Is the Xbox Galaxy the same as the PC one?

CanonBenny

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Hi,

I have just started playing ED again after about a year out but this time on my Xbox. I was originally a PC player and was around at the start. I was also a beta buyer for Horizons on the PC. I see Horizons is now built into ED on the Xbox as i can land on some planets and drive my SRV.

Is the Galaxy the same on the Xbox as on the PC? The reason is, I signed up to INARA and it showed me a good trade route to earn some Cr. Moving Meta Allloys from Vasilyev's Claim on Ross 692 to Wolf 406. I jumped to Ross 692 and cannot find Vasilyev's Claim. it is supposed to be on the surface of Ross 692 B 7 but i have done a full surface scan and it doesn't show up. I cannot find it in the system at all? Also if I try to enter Ross 692 B 7 atmosphere I get pulled out of Supercruise with the "Danger too close" message.

Am I missing something or have I not done something i should? Playing in Solo at present as well, would that make a difference?

Regards

Bruce CMD MagickBruce
 

DrinkyBird

DrinkyBird
Yes. However, some planets and their stations and settlements are only available in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, which is not yet available on consoles. In your case Ross 692 B 7 is a planet with a tenuous atmosphere, which are only landable in Odyssey.

Fortunately, Inara's trade route finder lets you filter out these Odyssey-only markets:
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Riverside

Riverside
Yes the galaxy is the same, the background simulation (BGS - the trade routes etc) is the same, only the instancing is divided (you won't meet a PC or PS player on XBox) and there are some graphics quality differences.
 

CanonBenny

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DrinkyBird said:
Yes. However, some planets and their stations and settlements are only available in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, which is not yet available on consoles. In your case Ross 692 B 7 is a planet with a tenuous atmosphere, which are only landable in Odyssey.

Fortunately, Inara's trade route finder lets you filter out these Odyssey-only markets:
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I have just tried it again and it still shows Vasilyev's Claim even though I have reset the page and now have "exclude Odyssey" so will just use "No" to surface stations at present

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Northpin

Northpin
CanonBenny said:
Is the Galaxy the same on the Xbox as on the PC?
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It is the same (almost)* if you compare XBox (Horizons) and PC (Horizons)
Odyssey (PC only for the time being) added landing on tenuous atmosphere planets and 400,000 new settlements (which obviously are not present in Horizons)

*(Console Horizons rings have about half of the asteroids you will find on PC Horizons rings - not very important if you are not a miner of the kind that enjoys flying in dense rings at high speed. Other than that, the galaxy seem pretty much identical in both console and pc versions of Horizons)
 

GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
CanonBenny said:
I have just tried it again and it still shows Vasilyev's Claim even though I have reset the page and now have "exclude Odyssey" so will just use "No" to surface stations at present

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Third party sites get data from third party apps in this case likely EDDN, if the app is wrong and labels locations wrong, ALL sites that use that third party data will also be wrong...

This will remain wrong untill the third party source upload is corrected... with an EDO only flag...
 

Danieros

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CanonBenny said:
I have just tried it again and it still shows Vasilyev's Claim even though I have reset the page and now have "exclude Odyssey" so will just use "No" to surface stations at present

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There are "true" Odyssey settlements and then there are normal surface ports that have been added in planets that you can only land with Odyssey.

I assume Inara's filter for this doesn't take the second case in consideration, because if you see the inara page for that settlement, it does seem to do both checks and displays the Odyssey tag:

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However, Inara is a third-party website so I consider you to submit this issue over there so it may get noticed: https://inara.cz/board/1/
 
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DrinkyBird

DrinkyBird
CanonBenny said:
I have just tried it again and it still shows Vasilyev's Claim even though I have reset the page and now have "exclude Odyssey" so will just use "No" to surface stations at present

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Ah - might be that that filter only filters out the settlement types introduced by Odyssey, and not stations on tenuous atmospheres. I think, then, that filtering out all planetary stations would be the best way to guarantee you can land on them.
 

Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
There is no real reason to exclude any landable or planetary bases, as sometimes you get really good trade routes between orbitals and planetaries.

If you're using a third party site like inara, I'd suggest doing a quick cross-reference before making the trip. In other words, if you find a good trade to or from a planetary base, I presume you are looking on the pc or a tablet alongside where you are playing on the Xbox?

If so, when you find a good one like you did - open the system map in horizons whilst you have the inara page open on your tablet (for arguments sake), providing you have the system mapped or visited. Then, check on the list of bases on the system map, against your inara result.

In a nutshell, if you can see the base on the system map, and it matches the inara listing, you can go there. If you can't find it on the system map, chances are it's an odyssey only base and you won't be able to do the trade route.



To be fair I don't think I've explained this very well, but if on console, a lot of players run a pc browser or tablet with them using inara or eddb, so they can cross-reference things regardless. It is something I do when playing on pc, but I just keep a browser open in the background and alt-tab between the browser and game to check things, regardless of the odyssey base issue. It'll become second nature after a few times to do it this way if it helps you out :)
 

GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
the planet location is EDO only. planet b 7 has atmosphere, this instantly makes it EDO only...
As stated above, If you cross-check with other sites youll will confirm planet was never going to be landable in EDH any way...
www.edsm.net

EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map

The Galactic Positioning System of Elite: Dangerous at your service.
www.edsm.net www.edsm.net
 
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