So I don't really buy a whole lot of data, and I've only ever just done it once, but so I got to thinking how it's done? I heard someone say that you can only buy data for systems that are less than 20 light years away from the station, but I always thought that you could only buy data that was SOLD at the station. So could someone clear that up for me?
Buying Exploration Data
- Thread starter Lord Celestine
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I'm not sure if there is a lightyear limit, but from what I have seen it only offers data from nearby systems. Never noticed any further away (but haven't looked closely at it as its not something I generally buy).
There have definitely been instances I've seen where buying data didn't get you every object in the system. I've come back through populated systems with my Asp Explorer equipped with a ADS and found additional objects that buying data in my Type 9 didn't give me. I've heard it conjectured that data is only available if CMDRs have sold that data to Universal Cartographics, but if that were the case, then the whole bubble should be covered, right?
From the 2.0.0.7 patch notes: "Fix for purchased exploration data not always giving details on all bodies in that star system".
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CMDR WER NUR
PS: Note to self: Check this ASAP
MFG
CMDR WER NUR
PS: Note to self: Check this ASAP
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It actually works now, but still has a few limitations :
- purchased Map Data holds all explored Objects now, but no Detailled Surface Scans (no info about Planet details or on composition Rings of Gas Giants for Mining)
- still often fails to sync if you already had some Data for a System, resulting in UC offering the same System for sale over and over again
But when it comes to getting data about the 20LY bubble around you, it's quite useful now.
I always grab all Map Data when I'm in a place I hadn't visited before.
UC Map Data in general :
- Ship needs to be docked anywhere in the System
- then Player can purchase everything that has ever been scanned (usually 100% by now everywhere near inhabited Systems) within 20LY
- UC is universal, so it doesn't matter where the Map Data came from/where it was sold to them - it's a single pool
- purchased Map Data holds all explored Objects now, but no Detailled Surface Scans (no info about Planet details or on composition Rings of Gas Giants for Mining)
- still often fails to sync if you already had some Data for a System, resulting in UC offering the same System for sale over and over again
But when it comes to getting data about the 20LY bubble around you, it's quite useful now.
I always grab all Map Data when I'm in a place I hadn't visited before.
UC Map Data in general :
- Ship needs to be docked anywhere in the System
- then Player can purchase everything that has ever been scanned (usually 100% by now everywhere near inhabited Systems) within 20LY
- UC is universal, so it doesn't matter where the Map Data came from/where it was sold to them - it's a single pool
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