Horizons Planetary scan mission broken?

[ChipStar65]

After scanning a planetary Data Point (Private), it went inactive and I was given Wanted status, all expected. But the Mission Complete message never came in. It was not a multiple points scan mission (no "timer" message and the Inactive Point did not reset even after a few minutes). I went to the turn-in station but the mission is apparently not completed for some reason. I logged 4 different data types to Inventory and a new Empire Data Point Intel in Transactions, but the job is not treated as done. No pay. Any idea how to fix this? I have 2 more days to figure it out.

Related: How can I tell if my Wanted Status is still in effect in that system, without actually going there?

 

[Renown]

Regarding your wanted status that should appear on your transaction page of your nav panel under your missions. It will give you the time left of being wanted or it will say on H-Jump which means it clears if you jump in or out. You can still pay the fine if you want to but your status will not be wanted, even if it says it initially on the FSD charging info.

 

[d8veh]

When you scan a private beacon, you become wanted. You should be teady for it. The moment the scan completes, reverse away at full speed with 4 pipss to shields until you're clear. It's a good idea to dismiss your ship beforehand and then recall it when you're clear, or you can let them blow up the SRV to appear back in your ship teady to fly away. As soon as you're back in the ship, jump to a nearby system and wait thev8 minutes until the bounty has timed out, then jump back and do the next one.

Regarding the mission not completing, a logical explanation would be that you scanned the wrong base -if that'spossible. Whatever went wrong, if the mission isn't completed, it's location should still show inyour galaxy and system maps, so just try again.

 

[ChipStar65]

Thanks for the "Wanted" info, I finally found a bit about it elsewhere as well. Main prob is I wasn't aware it would go away with leaving the system -- I guess Private Data scans are a very minor infraction, 600cr fine, no sweat -- so that's why I could find no mention of it in Transactions.

@d8veh -- The Wanted status posed no threat, I'd already dealt with the skimmers (their bounties paid for my private data infraction, actually, with pocket change) and there were no patrols about so I got away scot free, even had time to scrounge a few canisters from the site as well. Since it was the only scan point on the planet (which was ID'd by my Discovery Scanner as the mission target) I can only assume this was a glitch of some kind. I'll be revisiting today to see if the target is still available. If not, I guess I'm screwed, losing not only the cash but likely rep as well.

 

[Renown]

Thanks for the "Wanted" info, I finally found a bit about it elsewhere as well. Main prob is I wasn't aware it would go away with leaving the system -- I guess Private Data scans are a very minor infraction, 600cr fine, no sweat -- so that's why I could find no mention of it in Transactions.

They only last around 8mins so it had probably already cleared but you do find them on there. What I did was to get missions in two systems and if I get a private data bounty I'd jump to the other system and do a mission there and alternate between the two as it always took longer than 8mins to do each one.

The alternative, if you only have missions in one system or even just the same planet is as soon as you have done the mission and received the minor bounty and don't want to jump somewhere else and return just save and exit, reload the the game 8mins later. You will still be there but the bounty timer will have run down.

 

[ChipStar65]

I went back to the target planet and the entire mission was a rinse & repeat -- scanned the (again Private) Data Point, it went Inactive, got some Data for Inv., got the bounty, jumped out to clear it. But the mission is still not completed. I double-checked everything, target planet (check), only one Search Zone (check), Data Point is a single, not a timed multiple (check). In my Nav tab, the "Building" where the Search Zone led me was selected and had the "Active Mission" globe icon beside it. This did not go away after scanning, though. No other DP or SZ in the area (I did a quick sweep).

I still have time to clear this up, but I'm wondering if it's worth the effort. It's a 300k payoff if I can solve the problem but I'm out of ideas.

Also the Wanted Bounty seemed to act weird. I let the 8-minute timer expire but remained Wanted -- the Transaction info changed to H-Jump. No prob to clear but why have a timer if it does not clear the Wanted status?

 

[Para Handy]

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Also the Wanted Bounty seemed to act weird. I let the 8-minute timer expire but remained Wanted -- the Transaction info changed to H-Jump. No prob to clear but why have a timer if it does not clear the Wanted status?

