Hmm, it happened to me in the Beta in the Witchhead. Was a bit odd, as parked up at Bark Mounds before one of the updates, and after the update they were Anemones. They wouldn’t scan though. Bug reported it at the time. Wonder if they fixed it, but only applied the fix for the bubble’s sector.
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Ah, top info, ta!
I’d had a quick glance at the different BT varieties in the Codex for the IOS, but they all seemed to have the same criteria, except some only occurred in systems with ELWs or GGs with Water Based life. Will have to take another look!
Anyone know where water gas vents are supposed to be? Icy bodies always give me fumeroles or geysers...
I'd want to say something with water magma volcanism....
Hmm, the codex says 'terrestial planets with water geysers.'. But icy bodies dont have them, and non-icy bodies dont have water geysers.
Hmm, the codex says 'terrestial planets with water geysers.'. But icy bodies dont have them, and non-icy bodies dont have water geysers.
....interesting, prehaps, rocky-ice, or rocky with water volcanism.
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Weirdly, they do seem to be scanning fine in the Vulcan Gate sector too. I wasn't the first to report them to the codex in that region, but I found a site with then before logging off and managed to get them added to confirmed in my entries.
Hmm, the codex says 'terrestial planets with water geysers.'. But icy bodies dont have them, and non-icy bodies dont have water geysers.
Non-icy bodies do have them, it's just rare. Or at least they did pre 3.3, I actually haven't found any on a non-icy body yet since the update.
I don't know if this qualifies for inclusion in the site files or not, but I think it is definitely unusual.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13ySg-Tc3qb-A8iDvvE3cWLXpmTwW0qkU
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13ySg-Tc3qb-A8iDvvE3cWLXpmTwW0qkU
Did you try nudging it back in place?
I will post another bit of video if needed. It was down in a hole, smaller than my Cobra MKIII, in a mountain that was sticking about 900m up out of the middle of a canyon about 1500m deep. Sulfur Dioxide Fumeralos.
Bit of an update on this. I scanned Brain Trees in one system, I had already scanned Brain Trees in this sector but got a payout of 2,500cr for this scan, all subsequent scans of Brain Trees on that body and any other body in that system gave no payout regardless of the Brain Tree type, I scanned four types eventually in that one system. I moved one system and found more Brain Trees, first scan in that system gave me 2,500cr. I suspect if you are the first one to report a feature in a system it gives a payout of 2,500cr, if you are the first one to report a feature in that sector it gives a payout of 50,000cr. If you are traveling through a well explored area you may get no payouts at all for scanning features since they may all be done for those systems and that sector.
That's my experience so far, if we all pool together our experiences with codex payouts I think we can get this figured out pretty quick.
^ Do you mean sector or region?
I think it might actually be for the first time you scan one in that region you get 50k. I got 50k for some anemones in Vulcan Gate, that were already reported in the region. However it wasn't actually in the same sector as the first reported instance.
I think it might actually be for the first time you scan one in that region you get 50k. I got 50k for some anemones in Vulcan Gate, that were already reported in the region. However it wasn't actually in the same sector as the first reported instance.
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It is per region (the one we have 42 of), and on a personal basis. If it is the first anemones or whatever, you get 50k, whether or found them already or not.
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You sure? I think you mean region. If it's per-sector, we should see a lot more entries in the codex.
Yes the new ones that FDEV introduced with the exploration update. As I said I am still figuring out how it works, but the 2,500cr seems to apply for scanning the first feature of that type in the system regardless of how many in the region have already been found.
As an update to my exploration run back to the bubble I just did something really silly.
I decided this time to get as clsoe as possible to the back side of Barnad's Loop, well to me it's the back side because I have always passed it the other side, Witch Head etc. Anyway I was cruising down to a bio feature on a planet and lost track of it, but instead of just hitting all stop and looking around I thought to myself "it must be below me" and as you do just pointed the nose directly down, followed immediately by the thought, "hmm, I didn't realise I was that close to the ground!"
Now I am back at Thor's Helmet in the Sagan Research Centre deciding what to do, all that data, all those codex rewards, all gone. So I shall set my course following "visited systems" and do it all again, will be a bit quicker this time, I will grab the uniques but not visit every bio site I did previously, so be a day or two before I get back to "that" world where I will take up my exploration anew. It's a pity we can't eject a data package to the planetary surface to be picked up, while I am not for all data being preserved on ship death, that would make it to easy, having to fly back to pick up your data seems enough punishment, specially for the distant trips, close ones most people would probably ignore.
Anyway, so it will be that little bit longer before I buy my Phantom, that's life I guess.
I decided this time to get as clsoe as possible to the back side of Barnad's Loop, well to me it's the back side because I have always passed it the other side, Witch Head etc. Anyway I was cruising down to a bio feature on a planet and lost track of it, but instead of just hitting all stop and looking around I thought to myself "it must be below me" and as you do just pointed the nose directly down, followed immediately by the thought, "hmm, I didn't realise I was that close to the ground!"
Now I am back at Thor's Helmet in the Sagan Research Centre deciding what to do, all that data, all those codex rewards, all gone. So I shall set my course following "visited systems" and do it all again, will be a bit quicker this time, I will grab the uniques but not visit every bio site I did previously, so be a day or two before I get back to "that" world where I will take up my exploration anew. It's a pity we can't eject a data package to the planetary surface to be picked up, while I am not for all data being preserved on ship death, that would make it to easy, having to fly back to pick up your data seems enough punishment, specially for the distant trips, close ones most people would probably ignore.
Anyway, so it will be that little bit longer before I buy my Phantom, that's life I guess.
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Ouch. My condolences on the loss of your data.
I'm currently in the Elysian Shore and came dangerously close to losing my ship due to surprise stellar corona (two close-orbiting stars, with my entry point being deep inside the corona in one of them). Heat to 125% in seconds; two heat sinks later and I wondered why I wasn't moving away. Then I remembered - I'd throttled down while in witch-space, supposedly to prevent this sort of thing from happening! I got out, with my Phantom a little singed around the edges.
Resuming my search for new biologicals and other anomalies in a couple of days... after my hands stop shaking!
I'm currently in the Elysian Shore and came dangerously close to losing my ship due to surprise stellar corona (two close-orbiting stars, with my entry point being deep inside the corona in one of them). Heat to 125% in seconds; two heat sinks later and I wondered why I wasn't moving away. Then I remembered - I'd throttled down while in witch-space, supposedly to prevent this sort of thing from happening! I got out, with my Phantom a little singed around the edges.
Resuming my search for new biologicals and other anomalies in a couple of days... after my hands stop shaking!
We must have had the same luck...and I feel like I'm following your wakes. I too was in the sanguinous(?) region, just left monkey nebula, ran into a mountain while looking for something, ened up back in JellyFish, now heading to Rosette, sell some data, then make it back to Founders world as by then I should make Elite Exploration, purchase and begin outfitting my Phantom as well. In time I'll be able to get her to a nice about 70ly jump range, I belive, and some good speed on here as well. And still all the tools I need for the expedition ahead.