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[WeComeInPeace]

I should try this!
I use similar technique for photographing places without people. Just take several photos of the same place and because the fleshy blobs of annoyance are the only thing that tends to move, it's easy to tell the software to remove them in the stacked image.

You should!

You need to align the sub images so that the stars are exactly on top of each other. You can do it manually in Photoshop etc, but normally software for astronomy photography has a function that can do that. When I get to the next nebula on my trip to the edge of the galaxy, I'll try to make an image containing much more subs (50-100). If you let the camera drift slightly, you should be able to remove some of the "banding" you see in the image I posted, which is caused by the dark areas of the image being gained (amplified) and the low bitrate of the screendumps (8-bit).

Do you use difference keying for your images?

Edit: @Chris Simon: The idea about removing people from crowded places is excellent! Do you have an example you could share? I'd love to see it.

 

[Nekozji]

Docked at the last gas station with just 40 jumps left to Colonia

Still finding undiscovered planets and systems while travelling straight along the Highway. There are way more of these at the Colonia end than the bubble end, making me suspect that a lot of people bail out before the midpoint. Now reached the mentality of cherrypicking the lines in the FSS and making somewhat faster progress.

My paintwork is looking increasingly knackered, but I seem to have acquired enough Arx from exploration to afford a basic colour kit... which I may do when I finally reach Colonia. I would never have paid for a visual like that, but heck, if it's going to fall out of my gameplay then why not

 

[WeComeInPeace]

My paintwork is looking increasingly knackered, but I seem to have acquired enough Arx from exploration to afford a basic colour kit... which I may do when I finally reach Colonia. I would never have paid for a visual like that, but heck, if it's going to fall out of my gameplay then why not

Next time you get to a station, remember to check your ship in "adv maintenance". The hull is getting squishy on those long trips. If you decide to buy a new paintjob, you can keep the patina you've got if you want that. I think it suits an explorer ship having a little dents and scratches

Safe travels!

 

[Nekozji]

Next time you get to a station, remember to check your ship in "adv maintenance".

Oh I know about that, I just didn't want to repair it until I'd gone end to end along the Highway But down to 52% paint right now, it might be a little scruffier than I really like x)

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Ship integrity and paint are separate I believe so you can leave colour all weathered but keep the hull strong. Don't think one affects the other.

 

[aRJay]

Ship integrity and paint are separate I believe so you can leave colour all weathered but keep the hull strong. Don't think one affects the other.

They don’t.

I do wish we could do incremental retouching of the paint though, it would be nice to just fix it by 5-10% to keep the shabby look instead of the current all or nothing.

 

[WeComeInPeace]

I like them shabby

 

[GUNNARLY]

o7 Cmdrs!

I am Gunnar Ly and this is my 4th Birthday today. I asked my Dad if I could have a "Elite Battlestation Space Fort" for my Birthday. Him and Mommy did not disappoint!

Source: https://youtu.be/HNCqC8VZvZw


Anyone else fly with their Dad's/Sons or Daughters?

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

What am I missing here? I can't figure out why I'm not getting "first mapped by" tags on a bunch of planets I have, indeed, mapped before anyone else accoring to the system map.

I think I'm missing something pretty fundamental here so please feel free to snigger

 

[Para Handy]

What am I missing here? I can't figure out why I'm not getting "first mapped by" tags on a bunch of planets I have, indeed, mapped before anyone else accoring to the system map.

I think I'm missing something pretty fundamental here so please feel free to snigger

There appears to be an issue some people have mentioned about the first mapped tags not showing.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Whew! Thanks! I thought my brains had finally left my skull forever!

 

[Spaceman Si]

What am I missing here? I can't figure out why I'm not getting "first mapped by" tags on a bunch of planets I have, indeed, mapped before anyone else accoring to the system map.

I think I'm missing something pretty fundamental here so please feel free to snigger

It is all a bit arxed up at the moment There are a number of threads about tags not being awarded correctly post September patch. I’m going to wait another few days before I think about going back into the cockpit, there is quite a bug infestation rife in there, so it seems

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

I wonder if they'll show up or we'll have to remap? That would... invite salt, I'd imagine.

And the FSS is doing it's "you can't catch me! Ner ner ne ner ner!" thing on me every now and again

 

[Spaceman Si]

I wonder if they'll show up or we'll have to remap? That would be... sligfhtly insighting salt, I'd imagine.

As I understand it so far, the tags actually exist, they just don’t show up. So all should be ok, we just can’t verify that it is!

 

[Dreyski]

o7 Commanders, I'm currently traversing across the Empyrean Straits in my trusty DBX, trying to get back to the bubble.Not trying very hard, mind...

 

[Rustnsawdust]

Not trying very hard, mind...

Words to live by

 

[the100thmonkey]

Yeah. It has only two downsides. It looks and flies like crap.

While, of course, personal preferences are at play here, TAKE THAT BACK YOU DOG I'LL FIGHT YOU.

 

[Chris Simon]

While, of course, personal preferences are at play here, TAKE THAT BACK YOU DOG I'LL FIGHT YOU.

Will you fight me in the aforementioned Python?
...in which case I don't have to take that back.

 

[the100thmonkey]

I don't know where people fall under the misapprehension that the Python can't fight - good shields, good internals, decent speed, great hardpoint convergence.

I currently run it with high-cap frags on all five hardpoints. And no, I don't use it to gank traders.

 

[wAsh67]

What am I up to....

Well, I completed the Selene Jean grind and switched from the Challenger to a Krait Phantom equipped with AX multicannons (which I christened BattleAX) and parked myself at Asterope, one of the Seven Sisters in the Pleiades. Now I range out daily hunting Thargoid Scouts in NHSS 4s, which usually means 4 Marauders attack you on sight.
After that mining grind this is so much fun, and each NHSS I flush out of those slippery Tango Foxtrots gives you the added bonus of a whole 1% increase in rank while at Expert. However the pay is rubbish and with each foray I barely break even if I accidentally enter a caustic cloud or take a missile hit unless I carry repair limpets and an AFMU. 10k for a scout is pitiful, though I guess the real reward is the progression through the rank, and killing each scout earns a combat bond that will be useful for unlocking Juri Ishmaak.

Apart from the screen freezing on the PS4 for five seconds every time I look at module status, I'm back to enjoying this game. However, I still have the Guardian grind to endure......