The sequence is correct. You always end up with "On h-jump" which is the action that ends your "wanted" state, the timer just shows you how long you have to wait before you can do that.


P.S. No Idea about your mission troubles - have not done a scan mission for a yonk and a quarter.

 

[ChipStar65]

Alrighty, I know what to expect out of the "Wanted" scenario now, thanks. But the mission is bonkers. I'm on my third try now and again made sure the Search Zone is unique and that the Data Point tower is the only selectable item in the area save for a canister of Nerve Gas (no thank you) and my ship. Once again it is marked Private. I have no doubt if I scan it it will go Inactive, preventing any further action to complete the mission (what else could be left to do?), the "Building" site where it is located will remain a mission target in my Nav panel (globe icon), and the Mission will not be finalized. No pay save for Skimmer bounties and some cans to sell after all this work. Bah!

I still have 2 days to complete so I won't Abandon the mission, in case some genius reading this figures it out

 

[d8veh]

Are there more than one beacon at the base?

Just to clarify the H-jump thing. It clears when you jump back to the system where you got the bounty. You can jump away as soon as you want - ideally ASAP - then you come back when it says H-jump.

 

[ChipStar65]

Only the one beacon. Last time I visited I looked around very carefully, the only selectable objects were canisters (most of which I collected) and the single Data Point tower. I also launched off-planet and re-scanned for another Search Zone, but only the one.

If I wanted to exploit the glitch (in a minor way) I could keep going back and taking out skimmers for a reward, then collecting the canisters to sell, but it's a lot of time and effort for small change. I'll just let it expire unless I get a fix, see what happens next.

 

[Maymo]

Only the one beacon. Last time I visited I looked around very carefully, the only selectable objects were canisters (most of which I collected) and the single Data Point tower. I also launched off-planet and re-scanned for another Search Zone, but only the one.

If I wanted to exploit the glitch (in a minor way) I could keep going back and taking out skimmers for a reward, then collecting the canisters to sell, but it's a lot of time and effort for small change. I'll just let it expire unless I get a fix, see what happens next.

Did/do you have more than one surface scan mission in your transactions?

 

[ChipStar65]

Did/do you have more than one surface scan mission in your transactions?

Nope. I have successfully completed three before this glitch, and they were all cleared before I took on the buggered one.

 

[ChipStar65]

I have to document this here, because I think it is a serious glitch that the devs might want/need to look into, though I doubt it is a repeatable bug.

1) The mission described above was in the system 15 Lambda Aurigae. Mission Giver was Serena Parsons/Digger Invictus. Turn-in @ Fischer Port in LP 128-9. I tried twice to scan the private Data Point, which did go Inactive as mentioned above, but the mission would not complete. I put it aside and moved on.
2) I took on two more Planetary Scan missions just in the last couple hours. The first was in LFT 424 and was labeled a Civil War Surface Installation scan. Mission Giver Amalie Anderson/Liberals of LP 128-9. Turn in @ Fischer Port, LP 128-9. This was a Public Data Point and the scan was successful, I got the mission completed/Collect Reward message.
3) The second of the two recent P-Scan missions (Planetary Scan Job) was to G 175-42. I picked it up in Athra. Mission Giver Jaylynn Holden, LP 128-9 Group. Turn-in @ Irwin Port in Athra. I found the planet as usual (Discovery Scanner), found and chased the Search Zone, landed, deployed the SRV, scanned the Public Data Point. And here is where it gets really ' weird. When the Data Point went Inactive (done with scan), I received a mission complete/Collect Reward message -- but it was for the first mission on 15 Lambda Aurigae! The mission for the planet I was actually scanning on did not complete -- deja vu all over again.

I decided to go to LP 128-9 to confirm I'd actually finished the first two of these missions and sure enough, there's now the expected payoffs, both for the original glitched scan and the second listed above in this post, which went off completely normally.

I will return to the G 175-42 site and try it again and report any outcome. Of course this particular job has the 1 mil + payout, so it's the one that had to go flooey, right?

Is there a particular way I can bring this thread to the attention of the right folks for investigation?

EDIT: The G 175-42 mission went A-OK second time around, putting my daily wage at around 4.8 mil -- I guess that was worth a little extra effort.

