You nailed it!!!!!!! That's what exploration should be like in this game. PLEASE give me a reason to go exploring. It's what I wanted most out of this game and it's been the biggest disappointment for me personally. A big plus 1 to you sir.
Explorer's Wish List
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You nailed it!!!!!!! That's what exploration should be like in this game. PLEASE give me a reason to go exploring. It's what I wanted most out of this game and it's been the biggest disappointment for me personally. A big plus 1 to you sir.
One thing i would love is something like a bookmark list of stations, systems you have visited where you could add notes etc, instead of having to try and remember a station/ system. Or being able to add waypoints on the map, for example set a course say for the core, you could add several waypoints past the 1000 LY route planner, and each time you got to the next way point you could then just hit the route planner for the next 1000ly route to say waypoint b, would make route planning for very long trips much easier as you could pre plan your trip.
Less than 33 seconds per surface scan, please.
Seriously... why does it take so damned long? There's already enough delay in having to fly within 5LS of (some of) the stupid planets to scan them in the first place. At least once you get there it could be fast.
But while we're dreaming, I'd like to see:
Changing the minimum scan range to 100LS from 5LS, regardless of system body mass, would be nice.
On the galaxy map, optional visual indicators as to whether or not a system has been partially or entirely discovery scanned (pinged), partially or entirely surface scanned (33s per body), both, or entirely unexplored, PRIOR to visiting it, when >=250LY from Sol.
I'm getting sick and tired of arriving at an "unexplored" system, pinging it, and then finding "Oh, this is all discovered, surprise!". Gee, thanks.
On the galaxy map, an option to respect/use only the visible/filtered stars when plotting navigation, so if you only want to visit blue stars, or red stars, or yellow stars, you can.
EDIT: Also, I would like to have one of two things;
Either allow me to select targets from the system map, for scanning, so if I double click on them in the system map, they're set to my current target.
OR
Allow my targets selected in the '1' interface menu, Navigation, Location list to be highlighted as being selected in the system map.
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Well, yes this would be fantastic, and also something I have asked for before, but I've pretty much given up on anything changing on this point.Less than 33 seconds per surface scan, please.
Seriously... why does it take so damned long? There's already enough delay in having to fly within 5LS of (some of) the stupid planets to scan them in the first place. At least once you get there it could be fast.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90563
-- Pete.
I am only guessing here, but maybe there is a technical reason. Perhaps it takes some time for procedural generation to generate data (and texture)?
This sounds reasonable.
I'm pretty sure you all experienced quite some delay sometimes in SC, jumping between systems in unexplored space.
Like this system has to be generated before.
Whereas normal jumping usually does not take more than 2-3 secs.
Keep on fighting! I am really annoyed by this, too. It's not that you did something during this time (except sexting or whatever).
If they really need to add some time lag let us fly closer to the planets. Would take at least the same amount of time, but we'd actually see the surface and it would make more sense.
Sitting in space, biding your time is mere punishment - not something I look for in games. Flying up close and having an insta-ping on the other hand is satisfying - despite eating the same time.
The whole exploration thing is broken in my eyes. Also the representation of the planets on the scanner is useless. As well as that there is no reward for being thorough, no reward for scanning far away bodies and no rewards for complete scans.
And no reward for asteroid belts - why do they show up at all?
And you can't directly access the system map by hotkey. But what for, as you can't select targets from inside the system map..
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And this. Really.
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Agreed, happened very often.
But we'll never know if we are right, since it's a game-mechanic-"secret" they won't reveal (remember the offline-mode-discussion)
-Name my ship.
-Logbook that tracks systems visited and allows for notes on them.
-External view (already happening)
-Add variety to the landscapes. Eg. Supernovas, comets, black holes eating planets, etc.
-A way to visualize the whole system and orbits!! Hate to be forced to fly up or down the plane for 1,000's of ls to be able to see the orbits and understand how the system is spread out. Not even that works very well as pair of objects lack the barycenter's orbit!!
-Be able to use the surface scanner when mining to know what the asteroids are made of before drilling. It would allow me to scan several ones from one spot, making my mining life easier!!
-Logbook that tracks systems visited and allows for notes on them.
-External view (already happening)
-Add variety to the landscapes. Eg. Supernovas, comets, black holes eating planets, etc.
-A way to visualize the whole system and orbits!! Hate to be forced to fly up or down the plane for 1,000's of ls to be able to see the orbits and understand how the system is spread out. Not even that works very well as pair of objects lack the barycenter's orbit!!
-Be able to use the surface scanner when mining to know what the asteroids are made of before drilling. It would allow me to scan several ones from one spot, making my mining life easier!!
Hi Chaps,
Which of the Goals in the Community Goal Competition offers the best exploration opportunity?
(Not including the Hutton one because it breaks the competition rules).
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=168522
I was thinking the goal at Sothis system?
Is there a better one for exploration opportunity?
I've been pootling about in power play and had some fun bounty hunting but think it wont be much longer before I head out in to the black.
Which of the Goals in the Community Goal Competition offers the best exploration opportunity?
(Not including the Hutton one because it breaks the competition rules).
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=168522
I was thinking the goal at Sothis system?
Is there a better one for exploration opportunity?
I've been pootling about in power play and had some fun bounty hunting but think it wont be much longer before I head out in to the black.