Yellowstone is exactly like one of the heatmap blobs in Odyssey, miles in scale with geological features distributed around a whole geographical area, not a dense, uniform field of farting campfires with a marker on it like in Horizons.
When are geological/biological sites etc going to be back in Odyssey?
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Yellowstone is exactly like one of the heatmap blobs in Odyssey, miles in scale with geological features distributed around a whole geographical area, not a dense, uniform field of farting campfires with a marker on it like in Horizons.
So the capture above in ConflictX's comment tells now there are 8 biological types present and 3 human site types ? The capture from CerebralBallsy tells there are 7 biological types and 6 human sites types ? Or are these signals so they are sites ?
I believe biological and geological results are now numbered by type, and human (and Thargoid and Guardian?) results are still numbered by individual sites.
The UI could do a better job of explaining that.
8 bio "types" and 3 human "sites", when you look at the FSS after you scan the planet it tells you locations, which are population sites, and features which are bio and geo. These are shown in separate areas when you check the details of the planet. Not all signals are "features", some are "locations". So you have a total of say 11 signals divided between features and locations. The features will be shown by the heatmap, the locations will be marked by site markers, not by heatmap.
So I'm still trying to find the geysers. Please not the difference between filtering Fumaroles and Geysers.
Spot the difference? For a good hour I've been looking for ONE lousy geyser to update the codex. I just want one. Not two, ONE!.
Been to 6 different spots of dark blue, light blue, black and white. Found one?
Spot the difference? For a good hour I've been looking for ONE lousy geyser to update the codex. I just want one. Not two, ONE!.
Been to 6 different spots of dark blue, light blue, black and white. Found one?
If it upsets you as strongly as it upsets me here is what I did : go to orbit, switch to horizon, go to a site, note the coordinates, go back to orbit, switch back to odyssey you'll find what you're looking for. Here, I was looking for water fumarolles on a rocky body
Its not working for me at all. The Biological Scanner seems to be working as intended, but the Geological Scanner isn't working at all. There is zero correlation between the blue colouration and the presence of Geological Sites.
This matches my experience as well. I can't find anything in a sea of greenish blue.
That's because you are expecting POI type sites like the old system, it shows density, not exact location, there won't be volcanic sites all over the dark blue, but there will be a higher concentration there than in other areas, so you still need to find them once you get there. You won't necessarily land on top of one, that's not how a heat map works, it indicates areas where they are more likely to be found. Land in the area, swap to your SRV and check for the lines that indicate materials, follow them, that will take you to a site, either that or a meteorite
I get distinct differences in bio, geo is more the same because they tend to all be around the same area I suspect. If you are using the bio scanner and only getting maybe two signals one will be bacteria, they are all over the planet, but there are some others that are all over the planet. If you have tested and really think it's a bug then report it, if you need someone else to check a planet you have scanned to see if we get the same result I can do that for you, that will tell us if it's the planet or the FSS that's wonky!
Let me know if you need help.
Well, take a look.
It's all the same blue. The only seemingly darker patches are actually caused by the surface being a different colour/texture, and I've been down to check multiple patches without finding anything. The one find I did get I think must have been by pure chance, because it didn't match the filter I was trying to work from.
ETA image won't attach so here wot no hotspots?
As per: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/32054
It's no longer supposed to have any different colours at all, just be a coverage map of where they might possibly appear. So if you think you're seeing any different colours at all, it's a trick of the mind.
Which I guess means the time taken to find anything is likely to be much higher in Odyssey as you need to fly in, rove in the SRV, then get out of the SRV to use the sampler.
It was definitely cheap before, when you didn't even need to get in the SRV, but this seem excessive. Unless there's some way of homing in on them in the ship which we've missed.
It's no longer supposed to have any different colours at all, just be a coverage map of where they might possibly appear. So if you think you're seeing any different colours at all, it's a trick of the mind.
Which I guess means the time taken to find anything is likely to be much higher in Odyssey as you need to fly in, rove in the SRV, then get out of the SRV to use the sampler.
It was definitely cheap before, when you didn't even need to get in the SRV, but this seem excessive. Unless there's some way of homing in on them in the ship which we've missed.
So I went down on a planet to check volcanism out. Planet had some dark blue spots, so I went there. The surface was dotted with volcano cones, which I found a nice touch. And inside the crater were even some smoking spots with crystals. All around the volcano bottom, too. Plenty fumaroles, lava spouts and crystals. But every crystal only had iron. No matter the mesh they had. Only shape I didn't find were needle crystals. But all the other were iron. Disappointed. I do hope it is a bug.
As per a thread on the bug tracker, dark blue means nothing now. Blue means eligible; the gaps are where it cannot appear.
This is going to be hell the next time we need raw mats, isn't it?
For sure. I hope the scarcity introduced here is a bug and not intented . I went to HIP 36601 last night just to check the famous crystal shard spot for G5 mats. I found the Crystals using the new DSS and heatmap (smaller patchs but more frequent). I land and check several places : not a single Crystalline cluster to shoot at.. If it's intented that's a real pain in the ***
waiting for a reply on this : https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/32018
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When you've been cruising on the surface for half an hour at 5m above ground, you - even by a mere coincidence - would have bumped into something during that time.That's because you are expecting POI type sites like the old system, it shows density, not exact location, there won't be volcanic sites all over the dark blue, but there will be a higher concentration there than in other areas, so you still need to find them once you get there. You won't necessarily land on top of one, that's not how a heat map works, it indicates areas where they are more likely to be found. Land in the area, swap to your SRV and check for the lines that indicate materials, follow them, that will take you to a site, either that or a meteorite
I get the system. But there is a difference between low density and non-existence.
Just tried in the bubble. I have a planet with 1biological signal, but the planet is entirely blue. Except for some mountain that are white or grey. I landed, but couldn't find anything.
Is it bugged or me ?
Oh and if anyone have a planet with some bio signals inside the bubble that'd be great, for training. The planet I checked was alaunus 5.
Is it bugged or me ?
Oh and if anyone have a planet with some bio signals inside the bubble that'd be great, for training. The planet I checked was alaunus 5.