 

[Col Blair]

Same thing happened to me once. Reported as a bug. Mission expired. Lost money. On a similar incident after a non complete scanning mission, scanning another planet in the same system completed both missions for me. Neither has re-occurred for me. The game goes on.

another question for planetary scan missions. Is there a way to tell before you accept the mission that it has trespass zone?

 

[ChipStar65]

Same thing happened to me once. Reported as a bug...

Is there a way to tell before you accept the mission that it has trespass zone?

So it's a documented Known Issue now, I suppose. Thanks for the info, I don't feel so singled out .

RE: Trespass zones, I just assume every outpost, building, whatever is going to be hostile until I discover otherwise. Sometime I get Skimmers, easy enough to take down, and if not Skimmers, Defense Turrets, but I have yet to have any of those fire on me. I usually just ignore them if they keep quiet.

 

[Para Handy]

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another question for planetary scan missions. Is there a way to tell before you accept the mission that it has trespass zone?

Well there is the ability to filter the missions list to only show Legal ones - so any that would give a bounty would not be displayed.

 

[Mav617]

Useless

I could never get the datascanner to work in the SRV, tried every suggestion on the forums but even when it eventually showed as scanning, after reconfiguring hardpoints settings, fire group bindings etc it never allowed me to complete a mission so I sold my hanger and only use my ship now for missions - what a waste.

 

[Para Handy]

I could never get the datascanner to work in the SRV, tried every suggestion on the forums but even when it eventually showed as scanning, after reconfiguring hardpoints settings, fire group bindings etc it never allowed me to complete a mission so I sold my hanger and only use my ship now for missions - what a waste.

That is a shame, barring you from many activities including engineering requirements, not just these missions. Unfortunately there is no way to multicrew SRV to give hands-on help so I can only suggest you might want to (re)examine videos of this and maybe consider enlisting some help in the Galactic Academy - plenty of people willing and able to help there:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/237551-The-Galactic-Academy-is-now-open-for-business

good luck

 

[Lightspeed]

I have to document this here, because I think it is a serious glitch that the devs might want/need to look into, though I doubt it is a repeatable bug.

1) The mission described above was in the system 15 Lambda Aurigae. Mission Giver was Serena Parsons/Digger Invictus. Turn-in @ Fischer Port in LP 128-9. I tried twice to scan the private Data Point, which did go Inactive as mentioned above, but the mission would not complete. I put it aside and moved on.
2) I took on two more Planetary Scan missions just in the last couple hours. The first was in LFT 424 and was labeled a Civil War Surface Installation scan. Mission Giver Amalie Anderson/Liberals of LP 128-9. Turn in @ Fischer Port, LP 128-9. This was a Public Data Point and the scan was successful, I got the mission completed/Collect Reward message.
3) The second of the two recent P-Scan missions (Planetary Scan Job) was to G 175-42. I picked it up in Athra. Mission Giver Jaylynn Holden, LP 128-9 Group. Turn-in @ Irwin Port in Athra. I found the planet as usual (Discovery Scanner), found and chased the Search Zone, landed, deployed the SRV, scanned the Public Data Point. And here is where it gets really ' weird. When the Data Point went Inactive (done with scan), I received a mission complete/Collect Reward message -- but it was for the first mission on 15 Lambda Aurigae! The mission for the planet I was actually scanning on did not complete -- deja vu all over again.

I decided to go to LP 128-9 to confirm I'd actually finished the first two of these missions and sure enough, there's now the expected payoffs, both for the original glitched scan and the second listed above in this post, which went off completely normally.

I will return to the G 175-42 site and try it again and report any outcome. Of course this particular job has the 1 mil + payout, so it's the one that had to go flooey, right?

Is there a particular way I can bring this thread to the attention of the right folks for investigation?

EDIT: The G 175-42 mission went A-OK second time around, putting my daily wage at around 4.8 mil -- I guess that was worth a little extra effort.

Put it into the Bug Reports ... https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/105-PC-amp-Mac-Bug-Reports and reference to this thread if you don't want to type it all out again. It sounds like the occasional bug that has hit these missions in the past.

 

[ChipStar65]

Reported, and thank you for that link.