Pulse wave scanner strange behavior

gizmo6023 · Sep 19, 2020

Have pulse wave scanners been altered in the past 3 weeks? I am getting strange results now. Rocks glow for one ping then go dark, angle of view makes no difference. Rocks only start to glow as you pass very close to them 150m or less. Spent 45 min last night and located 2 mother loads only one was of the "hot spot" type has to be my worst run ever. I doubt my rings have been mined out as I am a few hundred Ly outside the bubble.

CMDR Zentrierer · Sep 19, 2020

They sadly are broken right now and its quite infuriating when considering that nothing comes close to mining payout. Currently, they basically scan in the opposite direction, kind of. Try external camera and look behind you when scanning...

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I did reverski-scanning for a while but its too cumbersome.

Edit: Imperial Clipper in my case, tried A and B PWS, also fiddled around with the graphics settings for quite a while, no difference whatsoever, seems to be the module.

gizmo6023 · Sep 19, 2020

Thank you for the info, looks like I will have to find a different way to make credits to pay my weekly fine for operating a FC

Borko · Sep 19, 2020

Laser painite mining works well, currently.

gizmo6023 · Sep 19, 2020

Thanks fot the tip Borko.
I will check neighboring systems and see if there are any with the appropriate ring type for painite.

Borko · Sep 19, 2020

gizmo6023 said:
Thanks fot the tip Borko.
I will check neighboring systems and see if there are any with the appropriate ring type for painite.

You’re welcome. And if you’d like to simplify your search for an appropriate spot to kill rocks, use eddb.io. The ‘bodies’ section can lead you to pristine metallic rings. From there, take your discovery scanner, shoot the ring, and watch the hotspots come out. Ka-ching.

gizmo6023 · Sep 24, 2020

Me thinks anything mining is broken atm. I spent 2 hours and 288 limpets in a dual overlapping Painite hotspot and have exactly 0 painite in cargo to show for the effort.

Borko · Sep 24, 2020

Sorry it’s not working for you, Giz. The night before past I pulled in 200 tons in a little more than an hour. Not sure what else to tell you.

Borko · Sep 24, 2020

Wait, you were in a metallic ring, right? Not metal-rich? Painite laser mining doesn’t work in metal-rich; it only shows up in cores, hotspot or not. In metallic ring hotspots painite shows up in regular laser-able rocks.

gizmo6023 · Sep 24, 2020

Will have to check, I think it was metallic ring. Not the end of the world I still made lots of credits on other materials, just not what I had been planning to mine. Will use the tool you mentioned and find a pristine ring near my sell point. Also switched my outfit so I can do laser and core, might not be optimal for either but should work well enough to pay the crew.

ocflyer · Sep 25, 2020

CMDR Zentrierer said:
They sadly are broken right now and its quite infuriating when considering that nothing comes close to mining payout. Currently, they basically scan in the opposite direction, kind of. Try external camera and look behind you when scanning...

webapp

issues.frontierstore.net

I did reverski-scanning for a while but its too cumbersome.

Edit: Imperial Clipper in my case, tried A and B PWS, also fiddled around with the graphics settings for quite a while, no difference whatsoever, seems to be the module.

Wing trade missions can easily exceed mining payouts if you choose the right neighborhood and are well allied.

noscar · Sep 26, 2020

Has the pulse scanner been fixed? I noticed when starting the game the planet loading was slow, that usually means a patch or update has taken place. So I went out pulsing and it seemed more rocks were glowing but the ones needed were still scarce.