Payouts are actually per planet. So you get the first-logged bonus if you are the first one to scan that bio on that planet.I have a few questions. 1. What tells me if I have discovered a biological before? Is it the blue diamond? And, 2. If I have scanned the same biological from another system, do I still get the maximum payout if I scan it again in a different system? 3. If I scan a biological in one system and get the green checkmark, shouldn't it stay there when I see the same biological in another system, so I know I have scanned it before? (unless I get the same payout no matter which system I scan it in then this question doesn't matter)
So if I am landing on planets and I am the first foot fall, and I scan something I have scanned before on a different planet, I still get the full amount? If so, I have a lot more scanning to do....Payouts are actually per planet. So you get the first-logged bonus if you are the first one to scan that bio on that planet.
It's only the Codex entries that are by Sector, and those payouts are negligible. You get Codex entries for the fun of completing them, not for the payout.
I have a few questions. 1. What tells me if I have discovered a biological before? Is it the blue diamond? And, 2. If I have scanned the same biological from another system, do I still get the maximum payout if I scan it again in a different system? 3. If I scan a biological in one system and get the green checkmark, shouldn't it stay there when I see the same biological in another system, so I know I have scanned it before? (unless I get the same payout no matter which system I scan it in then this question doesn't matter)
Very helpful, thank you both. I quit using the onboard scanner a while ago and jump out and scan. I pretty much do what you are doing by selectivity scanning higher reward bio's, but if I land and everything is right in front of me, I will go ahead and scan it. Do you find that certain stars are better than others for biological life?
Thanks again, V.Some bio only appear for certain star types. You will note in the picture above there are pick axes and a star in one column, the pick axes indicate the bio is reliant on certain minerals on the planet, the star indicates that particular bio only appears in systems with a particular star type, so yes some stars are better than others, as are some atmospheres and some mineral compositions, but you will never get a full list of codex discoveries by sticking to a fixed set of stars, this is one reason why I never filters stars, it limits what you can find and sometimes you miss the good stuff. For instance in you filter to stars that have a high chance of ELW's you will never find that rare ELW that orbits a Neutron star!
Anyway, good luck out there, I am sure you will get on with it now it has been explained a bit!
Oh just to note, if you are using a program like EDDiscovery certain reports only get sent when scanned using the on board scanner, they won't get reports for planetary bio if you just use the sampler, so I try to always use both.
Done.Here's the link to the current issue tracker ticket if anyone would like to vote on it. Even better if you're able to confirm it and add to it![]()
Yep, that's how it works. Get scanning!So if I am landing on planets and I am the first foot fall, and I scan something I have scanned before on a different planet, I still get the full amount? If so, I have a lot more scanning to do....
Are these "not predcited" values of interest to you at all?
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Yep this is almost certainly it. Eventually I hope to add spansh support to help mitigate this but it's on the back burner at the moment.Bet you've been there many years ago before the FSS, scanned the star and left, doing that means the star isn't registered in the journal, so if the bio is dependant on star types Bioinsights won't recognise it because the journal doesn't get that data, it already has it from before! In every case it has happened to me that's been the explanation!
It looks like it sees the 569 B scan while in 2124 - which is odd. Are you able to compress your journals and DM them to me?Hello, I have a strange result in the collider tab, with two lines exchanging system names.
Could it be my logs (I have a lot of them), or is there another problem?
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I've added a new plugin for the Galactic Exploration Catalog. It's quite simple - it'll show you the 50 nearest POIs, their approximate direction as well as their ratings. Have some improvements in mind, but most are waiting on Vithigar to finish UI rewrite for Core.
You can grab plugin here