Querying EDSM

Brieus

Brieus
Many moons ago, back in twenty 'ought seventeen or so I was first to discover a system with over 120 bodies. Of course I made a screenshot to save it for posterity. But now, I can't find the darn thing. That's been 1 major system upgrade, and at least 3 drive replacements ago (I've got separate sys & data drives).

Is there a way to query EDSM for system discovered by my commander name with more than 100 bodies? I'd sure like to go back and be the first to pee, err, I mean first foot on as many of those bodies as I could.
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
You can't query EDSM for "discovered by". EDSM is journal-powered, and ED for whatever reason doesn't include First Discoveries in the journals.

EDSM records "First to report to EDSM", but I don't think there's a way to generate a list of these systems.

I'd assume a 120-planet system would be quite valuable, so I think the only way to find it would be to go to your EDSM flight logs, click on "show as list", go back to 2017, and look for particularly valuable systems that have a yellow starburst next to them, then click on each one and see if it's the system you're thinking of.

This is, of course, assuming you scanned all those 120 worlds using the pre-FSS ADS scanner that would have been in use back then. If you didn't do that, then there's no way for EDSM to know that it was a 120-world system, since (again) honk counts aren't journalled, or they weren't back in 2017.
 

Brieus

Brieus
Sapyx said:
This is, of course, assuming you scanned all those 120 worlds using the pre-FSS ADS scanner that would have been in use back then. If you didn't do that, then there's no way for EDSM to know that it was a 120-world system, since (again) honk counts aren't journalled, or they weren't back in 2017.
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I sure did. Took me an hour and a half I think.

EDSM Flight logs isn't cooperating with me though. Even though I've been using EDMC, logged in with my frontier account, and logged on to EDSM with my frontier account, it's showing zero system visited. Where are these journals we're supposed to upload, and I dunno if I ever actually did those back then either. I may just be SOL.

Pretty sure I uploaded a screenshot to the forums here too. But the system here isn't showing any of my posts from way back then.
 

Rock-Hermit

Rock-Hermit
There is another way, but its the needle in a haystack approach.

I've done it myself and had success when looking for a system I'd discovered back on DW2, but never logged (I never used EDSM or any logging tools). I re-found the system by selecting "visited systems" on the game galmap. This is only feasible though if you know roughly where the system you're looking for is, and especially if its near another known POI that you can use as a reference.

The system I was looking for was near the Omega nebula, that's all I had to go on. But using the filter I eventually found the line of systems that made up the route I had travelled during DW2 near the Omega nebula, and by clicking each system I'd visited on approach to the nebula, I found the one I was looking for.

Its a long shot and like I say, its only feasible if the system you're looking for is near an already known POI that you can use as a reference guide.
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
"Visited Systems" uses a locally-stored data cache file. I'd assume the OP has lost that file along with all other ED-related files during their numerous computer upgrades, so would not prove a usable option in this instance.
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
Brieus said:
EDSM Flight logs isn't cooperating with me though. Even though I've been using EDMC, logged in with my frontier account, and logged on to EDSM with my frontier account, it's showing zero system visited. Where are these journals we're supposed to upload, and I dunno if I ever actually did those back then either. I may just be SOL.
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If you haven't logged into EDSM for a few years, it may have deleted your systems from the database. It should still be in my records though. Spreadsheet linked above would be a good place to look. It shows 5 systems with exactly 120 bodies:

Eafoff DB-O d6-17
Eoch Pruae UT-A e1772
Leamue GR-V e2-7263
Oepholz FL-Y e18
Skaude ZK-O e6-7
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
Hedy said:
I didn't realize there were so many systems with a high body count.
Sounds somewhat sinister.
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LOL, yes. If I'm on voice chat with friends while I'm exploring, it's become a running joke. "85 bodies. I'm going to need a bigger shovel." :D
 

Hedy

H
Orvidius said:
LOL, yes. If I'm on voice chat with friends while I'm exploring, it's become a running joke. "85 bodies. I'm going to need a bigger shovel." :D
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I managed 107 a few years back so I'm definitely on the wanted list. I had to fly to and scan every last damn one of them back then. What a chore!
 

Brieus

Brieus
Having nothing better to do, I went for a trip out there on my alt account. It took me 15 minutes to scan everything, and netted just over 1 million credits.
There are around 60 landable bodies w/o Odyssey not sure how many that will add when I get it.
 

Brieus

Brieus
Territory thoroughly marked!
I've mapped every planet, and landed on all the ones I could. It brought in 8 million from the data, plus 4 million first mapped bonuses.
Of course it took me nearly 20 hours to map 94 bodies, and land on 64 of them, so the per hour rate isn't that great.
 
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