How does one actually become the first to discover a new system?
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The unmapped nature of each system applies on a player-by-player basis - your mapping of a system will not make it mapped for someone else. So until 1.1 rolls around, there really isn't any way to tell if you were there first or not.
Edit: Also, there's an article here that says it'll give you credit for discovering specific planets, and that it'll kick in when you sell the data. If that's the case, I figure that merely flying into a system would be enough to "discover" it (or maybe popping your ADS), and that scanning the planets will get you credit for the specific ones.
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I have a theory,
If the system is unknown to you, and does not have an existing station/outpost, and you Discover at least the main star, then sell that data somewhere, then you will be named on it.
However, the crinkle is the player-known vs game-known, and I have not seen System Cartodata for sale since Gamma, so I think there may be a glitch to my theory for sure.
It's possible that the CMDR Discovered tagging will only be for systems that have no stations in unpopulated space. We'll just have to wait and see I suspect.
I completely expect to find my name in a few systems beyond and inside populated space, I'll be checking my cmdr log vs post 1.1 for sure.
I don't believe that Detailed Scan+ or finding all bodies is a criteria. But who knows really, only FD do.
If the system is unknown to you, and does not have an existing station/outpost, and you Discover at least the main star, then sell that data somewhere, then you will be named on it.
However, the crinkle is the player-known vs game-known, and I have not seen System Cartodata for sale since Gamma, so I think there may be a glitch to my theory for sure.
It's possible that the CMDR Discovered tagging will only be for systems that have no stations in unpopulated space. We'll just have to wait and see I suspect.
I completely expect to find my name in a few systems beyond and inside populated space, I'll be checking my cmdr log vs post 1.1 for sure.
I don't believe that Detailed Scan+ or finding all bodies is a criteria. But who knows really, only FD do.
It's per body, not system, and it needs to be scanned. To the best of my knowledge Michael hasn't distinguished between basic scan and detailed surface scan, but I'd be extremely surprised if it requires detailed.
The sysdata is available for purchase on the Galmap if it's available. There's a button on the system tag.
And sold. Won't get tagged until you sell it first.
My question is will any credit be given for systems discovered in solo mode, or does it have to be public?
Pretty important if everyone is waiting to see what they have already been credited for on 1.1 release.
btw, what commander log? is that real? game generated? if it includes a history of visited systems or anything else, I'd like to know where to find it.
The first person to discover it. A system with no data available doesnt mean you were first to discover it, just that you dont have any data on it. It could have been discovered 100s of times its just unknown to you. You still get paid for it just not as much as the first person who did.
I wonder if places already first discovered will be credited retroactively or if it starts from scratch.
I wonder if places already first discovered will be credited retroactively or if it starts from scratch.
re: cmdr's log is my personal log, nothing in game. Pen/Paper for the most part.
re: data for sale, I mean finding data for sale in the Cartographers window where you sell data. I used to see data for sale there, but haven't in a very long time. The sysdata for sale on the Galaxy Map is only for trade data afaik iirc.
re: data for sale, I mean finding data for sale in the Cartographers window where you sell data. I used to see data for sale there, but haven't in a very long time. The sysdata for sale on the Galaxy Map is only for trade data afaik iirc.