonn
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I already tried with plenty of tests. Audio, noise pattern above the fuel gauge, having the items in hold or not and so on.
As far as I can tell, none of this "works". But I'll try again, in case FD "fixed" it.
This is similar to a search method I proposed for Merope 5C with the difference that you start with a coarse separation to get a global level of coverage and then fill in the gaps.
- 1st pass - every 10 degrees of latitude.
- 2nd pass - the intermediate 5 degrees of latitude.
- 3rd pass - the intermediate 1 degrees of latitude.
Depending on the size of the body you might need to start doing fractions.
Obviously, the higher latitudes don't take as long as the equatorial ones.
Optionally, people can mix things up by doing longitude lines in the same way but that ends up covering the same ground and as rightly pointed out gets wasteful near the poles where the longitude lines converge.
Has that second picture been retouched? Doesn't look exactly like the ones I've been staring at
If you're put off by 20 minute in SC you're not going to like the planet eyeballing
My thoughts exactly.
My Asp spent the night in one of the large craters on C3.
I will start again after work.
It turns out that the ruins do not represent the home system.
Well, ED needs an active internet connection so everybody playing has internet access, and of course a link to the forums is on the launcher and what not so people will know. I also believe that most people in Canonn are aware of the forums and Discord so it won't be that hard to communicate, the hard part is getting enough CMDRS who want to partake in this. I really feel it is the best logical choice. With the limited/non-existen clues and tools to find this thing, having multiple CMDRS spread out upon 4 systems and countless bodies just seems like it's going to take too long with too much possibility of missing the site. All of us in one system focusing on one planet, I feel is the best.
And, because we know the first site spawned near a canyon we can possibly use that as a search criteria. We could designate a specific canyon for each CMDR and then let them have at it until it's been properly surveyed, then we move on to the next canyon.
This might take some time but it may help greatly. And for those with tons of canyons, then it's just a matter of picking the best looking ones and going from there.
But out of game google search was required anyway to even get to the ancient alpha site because even up until now there are no coordinates given ingame to the alpha site. You need to go out of the game
to find the coordinates to the alpha site. Hell the alpha site was even discovered via out of game information (trailer) in first place.
Hello CMDR,
I have a few questions that require astronomical knowledge.
First, we know these sites are a Data network. Based on the fact that the first site is on a tidally locked planet, could we identify a single star in the sky which position never changes when observe from the site 1?
Is so, couldn't we calculate on other tidally locked candidates a set of coordinates which constantly face this same star, and find the new datasites?
This way, all the sites would act like parabolic antennas, constantly facing a system, which should be their homeworld.
I have the feeling that being on a tidally locked planet isn't a coincidence, but I may be wrong. Thanks in advance for your answers/explanations.
I have a few questions that require astronomical knowledge.
First, we know these sites are a Data network. Based on the fact that the first site is on a tidally locked planet, could we identify a single star in the sky which position never changes when observe from the site 1?
Is so, couldn't we calculate on other tidally locked candidates a set of coordinates which constantly face this same star, and find the new datasites?
This way, all the sites would act like parabolic antennas, constantly facing a system, which should be their homeworld.
I have the feeling that being on a tidally locked planet isn't a coincidence, but I may be wrong. Thanks in advance for your answers/explanations.
Staring at the two ruin layouts for a bit I've come to a conclusion; the layout and position of everything, even the artifacts must have meaning, or else why would FD take the time to reorient them?
Instead of this brute force tactic, i think we should focus on what possible meanings these positions could have.
Also, note the beacons did not move thus probably are licational, as FD never moved them, only changed the order we would be directed to find them.
Instead of this brute force tactic, i think we should focus on what possible meanings these positions could have.
Also, note the beacons did not move thus probably are licational, as FD never moved them, only changed the order we would be directed to find them.
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This morning in the FD office.
"Have they found one yet?"
"Nope"
"How are they doing? They using that ***** hint? Are they using that cool ***** we put it to guild them? How about that ****** that tells them what to look for?"
"Nope"
"What the hell are they doing to find it then?"
"Oh. They are level flying and looking out the window."
"ohhhhh."
To be fair, I'm quite enjoying it at the moment. feels like being part of something important, doubt ill find anything and its definitely not game play for everyone. probably need to be a bit crazy, [where is it]
But flying my Taipan along a set heading, looking around with head tracking. The Taipan sounds like a little cessna. or is it a lawnmower?
Either way, its quite relaxing. Not sure how many days I could keep it up before relaxing turns into madness. but for now.
Keep trying to ignore that voice that's saying its probably not even on this moon!
Just someone find something! Please!
"Have they found one yet?"
"Nope"
"How are they doing? They using that ***** hint? Are they using that cool ***** we put it to guild them? How about that ****** that tells them what to look for?"
"Nope"
"What the hell are they doing to find it then?"
"Oh. They are level flying and looking out the window."
"ohhhhh."
To be fair, I'm quite enjoying it at the moment. feels like being part of something important, doubt ill find anything and its definitely not game play for everyone. probably need to be a bit crazy, [where is it]
But flying my Taipan along a set heading, looking around with head tracking. The Taipan sounds like a little cessna. or is it a lawnmower?
Either way, its quite relaxing. Not sure how many days I could keep it up before relaxing turns into madness. but for now.
Keep trying to ignore that voice that's saying its probably not even on this moon!
Just someone find something! Please!
I work now on the theory about three different sites on equal distances and modulo equal latitude relative to the moon 1Ba. Sounds nice but in fact I doubt that it's true: D
I can't find the declination of the moon. Probably have to do by guess (> 50 degrees).
Quite interesting to develop theory, but who knows what will happen ...
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Sounds like a plan! Two small points: ZE-A has a mandatory 20+ min SC to get to scannable planets (just so you know
), and you might want to consider starting with the 'better' candidates : C3 and C3A have caught a lot of ppl's eyes (and they are quite small). Anyway, good hunting o7Tidal locking doesn't play a role in my opinion because tidally locked planets still rotate and have a changing sky like every other body. Only near the geographical poles could be fixed connections to other stars. We should indeed try and check for coordinates which have a constant line of sight to the other ancient site systems, but whether or not they are tidally locked doesn't matter.
Be that as it may, but that is the problem. players were not patient enough and appear to have messed this up. Nothing should happen outside the game. Galnet is the only exception to this, but you can access it ingame anyway.
I've just had to go back to work unfortunately, but can anyone tell me what the system map sound for a body in IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 indicates?
I scanned it but didn't look at the results, but it sounds different to my ears. It's 300,000ls out, and its the landable moon around the 3rd planet of the furthest star.
I scanned it but didn't look at the results, but it sounds different to my ears. It's 300,000ls out, and its the landable moon around the 3rd planet of the furthest star.
Sounds like a plan! Two small points: ZE-A has a mandatory 20+ min SC to get to scannable planets (just so you know
Right, my thought on suitable candidates is going off of the original site. So i'd probably start with tidally locked bodies, rocky worlds with around 300-500k temps, around 80-90% rock and the rest metal with canyons of discoloration or very prominent features. Once those get exhausted then move on to the less likely candidates
So I'm flying across the surface of B2-4 A4.
Doesn't "feel" like the right place.
Planet is rather smooth. Quite different from the original alien site.
Hasn't stopped me bouncing off things though.
Any reason why D101 is so popular?
There's too much going on to read it all. Lol
Doesn't "feel" like the right place.
Planet is rather smooth. Quite different from the original alien site.
Hasn't stopped me bouncing off things though.
Any reason why D101 is so popular?
There's too much going on to read it all. Lol
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