Elite Dangerous | System Colonisation Beta Details & Feedback

[CMDR Charybdis]

That's because there are Refinery HUBs. Not T1-s, T1-m or T2-l settlements.

Id like to see T3 settlements sometime. Not just a port. This update has the capability of building upon the system economy. So being able to upgrade, demolish and rebuild would be a welcome improvement when it's out of beta.

I'm testing this right now - it is the next thing that I'm building. However hubs don't provide landing pads and are not ports (from what others have been saying, and the pictures in the game UI).

The most likely outcome will be that I have a functioning Industrial outpost (also built, but only selling three things because it is missing a refinery that can process my extraction sites).

 

[HamsNEggs]

We may not get the own the system per se, but a player faction has inherited my high tech system. It's in expansion state atm with the player faction having 61.4% (inf?). Personally, I find that pretty cool, and helps them to further their cause.

My plan, once it's all back up and running with trailblazer, will be to create one of every settlement possible for Odyssey mats and a large station near a pristine ring. Res sites are there already, though only normal and low atm.

One stop shop with personalised station names. My own wee dot in the skies

 

[ChickChop]

Having just received my first payment of 15k I'm feeling a bit "Dwight Manfredi"

 

[Knuttin Atoll]

Have you seen DaftMav's spreadsheet ? this will explain what you need.

Colonization Construction Details (By DaftMav)

docs.google.com

That's useful, if depressing all the same.

So it looks like I've snookered myself - my outpost plus 2 facilities would get me the 3 tier points required for a Coriolis, but I only have 3 slots in total (of which 1 is already the outpost). Perhaps for the better in all honesty, I won't be at risk of starting to grind for the Coriolis then. Will just slap 2 facilities into those slots and that's it for me.

Speaking of Coriolis - I just docked at one that was completed by another player elsewhere, and it doesn't have any outfitting or shipyard facilities at all. Is that normal? I've seen that with some planetary ports, but never with a regular Coriolis. And that's what you get for grinding for one? Pffffffttttt.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Concerning the moving of star ports and not being able to select the first one's location, Fdev could implement an Arx transaction to move your star ports, similar to the renaming system.

dont give them idea..... for goodness sake what is it with people trying to encourage actual game stuff behind a paywall. cosmetics is 1 thing.... short term time limited content another......... but actual in game functionality.......... i hope FD do not do this!.

 

[Staarlord]

dont give them idea..... for goodness sake what is it with people trying to encourage actual game stuff behind a paywall. cosmetics is 1 thing.... short term time limited content another......... but actual in game functionality.......... i hope FD do not do this!.

True. My thought process only was that it would prevent excessive moving of systems, which is more than just a simple move in the background. It's similar to carrier time slot mechanics, as carriers are technically stations. They could also offer first moves for free.

 

[Kort]

Have you seen DaftMav's spreadsheet ? this will explain what you need.

Colonization Construction Details (By DaftMav)

docs.google.com

You seem to understand the tier system. I think I messed up. I built an Ocellus Star Port first so I would have a full service port. But when it was completed there is no outfitting option and no shipyard. I've never seen an Ocellus star port without those services. I checked the architect map and if you choose Ocellus Tier 2 or tier 3 it gives you the exact same description, "A starport. Offers safe harbour and a series of services to pilots granted docking access. How are you supposed to know the difference between the 2 tiers? "

 

[Kaocraft]

You seem to understand the tier system. I think I messed up. I built an Ocellus Star Port first so I would have a full service port. But when it was completed there is no outfitting option and no shipyard. I've never seen an Ocellus star port without those services. Did I do something wrong?

Is it “in deployment” still? Most services don’t come online until the Thursday after the station was completed. Until then it’ll be mostly empty.

 

[pmejna]

I think there is a bug with no Shipyard and Universal cartographic showing in asteroid station

 

[MasterPent]

Can not construct Tourism site, thought the tick would fix
Have satellite built in orbit of planet where I want to place Tourism

?? Glitch?

btw thanks dev, great work, station has missions now, including inside but still no bartender or staff inside

 

[Mersozz]

Sorry if this question has been answered already:

When the construction materials are at 100%, can anyone hit the “completion” button or is that for the system architect only?

 

[CMDR X]

I must have missed it but how do you select the type of economy you want for your system and does it matter?

 

[pptvirus]

Can someone explain what these technology, development, etc. points are for? Do they have any purpose or even if everything is negative, is it useful?.
I would also like to know how the weekly tax is calculated, where the system score and happiness come from?

 

[Macros Black]

Can someone explain what these technology, development, etc. points are for? Do they have any purpose or even if everything is negative, is it useful?.
I would also like to know how the weekly tax is calculated, where the system score and happiness come from?

There may be some clues here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...at-all-these-numbers-do.634214/#post-10557601
@Ian Doncaster is piecing the puzzle together...

 

[Macros Black]

I must have missed it but how do you select the type of economy you want for your system and does it matter?

There may be some clues here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...at-all-these-numbers-do.634214/#post-10557601
@Ian Doncaster is piecing the puzzle together...

 

[BDelacroix]

Have you seen DaftMav's spreadsheet ? this will explain what you need.

Colonization Construction Details (By DaftMav)

docs.google.com

According to that spreadsheet, I should be able to build a refinery hub, however, I think it was greyed out for me last I tried. I'll have to remember to look again when done from work.

 

[Nyalarthotep]

I'm not sure if this has been asked already (there's currently 128 pages on this thread!)
It would be incredibly useful if we could set a filter for the market to the materials required for a specific construction (as can be done for missions) rather than having to screenshot the requirements, write them down, or go into the galactic map then the system map then the construction in question and look there.
It would also be useful to be able to go directly to construction sites on planetary bodies without having to move the cursor to the planet and zoom in and rotate the planet.
This would make managing the various construction projects much easier, especially when there can be multiple such points in a system at the same time.

 

[cmdr chequers]

I must have missed it but how do you select the type of economy you want for your system and does it matter?

It depends on what you build.

 

[CMDR X]

It depends on what you build.

Asteroid. So Extraction with a Standard of Living of -4
I guess I'll have to be throwing many parties to keep 'em happy.

 

[Kort]

Is it “in deployment” still? Most services don’t come online until the Thursday after the station was completed. Until then it’ll be mostly empty.

I am past the Thursday and fully deployed. I am wandering if it outfitting and shipyard will eventually come on line after a short period of time. I also noticed I have only 2 items for sale in the market place.