I just got Horizons, and was having some trouble finding resources on planets. I've been on about 4 or 5 different planets, and drive in my rover about 10 km from landing site and never find anything. Is this just how it is or should I be looking for diff planets? Also on planets without landing pads, I have trouble finding ground I can land on. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Horizons Planetary exploration
- Thread starter Joshua of Gilead
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1. Landing: get close enough to see the ground on your display (also good to extend your gear). Slow down (very slow) and look for something where the bottom of your "shadow" turns blue. It'll flicker from red to blue as you pass over ground that's acceptable and not very quickly so very slow speed is needed here. Also when you find a spot, you may have to stop and turn to another compass heading so all your feet are on level ground. Some of it is eyeball and some is watching the screen indicator. Don't rush it; if it's 1.0 g or lower, you can hover for quite some time, so take your time.
2. Looking for stuff: check on youtube for videos on what kinds of elements and things produce different sounds on the scanner. I'm still picking it up myself but once you hear even a slight sound, head in the general direction the scanner indicates. As you get closer to an item, your scanner's "focus" will be sharper and sharper. Once in a while you may hear more than one sound meaning more than one thing in range. This is where you become more like a dolphin and use your ears more than your eyes. Noticing more than one type of sound on the scanner, where the different signals start and stop, slowly turning your SRV to see where the "focus" is are things you gain with experience. To paraphrase Shikira's song "Try everything" (Zootopia), birds don't just jump in the air as fledglings; they have to stumble and fall a few times before getting the hang of this thing called flying. It's the same thing with the wave scanner. You "learn" the different sounds and what they mean, but you have to experience it first. Those youtube videos on the different sounds can help. I'm sure someone has a link to some specific ones.
Hope all that helps.
Forums are your friend; take a look at https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228645, sooooo much useful stuff on there including the links to videos showing what to look and listen for...
Hope this helps and fly safe Cmdr
Hope this helps and fly safe Cmdr