It only goes into the Codex for everyone else to see if it happens to be the very first one of that particular type discovered by any commander in the entire region. But, yes, if you are the very first to discover an ELW anywhere in the region, it is broadcast immediately. If you are not the first, then nobody else sees it.
I don't understand how the codex works....
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It only goes into the Codex for everyone else to see if it happens to be the very first one of that particular type discovered by any commander in the entire region. But, yes, if you are the very first to discover an ELW anywhere in the region, it is broadcast immediately. If you are not the first, then nobody else sees it.
Thanks very much for the clarification! Where does it show this, by the way? Can I see if there is anything I've discovered first in the region?
I do think that this behaviour is a bit strange, as I mentioned... but at least it isn't for everything. I'm not sure how much use the Codex is really going to be for me, especially since it doesn't have a history of previously discovered objects. I'll stick to EGO and EDDiscovery for better detail for now.
The only way you can tell if you were the first to discover in a region is to open each individual Confirmed entry and see if your are listed as the reporter.
But again, I take it all this codex information is only from 12/11/2018 going forward? All of us explorers who have put in tons of time, effort and sweat to be first discoverers of things will not get any credit for these past explorations? Seems like they have all the information about first discoveries still out on all the objects...why not include those in this codex?
Why, indeed...
It's almost like they wanted a complete reset of the galaxy discoveries, and found a way of doing it without actually removing the first-discovered by tags....
Well, it's not quite as dramatic as all that. All of your first discovered tags are still there, new tags will be there, plus the first mapped tags, so from that POV, nothing has changed. All the credit is still there with the addition of the new First Mapped tag for extra credit.
All the codex adds in this regard is an entry for being the first to discover specific things in regions after 12/11/2018. It does not detract from anything else.
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Plus it means everyone gets a shot at reporting things, rather than have the entire codex for all 42 regions be auto-filled for 99% of the stuff. Which is cool for a few dozen people, and blows for the other million.
Which seems fairer;
1. Backdating Codex 4 years to when ED was only on PC or
2. Allowing ALL players, including console an EQUAL chance using a NEW system of recording discoveries?
Whilst I commiserate about the server issues on launch day I believe FDev made the only logical choice. I'm sure there'd have been a lot more uproar from the PS4 and Xbox players had they gone with option 1
1. Backdating Codex 4 years to when ED was only on PC or
2. Allowing ALL players, including console an EQUAL chance using a NEW system of recording discoveries?
Whilst I commiserate about the server issues on launch day I believe FDev made the only logical choice. I'm sure there'd have been a lot more uproar from the PS4 and Xbox players had they gone with option 1
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Damn, ninja'd twice, I need to type faster!
I've only been exploring since July, so I've had little to no chance of discovering anything significant (though I did actually manage to find somewhere!), but I respected that the game had been around for a few years and I wasn't going to be in with a chance of being first to Sag*A, for example.
I can see the thought behind resetting things, and I think the "mapped by" tag is the real reset here, which allowed a clean slate for people - but assuming the game is around for another 6 years, I would imagine that all the significant things will get hoovered up fairly quickly, and then there will arise a new cohort of players that haven't got anything significant to discover "first"...
I can see the thought behind resetting things, and I think the "mapped by" tag is the real reset here, which allowed a clean slate for people - but assuming the game is around for another 6 years, I would imagine that all the significant things will get hoovered up fairly quickly, and then there will arise a new cohort of players that haven't got anything significant to discover "first"...
It just kind of sucks, since I have bookmarked a lot of my first discovered objects to make sure my name remains attached to them. I was hoping something like a codex would remove the necessity of having me keep all those bookmarks out there and have one central location we can go to where we can see first discoveries for everything. Guess my bookmarks will never go away.
Yeah, the Codex is not going to be any kind of in game replacement for the likes of Elite Galaxy Online, EDSM, ED Discovery, or any number of other tools.
