Question about Galactic "regions"...

[Stealthie]

I have to admit, I just can't make any sense of the Codex at all.
I just can't understand how to get information from it and especially how to get information relating to my CMDR from it.

For example, I would have thought that it'd contain some kind of list of all the engineers I have access to so that I could use it to navigate to them, rather than using markers on the galmap.

Anyway, I was just wondering if the Codex does contain data about which Galactic Regions a CMDR has visited and, if it does, how do I access it?

I was looking at the galmap last night and it occured to me that visiting every individual region in the galaxy might give me something to do for a while.

 

[Crank Larson]

Yes, the Codex lists all discoveries per region of the galaxy. Just select the region you are in, and the you can see the planets/stars etc. that you and others have found in that region. I only realised this on my recent journey to Beagle Point. Though whether I'm interested enough to go and find each of the star/planet types in each sector is another matter...

 

[varonica]

I have to admit, I just can't make any sense of the Codex at all.
I just can't understand how to get information from it and especially how to get information relating to my CMDR from it.

For example, I would have thought that it'd contain some kind of list of all the engineers I have access to so that I could use it to navigate to them, rather than using markers on the galmap.

Anyway, I was just wondering if the Codex does contain data about which Galactic Regions a CMDR has visited and, if it does, how do I access it?

I was looking at the galmap last night and it occured to me that visiting every individual region in the galaxy might give me something to do for a while.

I would suggest if you just want to find out which regions you have visited, the moment you enter a region the very first star you arrive at will be recorded in the codex for that region, so if you have zero discovered stellar bodies for a region you have never been to that region. You can check each region in the codex and if it has zero stellar bodies discovered you have never been there, however your point is valid, I also was expecting some sort of personal journal or travel history component to the codex, this is one of several ways it has disappointed me. It also has some features I am happy with though, I expect it will improve with player input.

 

[Bloodsign]

It doesn't seem to record EVERY other CMDR's discoveries in a region, either. I'm not sure what qualifies other CMDR's discoveries to show in my Codex, but they sometimes do. If it was showing them all though I'd expect to see much, much more.

 

[Stealthie]

I just want to know if I can look at the Codex and see all the regions I have visited.

Visiting them all to see if I've been there before seems a little... redundant.

Just occured to me, the galmap can show systems you have/haven't visited.
Don't suppose that has a simple way of displaying regions in a similar way?

 

[Florenus]

I just want to know if I can look at the Codex and see all the regions I have visited.

Visiting them all to see if I've been there before seems a little... redundant.

Just occured to me, the galmap can show systems you have/haven't visited.
Don't suppose that has a simple way of displaying regions in a similar way?

No, there's no option to see which of the regions were visited by your Cmdr in that way.
I really don't think this is a problem though.

 

[Factabulous]

The codex should show the regions you have visited - as you will have discoveries in them. But it's broken at the moment. One day they will fix that, maybe.

 

[War Eagle]

I am doing the tri-route to Center-Colonia-bubble, I have had many Codex discoveries, I sold the scans at Center but I looked at the Codex discoveries under Contacts but didn't sell them. It really didn't list them very well and I'm not sure about selling them? Are you suppose to? Or do you just keep them?
I find the Codex a little confusing myself, it seems to be just a repository of all discoveries made and a history book.

 

[varonica]

I just want to know if I can look at the Codex and see all the regions I have visited.

Visiting them all to see if I've been there before seems a little... redundant.

Just occured to me, the galmap can show systems you have/haven't visited.
Don't suppose that has a simple way of displaying regions in a similar way?

Ok I will try again. You don't need to visit them, you go into the codex ingame, go to discoveries, select the region on the galaxy map you want to find out if you have visited, it will have two listings, Astronomical Bodies and Bio/Geo. In the Astronomical Bodies section you will see two numbers, the orange number tells you how many different types of Astronomical Bodies have been discovered by all players, the blue number tells you how many Astronomical Bodies have been discovered by you personally in that region, if it says 0 then you have never been there because the moment you enter that region that number will be at least 1 for that first star you have discovered!

No, there's no option to see which of the regions were visited by your Cmdr.
I really don't think this is a problem though.

See above. The Codex has many drawbacks, but there is a lot of information there, you just need to understand how it is arranged. It certainly could be organised better to make it easier to see what the player has done, but it is there.

 

[varonica]

I am doing the tri-route to Center-Colonia-bubble, I have had many Codex discoveries, I sold the scans at Center but I looked at the Codex discoveries under Contacts but didn't sell them. It really didn't list them very well and I'm not sure about selling them? Are you suppose to? Or do you just keep them?
I find the Codex a little confusing myself, it seems to be just a repository of all discoveries made and a history book.

The codex is merely a repository of data, it doesn't matter whether or not you cash in your codex discoveries, they are already in there, or should be if the codex is working properly. The only result from cashing in the data is you get some money, and precious little at that, why can we get nearly 5m for first discovery, scan and map of a ELW but only 50k for finding life on a rock of in a system no-one else has ever been to.

