Mapping planets: wasn't this bug supposed to be gone with the last patch?

VR SenseiMatty

VR SenseiMatty
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zipline

zipline
Well, I had that same bug today, and even worse, after firing a load of probes I couldn't even tell what areas I had missed as the blue turned black so I just had to fire a load of randoms and eventually managed to scan it.
 

Nick Sticks

Nick Sticks
Sadly it is not fixed.

I also came across what might be a new related bug.
Can some else please try this or tell me it's known etc.

Approach an unmapped planet that presents itself normally in the DSS.
Fire one probe at the surface and when its circle has appeared note the percentage scanned and drop out of supercruise.
Go back into supercruise and enter the FSS again.
For me the percentage scanned shows the same as before but the circle does not appear making it difficult to carry on mapping.

I'm sure this worked before whereby you could go back to a planet and carry on where you left off with the partially scanned surface showing.
 
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CMDR Karrde Sun

CMDR Karrde Sun
Nick Sticks said:
Sadly it is not fixed.

I also came across what might be a new related bug.
Can some else please try this or tell me it's known etc.

Approach an unmapped planet that presents itself normally in the DSS.
Fire one probe at the surface and when its circle has appeared note the percentage scanned and drop out of supercruise.
Go back into supercruise and enter the FSS again.
For me the percentage scanned shows the same as before but the circle does not appear making it difficult to carry on mapping.

I'm sure this worked before whereby you could go back to a planet and carry on where you left off with the partially scanned surface showing.
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Yep I noticed that. The efficiency counter resets also so it’s not a complete loss.. the dss doesn’t remember progress if you leave supercruise or the system.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
Nick Sticks said:
Me too, 6 probe planets are easy enough, 7 probe planets are 50/50.
Higher becomes a probe spam fest.
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It's so easy with a g5 dss. I just scanned literally 1000s of planets with probably 1000s with the planet already shaded bug and never failed the efficiency target once. And I scanned every class 2 gas giant (22 probes) I saw. The closest I came to failing was one gas giant with wafer thin rings that I kept crashing into which threw my process out.
 

ibmalone

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Nick Sticks said:
Me too, 6 probe planets are easy enough, 7 probe planets are 50/50.
Higher becomes a probe spam fest.
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My strategy with 7 is one near, one far, four at 90 degree angles on the horizon, with a G3 scanner this seems to get enough coverage (yes it's a total of 6) with the bonus it's an easy rule to follow if shooting blind.
 
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