Discovered new signal source

I’ve relogged once and completely restarted the game once.

In the last 80 or so min I’ve gotten that info message dozens of times, literally, prolly around 100. But there’s nothing.

I’m going 0.6c, I’m 1500LS away from the jump star. I goggled before posting, I see people complaining about uss’s not producing hge’s. And hge’s not dropping the resource they want. But not much on signal sources, other than slow down, which I’ve done.

Is the “discovered new signal source” the message indicating a uss?

What am I doing wrong?
 
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Whelp...operator error or ignorance I do believe.

I’m investigating the FSS now. I’m pretty sure this new addition holds the answers I’m lookin for.
 
Whelp...operator error or ignorance I do believe.

I’m investigating the FSS now. I’m pretty sure this new addition holds the answers I’m lookin for.

FSS, correct. The way USSs spawn now has changed.
Best bet, drop in and scan the Nav Beacon.
I wouldn't recommend flying around trying to get them to spawn.
Good luck.
 
The new HGE spawn coding really sucks now. Some peeps have luck with it others see nothing.
At least in the old method I could max out G5 mats easily. Now it's broken and maybe FD will fix it sometime.
 
Not specifically related to HGEs for which of course the Nav beacon is the best option but...

Actually I too have found this "Discovered new signal source" message to be unpredictable. Sometimes you can see the new "unexplained signal source" in the Nav panel or in the HUD but more often I have found there not to be any new source shown.
 
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Not specifically related to HGEs for which of course the Nav beacon is the best option but...

Actually I too have found this "Discovered new signal source" message to be unpredictable. Sometimes you can see the new "unexplained signal source" in the Nav panel or in the HUD but more often I have found there not to be any new source shown.

Thanks for confirming something I was starting to suspect :)
 
Not specifically related to HGEs for which of course the Nav beacon is the best option but...

Actually I too have found this "Discovered new signal source" message to be unpredictable. Sometimes you can see the new "unexplained signal source" in the Nav panel or in the HUD but more often I have found there not to be any new source shown.

Even in the FSS?
 
Spawning USS are only immediately visible in your Nav Panel if they're within 1000Ls of you, otherwise you need to fly closer to them, scan the beacon again or use the FSS to locate them.
 
Even in the FSS?

Well no I had no intention of opening the FSS screen to see if a honk gave me a new squiggly line.

If the ship says it has detected a signal source then it should be on the nav panel and HUD.



Spawning USS are only immediately visible in your Nav Panel if they're within 1000Ls of you, otherwise you need to fly closer to them, scan the beacon again or use the FSS to locate them.


Then it should not show it as detected? i.e. you can't detect it outside the detection range.
 
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If the ship says it has detected a signal source then it should be on the nav panel and HUD.[/S]
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I decided to investigate this today and sure enough on getting the "new signal source detected" message whilst not showing any USS on the Nav panel or in the HUD but upon opening the FSS (without doing a further "honk") - showed a new squiggle which resolved into a "weapon fire" SS some 3.7KLs away.

This seems daft to me, if the new signal source is detected then it should show as a USS in the Nav or HUD. Let's face it, the resolved SS is shown, why can't the USS be shown at any distance and not the old-system detection limit of 1KLs?
 
I decided to investigate this today and sure enough on getting the "new signal source detected" message whilst not showing any USS on the Nav panel or in the HUD but upon opening the FSS (without doing a further "honk") - showed a new squiggle which resolved into a "weapon fire" SS some 3.7KLs away.

This seems daft to me, if the new signal source is detected then it should show as a USS in the Nav or HUD. Let's face it, the resolved SS is shown, why can't the USS be shown at any distance and not the old-system detection limit of 1KLs?

Yep. I've also had new USSs pop up, but no squiggle in the FSS.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Meh.

I used to spend a fair bit of time 'investigating' issues, to get to the root of it.
Now... nah, not so much anymore.:(
 
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So, I’ve been at this now for over 6hrs. Split between last night and today, that’s over 6 in game hours. I’ve found 1 hge...

It's a sad situation. Highest probabilities seem to rest in hi-tech, hi-pop systems, although some low-pop systems seem to produce HGE's reliably, especially if multiple factions are in War, Boom, or Investment states (which seem to produce more HGE's).
 
I need pharmaceutical isolators, and I’d like to not spend another 384729477392847749392748392726 days at davs hope to feed to a material trader. Love davs hope, but I think the mats trader is for getting value out of resources no longer needed...NOT the primary mechanism. Cause that’s boring.

How do they keep making such awful decisions...I mean they must be a statistical anomaly. They should do the EXACT OPPOSITE of their initial idea, cause they hardly ever make GOOD FUN DECISIONS. A fart blindly throwing darts at a “decision board” would make far better decisions then these clowns.

It’s embarrassing...I’m embarrased for them.
 
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But, in somewhat their defense (I hesitated to say this cause I don’t want to reinforce these dookie “business as usual” decisions they normally make), I do think the FSS is cool and interactive...
 
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I started board hopping instead and while I’m not sure yet...it’s looking like uss’s might be persistent.

Anyone know if that may be?
 
It is still very much in the hands of the RNG gods as to whether any (and how many) HGEs are spawned in a system. I have multiple accounts and they are full to the brim with G5 manufactured EXCEPT PI and IC. I don't go hunting HGE any more, I just check the Nav Beacon in every system I travel through or to and look-up the HGEs if there are any.

Now I have yet to see an HGE who's faction was in Outbreak or Civil Unrest - none, war, civil war, etc., etc., lots of those.
 
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HAAAAAAHAHAAAAA!! That was good one para.

How exactly do you do that? I tried scanning the beacon...what do you do after that? Cause nothing appears in the nav panel.
 
HAAAAAAHAHAAAAA!! That was good one para.

How exactly do you do that? I tried scanning the beacon...what do you do after that? Cause nothing appears in the nav panel.

Scan Nav, jump back to supercruise, check panel.

Check your filters on Nav panel.
I have mine just set for signal sources.
USSs time out, and new ones appear, although I VERY rarely see new HGEs spawn.

Other folks have had different results.
 
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