I started exploring when I took a passenger from Ceos out to Nebula view. When I got back the scan data far exceeded the reward for the passenger mission. There was also a long list of planets I was the original discoverer of. Is there any way I can either show these systems in the galaxy map or download a list?
Finding My Discoveries
- Thread starter Droidling
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From what I understand there are utilities for PC players to pull from game data what you have visited.
For PS4 and XBOX the only thing you can do is turn on the galaxy filter to show only system you visited. You have to go through manually.
When I have visited an undiscovered system and I want to remember to check it later I grab a quick screenshot. Once I return I go through my screenshots and search those systems.
For PS4 and XBOX the only thing you can do is turn on the galaxy filter to show only system you visited. You have to go through manually.
When I have visited an undiscovered system and I want to remember to check it later I grab a quick screenshot. Once I return I go through my screenshots and search those systems.
There is a log file in your:
(assuming c drive)
C:\Users\%profile%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous
However... I don't have a clue if you will be able to extract the info, perhaps worth a look at this thread?
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/275151-Commanders-log-manual-and-data-sample
(assuming c drive)
C:\Users\%profile%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous
However... I don't have a clue if you will be able to extract the info, perhaps worth a look at this thread?
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/275151-Commanders-log-manual-and-data-sample
That would be nice. It'd save me a few dozen bookmarks. I always take screenshots of the systems I discover, but I must have nearly 100 GB of other non-exploration-related screenshots to sift through, so that doesn't do me much good.
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That filter is limited in that I've found systems I regularly hung out in are now shown as not visited.
This may be what you are looking for...
http://edcodex.info/?m=tools&entry=417
Personally, when I explore I manually note down systems of interest, which would essentially be first discovered systems with ELW, WW and AW, so I can check later in the galaxy map if I am so inclined. At the moment, there's no real reason to revisit any of these systems, other than to see one's CMDR name among the stars...
http://edcodex.info/?m=tools&entry=417
Personally, when I explore I manually note down systems of interest, which would essentially be first discovered systems with ELW, WW and AW, so I can check later in the galaxy map if I am so inclined. At the moment, there's no real reason to revisit any of these systems, other than to see one's CMDR name among the stars...
Pen and paper, and map search? Like, old school.
Thanks for the link it may just work. I know INARA parses those files for some player stats.
I found:
http://www.elitegalaxyonline.com/
it seems to have an app that can keep track of systems I scan from now on. I'm not to sure how I feel about the online database idea.
Visited systems is a different thing altogether. I'm looking for a way to find systems I have scanned for cartographic data, In particular I would like to know the ones that have bodies in them for which I was the original discoverer.
For PC users there are a couple of tools that can help you track visited systems. So far, I think EDDiscovery is the best one. It logs everything. When you turn in your exploration data, the entry in the table contains the newly discovered systems as well. (Double click the "Sell Exploration Data", and under the "Discovered:" is the list of your unique ones)
Also recommended is to get an EDSM account and enter the API info to EDDiscovery so all your discoveries are registered with the star maps.
Also recommended is to get an EDSM account and enter the API info to EDDiscovery so all your discoveries are registered with the star maps.
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Indeed.
But, for those who did not discover third-party tools, before the journals, you might have problems. I've submitted requests for my First Discovereds from before I started journal logging, and I might as well be asking for today's' SIOP's and PAL links...
Frontier has them. They just don't want to use the time for the search functions. I've suggested that this be a store item...
SIOP: Single Integrated Operational Plan. The US's daily, updated, nuclear war plan, carried in a briefcase called the "football". PAL: Permissive Action Links: The codes for the individual weapons.
Well... here's the weird thing. I just recently learned about EDDiscovery. I've been using EDMC mostly, but decided to install EDD (maybe 3 weeks ago?).Indeed.
But, for those who did not discover third-party tools, before the journals, you might have problems. I've submitted requests for my First Discovereds from before I started journal logging, and I might as well be asking for today's' SIOP's and PAL links...
After it starts, it does some kind of syncing. And now, the first entry in EDD is from 10/25/2016 8:58 AM, with the log saying "Fileheader | Version: 2.2"
Basically, it seems like ED added a log in 2.2 that is permanent on your computer (or at FD through the API?), so even if you install it now, perhaps it can pick up the old data as it did for me.
I does however look like there's data missing between Nov last year until May this year on the computer, and I think it's because I played on a different computer during that time, so the log seems to be local to your harddisk in this case. But it does show exploration data from last year (even though I just installed the program 3 weeks ago).
Try it, but do it on the computer you've been using, and see if it works. If you're on PS4 or XBox... well... then...
But with that said, I always wanted a feature that you're suggesting anyway. To select the systems that I discovered first. Would be nice.
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Just confirmed, the log file is localized on your PC. And it starts from 2.2 version.
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Yes, I know all of this too well. Frontier guards it's stuff like MI-5 and Special Branch, and MI-6 combined. Can't be hand holding those precious snow flakes with basic data that should have been there since alpha.
