Newcomer / Intro Gathering Materials With SRV. I'm Obviously Missing Something.

Harrier_1961

Harrier_1961
Just looking to collect some Phosphorous etc etc using my SRV but am getting nowhere fast. I spent a long time last night just blasting away at any old rock I could see but nothing happened? I just ran down my supply of ammo. Is it the case that I can't just pick a rock and blast it to see what I get? I looked at the chemical composition of the body using the System Map before choosing to land there just to make sure that it had the stuff I needed so that I did at least know that the stuff was there. My presumption at this point is that I need to learn how to read the SRV Scanner and locate the spots I need and then travel there. Would that be correct or am I missing something?

Thanks very much.
 

Maymo

Maymo
It shouldn't take long to find phosphorus...
If you're still busy engineering that first FSD you ideally want a planet with manganese and arsenic as well...
Deciat, Farseers system has a few like this....

Try and locate mesosiderite, they look like this on the scanner, just a thin line signal, they drop fairly good stuff...
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Maenden

Maenden
Some rocks are just rocks - they don't contain anything of value.
In simple terms you need to target the ones that appear on the radar.
You blast away for a couple of seconds and they shatter into bits.
Each bit (rather unrealistically) will contain a separate element.
You them collect the bits which will also show up at short range on your radar.

You basically just open the cargo scoop and trundle over them.
 

Harrier_1961

Harrier_1961
Ah, so if I drive up to a rock and no information appears on my screen as in your screenshot, then the rock is of no use and I need to search elsewhere?

Thanks for the help 👍🏼
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
By the by - you need to have a fragment of material targeted to actually scoop it - "You basically just open the cargo scoop and trundle over them " does not work - it is like scooping stuff in space, the bit you want to scoop up has to be selected (target ahead or select in contacts panel) before driving over it with the cargo scoop deployed.
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
Once you get the hang of it - and it sounds like you've sussed it - you can try tracking down geological sites. They will give a lot more material than just finding random rocks.

In a nutshell, you need to be in explorer mode, find a landable planet with volcanic activity, use your surface scanner on it, head over there and you'll pick up the sites on your nav panel.

Land at one.

You should find quite a few grey squares pop up on your SRVs scanner.

Open fire. Shatter rocks. Fill boots.

Goid luck!
 

Harrier_1961

Harrier_1961
Tyres O'Flaherty said:
Once you get the hang of it - and it sounds like you've sussed it - you can try tracking down geological sites. They will give a lot more material than just finding random rocks.

In a nutshell, you need to be in explorer mode, find a landable planet with volcanic activity, use your surface scanner on it, head over there and you'll pick up the sites on your nav panel.

Land at one.

You should find quite a few grey squares pop up on your SRVs scanner.

Open fire. Shatter rocks. Fill boots.

Goid luck!
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Thanks for that 👍🏼 When you say to find a planet with volcanic activity - Does it give out that info when I'm using the System Map to check out the various planets?
 
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