"Planetary Scan Job" issues (beginner)

[indytims]

So I've watched videos on YouTube and I've searched countless threads all of which were posted over the past few years. But nothing has worked.

I have my an SRV bay and bought an SRV for my ship.
I accepted a "Planetary Scan Job" mission of super-low level so I could give it a shot.
I head to the target system.
I find the Nav Beacon and move up to it, less than 1k distance.
I hit the scanner, which makes the loud 'honking' noise... but nothing happens.

According to the threads/videos, this is supposed to reveal the planet that I need to head to, but instead, nothing happens.

Some of the threads indicated I could have a 'bugged' mission, and logging-out and back in could help. It didn't.

Any thoughts/ideas? Does it sound like I am leaving something out?

Thank you

 

[tafkabb]

Once you've dropped into the nav beacon signal, you need to find the nav beacon itself, it will be a white dot on your target HUD. Face it and target it, your ship will scan it automatically. After a few seconds, your system map will be updated and your mission target will appear

 

[indytims]

Once you've dropped into rhe nav beacon signal, you need to find the nav beacon itself, it will be a white dot on your target HUD. Face it and target it, your ship will scan it automatically. After a few seconds, your system map will be updated and your mission target will appear

Thanks Bongo! That was fast! So I was still in-game and went to the 'Nav Beacon'... and you were spot-on: it wasn't the actual Nav Beacon. So I examined everything on the HUD targeting display and found a bunch of FSD Wakes, but the last one I checked said 'Nav Beacon'. I moved toward it, targeted it, and did another scan.

This gave me the in-game 'email' telling me where the target was - but it did not show up on the system map (no icon). So I flew to the planet listed and the 'target' showed-up on the planet surface, and I flew down and played the 'jumping target' game - it shifted places I think 7 times. Then I saw the actual target base, landed, and did the deed!

Thanks a ton Bongo - you helped save me pulling out even more hair!

-indy

 

[tafkabb]

Awesome!

 

[tafkabb]

Oh by the way, I didn't want to swamp you with too much information at once, but you can also select from a list of available targets on the left-hand contacts panel in your ship. That shows everything in your local space which you're able to target; cargo, beacons, ships, stations etc.