As a new player, at first glance (and after some initial reflection) I found the Codex's discovery area to seem quite pointless. It was confusing when I opened it to see the following information for my starting region:
Well, I am pretty sure that almost every region will contain all the common types of stars, given the numbers involved. It's like saying another player has reported finding an apple in London (in Tesco), and I have confirmed that there is indeed an apple in London, even though I found it on the other side of the city (and in Sainsbury's). Well lo and behold, who could have imagined that there was a K type star to be found in this HUGE chunk of galaxy? Fancy that!
Of course, for the less common finds I'm sure this part of the Codex is more relevant, as well as the highest/lowest/hottest/coolest records, but at first glance I found it to be rather pointless. I'm sure it'll grow on me and prove to be useful eventually.
- K type star "reported by" another CMDR in region "X"
- K type star "confirmed" (by me) in my current region "Y"
Well, I am pretty sure that almost every region will contain all the common types of stars, given the numbers involved. It's like saying another player has reported finding an apple in London (in Tesco), and I have confirmed that there is indeed an apple in London, even though I found it on the other side of the city (and in Sainsbury's). Well lo and behold, who could have imagined that there was a K type star to be found in this HUGE chunk of galaxy? Fancy that!
Of course, for the less common finds I'm sure this part of the Codex is more relevant, as well as the highest/lowest/hottest/coolest records, but at first glance I found it to be rather pointless. I'm sure it'll grow on me and prove to be useful eventually.
I scanned a new thing (biological, using composition scanner) not in the CODEX and nothing is happening. How does one get a NEW discovery reported? Do I need to go to station with Stellar Cartography?
This was my concern that why would it show up in the Codex, when I'm still out exploring? I wish there was a Universal system built in the ships, and you just upload your immediate findings and get paid, so you can stay out in the Black as long you wish. No need to return to civilization.
Was thinking about that. It's something that could be incorporated into the game mechanics. Say a special type of drone. You can launch it with current findings and it returns to the nearest star port (say at 100lr per day speed) to cash in. When it returns your account is credited and you can reuse the drone. Maybe it would need a lower class slot to house it in.
I have no idea what it does.
There are just a few things from other players in mine, like one guardian and one goid site.
Can't find my own stuff, mapped some planets first and flew back to confirm name on them but can't find any record in codex.
Doesn't feel like that is the intended functionality so I assumed it's just broken.
There are just a few things from other players in mine, like one guardian and one goid site.
Can't find my own stuff, mapped some planets first and flew back to confirm name on them but can't find any record in codex.
Doesn't feel like that is the intended functionality so I assumed it's just broken.
Wait, what?
O man, wait till all the deep-space explorers get back to sell their data and find all their ELWs near the bubble have already been tagged by people looking them up on the Codex.
There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Codex is broke, I noted down all the reported Geos, & Bio thargoids and guardian items out there. it basically has not changed in a week two new entries that was it. I understand confirmed is what we get if we find it, but the WHOLE idea for reported was other players finds. So EITHER there are the following scenarios are happening:
A, No body is exploring at all which I find hard to believe (maybe that 3% thing again)
B, Thousands of commanders are looking the galaxy with the ALL new exploration system and finding bags of reported stuff, and it's not showing in the codex so its BROKEN
Frontier i'm convinced you could not fix a broken match stick IMHO.
With loads of bug pages happening daily since both beta and release of Q4 update, I'm surprised you guys still have a job.
Personally I'm so sick of reporting stuff that gets ignored it is just a waste of time now.
A, No body is exploring at all which I find hard to believe (maybe that 3% thing again)
B, Thousands of commanders are looking the galaxy with the ALL new exploration system and finding bags of reported stuff, and it's not showing in the codex so its BROKEN
Frontier i'm convinced you could not fix a broken match stick IMHO.
With loads of bug pages happening daily since both beta and release of Q4 update, I'm surprised you guys still have a job.
Personally I'm so sick of reporting stuff that gets ignored it is just a waste of time now.