pulse wave analyzer broken?

[Maymo]

So then it is gut feeling and speculation. Not much better than mine, I suppose. There could of course be a connection between this correction and the new behaviour, since I know the method FDev prefers to solve a problem: the path of least effort and least resistance. I don't know enough about this exploit to speculate whether they might have "solved" the problem simply by adjusting a timer or if that would have make sense at all. Of course I cannot exclude this possibility either.

But before I hear an official clarification, I do not buy this theory of a "broken PWA". Because this is a clear statement, which should be based on clear knowledge but not on speculations. Something has changed is also no prove of buggy or unintended behaviour. Not very helpful, that it's often mixed up with things that most probably have nothing to do with each other, like the much lower core distribution in VO hotspots. Whether it is the same with Painite cores, I will just have a look as soon as I have found a hotspot.

Well, it is gut feeling. But it's backed up by a number of years of playing the same game tended to by the same developers...

I'm pretty confident that we'll get the old PWA experience back......at some point, after Christmas maybe....if they all get their bonuses.

 

[Maymo]

I've also been lurking around for some time now [*], don't worry, and that has yet to be seen. But IF they're going to roll it back, it's not necessarily because it's broken, but mainly because it doesn't go down very well, to put it politely. They have almost no choice, allthough they can be quite stubborn as well - fortunately.
As for your video, I know this behaviour all too well. I just interpret it differently, not immediately as 'broken', just because it's different than before.

[*] I'm not sure whether date of joining the forum or total time we spent in game is sufficient to impress me.
Your arguments and style are all it takes to have a civilised conversation with me.

The PWA has never been great, even before all this nonsense it often used to just flash the yellow rocks for a split second which didn't give you time to look around your canopy to see what you'd found...

But overall I used to love core mining, I'm just not happy with the overall balance of things right now so I'll happily wait to go back to it if/when the games economy gets sorted out. By then, I imagine this issue (whatever it is) will be long sorted.

 

[Pug]

The second reason is that I'm mightily amused by a prime example of the total failure of swarm intelligence.

I take it that this isn't just an in game expulsion, as it is pretty true with all life/game/guidance media at present.
I do despair!
Regards
Pug

 

[Pug]

I'm going to phrase this carefully so as not to incur any of Frillops sarcasm...

So firstly the PWA is not broken. There's nothing actually wrong with the module.

However, the activity of pulse wave analysis is currently not working as intended/used to work from what I've seen. This seems to be because the assets that make core mining possible simply aren't being loaded into the game quickly enough for a player that's searching in a fast ship, thus giving the illusion that the PWA is working backwards.

It's like when you first land on a planet and there's initially no rocks for you to blast. If you freshly load the game from the SRV on a planet surface and just sit there waiting for a minute you can actually see the signals mysteriously appear on the wave scanner...

So basically if you simply slow down you'll find core asteroids. It'll just take longer than before.

They are rarely in front though and even at lower speeds they pop up obtusely to your ship.

Just my take.

It isn't difficult to fly in reverse you do get a better hit rate-
Fly down to the edge of said field of bricks/ rocks, have a wee look in front of you then do a 180, and headlook out your side window every now and again to see if your still level and are not going to bash your Ass on a rock.

It does give a better rate but Frillop tight lips may have a better suggestion that he has no interest in sharing. Hats of tae ye.

 

[Maymo]

They are rarely in front though and even at lower speeds they pop up obtusely to your ship.

Just my take.

It isn't difficult to fly in reverse you do get a better hit rate-
Fly down to the edge of said field of bricks/ rocks, have a wee look in front of you then do a 180, and headlook out your side window every now and again to see if your still level and are not going to bash your on a rock.

It does give a better rate but Frillop tight lips may have a better suggestion that he has no interest in sharing. Hats of tae ye.

I think Frillop is probably just much more patient and methodical than most.
There’s a chap on here that got triple elite in a Sidewinder though so everyone blazes their own trail I guess...

 

[ubedead]

Trolls gonna be trolls.

 

[Zornbringer]

so, apparently, the scanner is indeed broken. finally a word about it and a fix coming soon.

Pulse Wave Analyser Fix

Greetings Commanders, Firstly, we'd like to thank you for your continued patience and support with the Pulse Wave Analyser issue. The challenges of working from home while also developing the largest ever expansion for Elite Dangerous have resulted in a far slower turnaround on this than we'd...

forums.frontier.co.uk

 

[Ydiss]

so, apparently, the scanner is indeed broken. finally a word about it and a fix coming soon.

Pulse Wave Analyser Fix

Greetings Commanders, Firstly, we'd like to thank you for your continued patience and support with the Pulse Wave Analyser issue. The challenges of working from home while also developing the largest ever expansion for Elite Dangerous have resulted in a far slower turnaround on this than we'd...

forums.frontier.co.uk

I'm not reading the thread but let me guess... Someone said it's fine and Geeksplained their method to work around it, right?

 

[yelboc]

TL/DR ?
"its broken"
"oh no its not"
"oh yes it is"
"oh no its not"
"FDev: oh yes it is"

(after all it is panto season )

 

[Afterglow]

So I just dusted off my PWA and went core hunting for the first time in almost a year. Dropped in on Delkar 9A ring to the VO hotspot. I’ve been flying for about an hour now and I’ve only found one core for LTD’s. PWA worked like a charm, but there are no cores to be found.

 

[CMDR Pharaton]

Its broken. Just scannned rock with 2 subs and surface .. no yellow. and the site is too.. they wont let me post screenie cause i didnt accept the cookie that i accepted

 

[Northpin]

Its broken. Just scannned rock with 2 subs and surface .. no yellow. and the site is too.. they wont let me post screenie cause i didnt accept the cookie that i accepted

Necroing an old thread with a rather newish issue is not helpful

PWA was broken in Odyssey by Update 12

This is the thread you are looking for

Pulse Wave scanner issues after update 12

I've been core mining over the past few days (I know...sooo 2019). Update 12 seems to have effected the pulse wave scanner, at least for me (I'm playing Odyssey BTW). When you use the pulse wave it highlights potential high value asteroids (those with cores, surface elements etc) with an...

forums.frontier.co.uk

 

[CMDR Pharaton]

Necroing an old thread with a rather newish issue is not helpful

PWA was broken in Odyssey by Update 12

This is the thread you are looking for

Pulse Wave scanner issues after update 12

I've been core mining over the past few days (I know...sooo 2019). Update 12 seems to have effected the pulse wave scanner, at least for me (I'm playing Odyssey BTW). When you use the pulse wave it highlights potential high value asteroids (those with cores, surface elements etc) with an...

forums.frontier.co.uk

sorry Codge.. this is the one googs brought me too.. didnt look at the date or read them wrong .. thanks