Advanced Discovery Scanner - Planetary Mission Issues

Tytanius

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Now, is it just me (because it certainly could be), or have things changed in the game?

Coming back to EDH after a little time away, I slapped my Corvette into port, next to my Cutter & Anaconda and boarded my favourite ship; my Diamondback Explorer. Don't ask why, I just like it. Anyhow, I use my Diamondback for unlocking engineers, gathering materials, scanning wakes etc. I also use it for planetary scanning missions, as it's good to park, unlike the Cutter, which can be a bit tricky on bumpy terrain. So, I pick up a planetary scanning mission, head to the correct system, engage my "Advanced (Infinite Range), Discovery Scanner", and hey presto... I can't find the destination planet. No little objective blob next to any of the planets in the system. Instead... and this happened twice, I had to go to the Nav Beacon to find the relevant planet.

Now, it was my understanding, that as long as you had the Advanced Discovery Scanner, there was no need for the Nav Beacon. In the past, using the ADS has always shown up where the target planets are. However, this doesn't seem to work anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this, or am I just doing things wrong now that they have changed the system, i.e. introduction of the different modes?

Can someone give me an indication because I'm a bit stumped and going to the Nav Beacon every time is a bit of a time waster.

Cheers,

Cpt. Tytanius.
 
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Riverside

Riverside
You should be able to enter the FSS Scanner Screen to resolve the USSs in the system, one of which should be the mission target (it'll be highlighted with colour).

This is my understanding of how it it intended to work now. Scanning the nav beacon resolves everything in the system without having to use the FSS Scanner Screen so if one works the other should too.
 

kpmop

K
Riverside said:
You should be able to enter the FSS Scanner Screen to resolve the USSs in the system, one of which should be the mission target (it'll be highlighted with colour).

This is my understanding of how it it intended to work now. Scanning the nav beacon resolves everything in the system without having to use the FSS Scanner Screen so if one works the other should too.
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Yeah this doesn't work for planetary scan missions as there's no USS - last time this came up someone said you can find it by scanning all the planets with the FSS, but it's hard to keep track if you've already scanned them all... generally I find it easiest just to scan the nav beacon.
 

Thatchinho

Thatchinho
Tytanius said:
Now, is it just me (because it certainly could be), or have things changed in the game?

Coming back to EDH after a little time away, I slapped my Corvette into port, next to my Cutter & Anaconda and boarded my favourite ship; my Diamondback Explorer. Don't ask why, I just like it. Anyhow, I use my Diamondback for unlocking engineers, gathering materials, scanning wakes etc. I also use it for planetary scanning missions, as it's good to park, unlike the Cutter, which can be a bit tricky on bumpy terrain. So, I pick up a planetary scanning mission, head to the correct system, engage my "Advanced (Infinite Range), Discovery Scanner", and hey presto... I can't find the destination planet. No little objective blob next to any of the planets in the system. Instead... and this happened twice, I had to go to the Nav Beacon to find the relevant planet.

Now, it was my understanding, that as long as you had the Advanced Discovery Scanner, there was no need for the Nav Beacon. In the past, using the ADS has always shown up where the target planets are. However, this doesn't seem to work anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this, or am I just doing things wrong now that they have changed the system, i.e. introduction of the different modes?

Can someone give me an indication because I'm a bit stumped and going to the Nav Beacon every time is a bit of a time waster.

Cheers,

Cpt. Tytanius.
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The ADS is no more, cmdr. There was a big change to the Exploration mechanics in 3.3 which released mid December.

Check the tutorial video to see the new mechanics and how to use them:

https://youtu.be/hXXe7422OYE

Hope that helps!
 

Tytanius

T
Thatchinho said:
The ADS is no more, cmdr. There was a big change to the Exploration mechanics in 3.3 which released mid December.

Check the tutorial video to see the new mechanics and how to use them:

https://youtu.be/hXXe7422OYE


Hope that helps!
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I do know how to use the FSS... I just hadn't realised that you would need to scan all of the individual planets. What a phaff! I think scanning the Nav Beacon is definitely that best option... unless of course, there is no Nav Beacon. ;-) Thanks for the responses!
 

Thatchinho

Thatchinho
Tytanius said:
I do know how to use the FSS... I just hadn't realised that you would need to scan all of the individual planets. What a phaff! I think scanning the Nav Beacon is definitely that best option... unless of course, there is no Nav Beacon. ;-) Thanks for the responses!
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Ah, from what you were saying, I thought you hadn't played since before 3.3 and were literally just coming back to the game. Never mind! :)
 
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