How to look for geysers - beginners guide
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sh.. nevermind
Thx. Thinking of it, I will repeat the test near the equator, nobody said the POI size is ment to be in kilometers, now that I have somebody willing to help with calculations
(just yesterday flying on HIP 42003 3 D A (494km radius) along latitude -15 (so I was maybe on -14.9) I spotted the edge of shrinking POI that I know is located on -13.3464 )
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actually, that is the next thing I´ll try to figure out, if Tick-height is depending on Bodies radius, gravity, drop-height from SC or a combination out of those...
Will keep you posted.
That would be awesome. I can record this values (tick, and OC exit) somewhere if you need them?
Looking at those values again, that is the diameter of POI, plus there is about 8km to the edge of the sensors, so you need to search 32 km apart (20km + 2x6km with a safe 2km margin on each side), I was aiming at 28 so I could go even slightly wider... (that is for looking for organics, not geysers of course)
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that would be (with -14,9) a diameter of 26,8 Km for the POI.... guess the diameters need to be investigated further....
here is the thing, big POI if you fly away before it starts shrinking and come back, will be in slightly different place, so initially the pumpkins (or whatever is there) will not be exactly in the center of it. I did record it once as example - https://youtu.be/c1Bgo77sook
DAMMIT. On a small moon some 3kLY away, iron magma. Both settings checked (the sensors notch must be on the right side, correct?), let's fly over deepest canyons. For the first time I see a blue circle, get all excited, don't find anything at first glance, land, get the SRV out of the ship, find the signal, drive in extasy, find a crashed ship...
Usually I'd be happy to find it, there were some mats around, but this time this was a huge disappointment.
EDIT: Can I single out vulcanism through the filter?
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For this guide to help you, you need to read it and watch the movies. Volcanic POI is unique and looks like this https://i.imgur.com/UCKYGIS.png and is shown in flesh here https://youtu.be/RLGpfOyz9to?t=51
If you found crashed ship the POI was much bigger than that.
Ah, so ALL volcanic POIs are small dots? Cool, will keep this in mind, thank you.
FINALLY!!! Last night, just before I planned to call it quits for the night, a stroke of luck. Came out of a search glide over a trench, made a visual recon of the surroundings (abusing the external camera for this, much better view than from the cockpit), gave up, found a really cool looking camping spot on a hill in the middle of a trench, headed towards it to land and go to sleep when a small blue dot appeared on the scanner. My heart missed a beat, my life rushed through my mind (a fraction of drama added here) and with trembling hands I steered the ship towards the position of the dot (no drama added here).
Anyway, it turned out to be one of the volcanics (silicate geysers) with almost no plumes. I expected to see silicate plumes from far away but this place appeared in front of me with no visual clues before the fumaroles became visible. Also it was pretty dark, I hope the next time I get to play it will be daytime so I can post a nice pic.
I was really really glad to find this place, finding a site of volcanic activity on an untagged planet/moon in an untagged system was on my to-do list for a looong time but I lack the time and dedication to do proper search as described in the OP. This time too I started by taking a long look at the planetary surface in the system map, selecting the features that looked promising and went for gliding. The damn tick is at only 18km on this moon so I had little room for the glide.
Anyway, it turned out to be one of the volcanics (silicate geysers) with almost no plumes. I expected to see silicate plumes from far away but this place appeared in front of me with no visual clues before the fumaroles became visible. Also it was pretty dark, I hope the next time I get to play it will be daytime so I can post a nice pic.
I was really really glad to find this place, finding a site of volcanic activity on an untagged planet/moon in an untagged system was on my to-do list for a looong time but I lack the time and dedication to do proper search as described in the OP. This time too I started by taking a long look at the planetary surface in the system map, selecting the features that looked promising and went for gliding. The damn tick is at only 18km on this moon so I had little room for the glide.
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Well done. Good idea with checking the site next day, it may look different. Unfortunately if there is little smoke then typically it stays like this. But other sites on this body will look differently, so you have a chance to see more active ones.
Here is a busy one I found yesterday:
I'll come back after I spread some love. Phew, a lot of fumaroles! But this one, too, does not have huge pillars that would be seen from afar. So scanner is the only option.
Phew, a lot of fumaroles! But this one, too, does not have huge pillars that would be seen from afar. So scanner is the only option.
It is not only to find volcanic sites but also in what moment you find them. The position of planets and stars, light and volcanic activity make each discovery unique. Probably if we visit a site discovered by another cmdr it would seem that we are in another place due to all the variables.
EDIT: Don't drink and fly. And post in the forums.
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Hi !
is it possible that even if we found a POI there is nothing ?
I explored 2 planets with volcanism today and found POI on both of them (small dot that enlarge when you're on it). I did a lot of low altitude fly to look at the ground in the area but found nothing. Went higher to see if I was at the right spot, POI still appearing...going down and find nothing =/
Is there something I'm doing wrong ?
*Edit* Listened to your POI video again and forgot it could also be meteorite...that's why I saw nothing
Still had a nice discovery yesterday !
is it possible that even if we found a POI there is nothing ?
I explored 2 planets with volcanism today and found POI on both of them (small dot that enlarge when you're on it). I did a lot of low altitude fly to look at the ground in the area but found nothing. Went higher to see if I was at the right spot, POI still appearing...going down and find nothing =/
Is there something I'm doing wrong ?
*Edit* Listened to your POI video again and forgot it could also be meteorite...that's why I saw nothing
Still had a nice discovery yesterday !
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With all the respect, when it comes to volcanism and organic POI's, nothing in ED gets bigger as you approach it, you not that handsome
(unless you approach at a big angle of 70 degrees or more, so if you need to know what is down there then put your ship more horizontal than that)
Exactly - example:
Tuesday night:
Wednesday morning (I went back to the same site when I realized it will look different):
