Exploration scanning bug?

Flyto · Jun 5, 2015

Is anybody else finding that they have to scan a celestial body twice before it stops being Unexplored?
The "Detailed scan complete" message appears the first time, but it just carries right on scanning...

tetra · Jun 5, 2015

Has been going on forever, doesn't happen all the time but is still quite frequent to be annoying.

AnnuverScotinExile · Jun 5, 2015

It is much worse than it used to be. MY worst scan took 7 (yup SEVEN) tries (with 'corrupted try again') before it eventually managed the scan. I'm 750 systems out on my current trip, so can hardly go and do something else while they fix it.

TartanDragon · Jun 5, 2015

AnnuverScotinExile said:
It is much worse than it used to be. MY worst scan took 7 (yup SEVEN) tries (with 'corrupted try again') before it eventually managed the scan. I'm 750 systems out on my current trip, so can hardly go and do something else while they fix it.

Similar problem. Logged out, all the way to launcher, and that seems to have helped.

aTUNEd · Jun 21, 2015

I'm also experiencing this =/

Jim Steinman · Jun 21, 2015

In the bug reports/discussion sub-forum there's been a good couple of discussions on this. FD QA are not only aware of this bug, but also the other scanning and exploration bugs as well.

Elgered · Jun 21, 2015

Seems to be in game since about 1.2.x.
Very annoying as well are the ADS - rescans. ADS should show everything within the system, but for me, most of the time it discovers stars and belts on first gong only.

thehairymob · Jun 21, 2015

750 systems out? How far in light years from Sol is that? I always put the double scan bug down to damage I have recieved on the little jaunt that has taken me out 25000ly. I know it isn't anything to do with that for real but it does add to the feel of the game for me to think damge taken has an effect on how your ship functions. And yes it has been getting worse in the last week or so but then again I am for ever heading further out.

Ozmodion · Jun 21, 2015

yea get this often, not a game breaker though. I use it as immersion that the module has gremlins in it, give it a kick then scan again.

Phydro · Jun 21, 2015

I actually thought this was caused by heat damage I took to the scanning modules. Good to know it's a bug and might be fixed in the future. I lost a lot of time on some planets because I paced my speed to pass them and move on to the next one on completion, only to zip by when the second scan started.

Eggtastico · Jun 21, 2015

yes, but I find if I dont scan until I get told 1 body has been found it is usually ok.
I can only think its a sync/lag issue

Elgered · Jun 21, 2015

Eggtastico said:
yes, but I find if I dont scan until I get told 1 body has been found it is usually ok.
I can only think its a sync/lag issue

I guess it is.

Jeffers · Jun 21, 2015

I still see this occasionally. The right hand info screen says "detailed analysis complete" but the status on the left has gone back to "scanning".
It's just a bit of a time waster normally, it seems to be related to server loading.

GJ51 · Jun 21, 2015

I was 6k LY's out and was seeing so many double scans and occasional need to double honk, that when the reports of the first scanned tags started to surface, I gave a lot of thought to whether or not it made sense to continue to Sag A* as was my original goal, or to turn back and hand in my accumulated data before the whole thing just fell apart.

Currently parked back in the core having turned in about 10 Mil worth of data at Lembava. Might head back out to the great beyond, but it's getting harder and harder to determine where best to invest you time in ED...