I was looking through the system map of the system I am trying to develop and noticed several of my planets now have geological signals. I don't have proof but I am positive I wrote down which planets have signals and which ones don't. kinda messes up my refinery plans but I will adapt. Has anyone else experienced this issue? I imagine nothing will be done about it just a pleasant or unpleasant surprise to everyone.
New geologicals in system!?
- Thread starter ragnamach
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They've been infected!
had that with a rocky moon. After i placed and built a T1 Port on it suddenly a bio-signal popped up....
I am 99% certain this happened to me twice in different systems. I could be wrong, maybe I messed up, but I had checked and double checked. Then built and saw bio signals.
Unfortunately I have no before & after screen prints.
Unfortunately I have no before & after screen prints.
Ok, if the system has been explored previously and all planets showed on entry to the system you may not have bothered to FSS it, if you haven't been to the system previously and didn't bother to FSS it GEO signals and BIO signals will NOT show, until you either do FSS the system or approach close enough to the planets for auto-detection to kick in. So if you just jumped in, saw all the planets, started colonising (which you can do without FSS'ing) and only later approached close enough to those bodies the signal will seem to suddenly appear out of nowhere, but it's just close range auto-detect doing its work.
If anyone has ever sold the cartographics data then the signals are visible in the system map when in system even if you did not scan the system yourself just the body type is hidden. This has happened to enough people that I'm not sure we're all making the same obvious mistake. To even place a surface site down you must be in system so it's incredibly likely that people have been checking the correct system map.
Once you colonise the system go scan your own nav beacon for the nav data but I do not think that's the issue. Far too many experienced players are getting caught by surprise signals.
Once you colonise the system go scan your own nav beacon for the nav data but I do not think that's the issue. Far too many experienced players are getting caught by surprise signals.
Pretty sure that's not true at all, if you jump in and the system it is not a re-mapped system, that is a system in the bubble that can't be FSS'd, one of the older settled systems, then they do, if it isn't then when you jump, if you have never been there before, then the bodies will show up as "unexplored" in the nav panel until you actually FSS the system and will only show basic data in the system map, not even mineral content. The planetary signals are not present in that case, this is why we map the planets in "The Great Raxxla Potato Hunt." Other people selling their cartographic data doesn't matter, they will still show up as unexplored in your nav panel with only limited data in the system map, and certainly no surface signals
I am utterly certain that if the system has been sold you can jump in view the system map and see all the signals. If you jump in and they system map is empty then you'll have to FSS it. Systems that aren't mapped are incredibly rare around the bubble. You're welcome to go test it but I've been using it for years to save time.
Raxxla potato hunt maps everything just incase raxxla isn't visible remotely. For simple stuff like biology and geology it's visible even if you didn't scan the system yourself as long as cartographics has it.
I am referring to specifically searching systems for desired preferred colonization candidates. Not just bouncing around system hopping, but actively doing FSS on a system (required to know the determine planet types) to find specific bodies with certain characteristics and the desired number of slots. I think the OP is referring to this too.
A certain amount of bare minimum effort is required to find a good candidate system, but is well worth it if planning to put +40 hours of colonization effort into building a set of facilities with a desired outcome in mind. Following the search, claiming the system, placing the beacon, building the primary port, then building a surface port it seems weird that an experienced cmdr then discovers the planet has bio or geo signals never noticed before. In my case a mistake? Perhaps, maybe. But unlikely.
Nope, currently doing the GRPH and have jumped into plenty of generic bubble systems where the planets and moons are just, "unexplored," it doesn't matter if someone else has sold the data, you still need to FSS the body to find out if there are signals and you still need to map the planet top get the blue location map.
Doing the GRPH requires FSS on entering system, which shows the signals, and then checking all the bodies in the system map to check for anomalies, if this was happening I would have noticed it I am certain. Never seen signals suddenly appear out of the blue after FSS'ing.
Not referring to just after FSSing. I have also FSS'd thousands of systems. We are referring to performing FSS, building colony items without ever noticing any geo or bio signals on a specific priority planet. Over the course of many hours of gameplay. And then when a facility is completed suddenly "hey, what the heck!". I can't prove this. Maybe I made a dumb mistake... twice. I have no screenshot to prove it to myself.
You must do an FSS regardless of bio/geo signals. To determine the planet types. There might be exceptions like if the cmdr purchases the system data, not sure.
This example system right beside my system I have never visited until today. It is colonized by someone else. Obviously I can't colonize this system, it is already claimed. But it serves as an example of a system already visited by someone else and cartographic data previously sold.
- Even after Discovery Scan (Honk) I can't identify planet types (rock, icy, HMC, etc.)
- If I am actively looking for a specific planet type for colonization purposes I MUST perform an FSS. Or visit each planet.
- If I am actively looking for a specific planet type, with sufficient slots, and no bio/geo signals.... I perform an FSS first. Its the only reasonable quick way to determine planet types.
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Change to the other panel that actually shows the signals and check again.
For the bio signals, yes. My apologies, my point was intended to agree with you.... the CMDR must perform an FSS to determine the planet types, regardless of the bio signals present. So an FSS IS performed if someone is looking for a good system. It has to be. It is the only reasonable way to choose a candidate system for colonization. Must do an FSS. Then the cmdr must click on each body looking at the type and signals. How do experienced cmdrs including myself screw this up?
As I was saying the signals do not require you to FSS the planet. You can FSS it if you want to but as long as someone mapped it you can see the signals if you're in system.
I can also see from the map while it's unexplored it's an Icy body and double check on spansh that it is indeed that.
You can FSS but you can get most of the information without FSS in the vast majority of systems around the bubble and it's incredibly rare for your colony system to not have been mapped which means you not seeing the signals but seeing the planet is not a thing if you're in system.
I love how confidently wrong you are. I didn't even honk the system and I double checked before arriving that I had never ever visited it. Works for basically all signals and covers all the information colonisation needs. The Potato hunt needs certainty so you FSS and DSS everything. People colonising don't need that.
If a cmdr is searching for a candidate system for colonization, intended for +40 hours of building facilities, they WILL perform an FSS. I can't imagine a cmdr choosing a system for multi-facilty colonization without FSS and then examining each body in the system until they find the specific body(s) with characteristics they are looking for.