 

[varonica]

It doesn't seem to record EVERY other CMDR's discoveries in a region, either. I'm not sure what qualifies other CMDR's discoveries to show in my Codex, but they sometimes do. If it was showing them all though I'd expect to see much, much more.

Check the online codex maintained by EDSM, the sheer volume of data makes displaying everyones discoveries prohibitive.

EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map

The Galactic Positioning System of Elite: Dangerous at your service.

www.edsm.net

 

[Florenus]

See above. The Codex has many drawbacks, but there is a lot of information there, you just need to understand how it is arranged. It certainly could be organised better to make it easier to see what the player has done, but it is there.

I was simply answering the question, which was: Is there a way to display regions you already visited in similiar fashion to systems in galaxy map.
(I didn't quote the appropriate OP post, though - my bad)
All Visited systems (when that filter is selected) in galaxy map turn white (i think it's white...).
There's no such option for Codex galaxy region map, but as I said, I don't think this is a problem, as there are other ways to aquire that information, and there is not that many of them for it to be important.

 

[War Eagle]

The codex is merely a repository of data, it doesn't matter whether or not you cash in your codex discoveries, they are already in there, or should be if the codex is working properly. The only result from cashing in the data is you get some money, and precious little at that, why can we get nearly 5m for first discovery, scan and map of a ELW but only 50k for finding life on a rock of in a system no-one else has ever been to.

I've been in the Codex many times, one thing I notice is that most things(If not all) are "Reported" but not confirmed- so who does the confirmation if we report through Codex discoveries and even photos? It seems to me that the Codex is trying to be both a repository of information about discoveries but also a guide to the players and that isn't working very well at all. Example: Brain Trees are reported in the Codex and their location is in there- does that mean they can't be found anywhere else? The lifeforms are the biggest reason I am out in the Black right now. I don't want to go see what others have seen and given pics of- I want to see new lifeforms that are out there and then that they be added to the Codex. From what I'm hearing if it's not already in the Codex- it doesn't exist in the game?
With that said I as a noob that is at exactly 2 months today: I have to say that the Tower's animation at the Alien sites are great but the lifeforms are well... Pathetic to say the least.
They are static and most are almost exactly the same as Geological structures. As much as they put into the development of the Galaxy using all "Real" Space agencies information and newly discovered "Facts" this is the most disappointing thing about the game to me. Hopefully the "Space Legs" thing I'm hearing about in 2020 will address this.

 

[Gauntlet]

From what I can gather, Reported is simply the first discovery of a 'thing', the when, where and by whom it was discovered. Confirmed is when you discover the same 'thing' somewhere in the same Region, you might confirm its existence in the same place as the first Reported 'thing' or someplace else but you have 'Confirmed' it exists.

The 'thing' can be found elsewhere and in the case of celestial bodies the Codex will list the 'biggest', 'smallest', etc but sadly it won't compile a list of every system a particular lifeform may have been discovered in

 

[ADAMtheWELSHMANz]

I've "completed" 7 different regions since the codex dropped. Once you know the conditions to look for you can make pretty accurate guesses as to where to look for specific things, but in the case of rarer object i.e Wolf-Rayet stars it's normally easier to follow in someone elses footsteps and go to the "reported" location for guaranteed results.

As Factabulous said there is a bug whereby you can only see your discoveries when you're actually in a given region of space, so it's entirely possible new things have been discovered in the regions I've explored, and without going back out there I won't know for sure - very annoying!

As far as your own discoveries go it will record where you 1st discover them (confirmed), and in the case of stellar bodies locations of the largest/smallest/hottest/coldest one's you've found. It does not however record for example every ELW you discover, which is what I think a lot of ppl were expecting judging from posts I've seen on here.

My opinion, it makes an exploration trip a bit more fun if you focus on a single region and try and complete your pokedex fully. You can also use others "reported" discoveries and add 100-170 bookmarks and take a leisurely tour of the region seeing everything in it, entirely depends on how you prefer to do things I suppose.

 

[varonica]

I've been in the Codex many times, one thing I notice is that most things(If not all) are "Reported" but not confirmed- so who does the confirmation

You do! Reported are first discoveries by other people, they will appear orange in the window on the left and in the main codex, confirmed is when you confirm it by discovering first or finding a type of item yourself, they appear in blue in the window on the left and in the main codex the item in question will turn blue. Stuff you haven't discovered first or found in that region will remain orange. There's an exception where there are multiple types of the same object, such as Brain Trees, if you discover Roseaum Brain Trees the main entry will be blue, but the drop down box will show the ones you have found by placing a confirmed label next to them.

I was simply answering the question, which was: Is there a way to display regions you already visited in similiar fashion to systems in galaxy map.

Sorry I assumed you were saying there was no way.

The thing with the codex is that it was designed by a person or small group of people who put in things they considered relevant, as such it was never going to satisfy everyone on release and chances are no matter how much they put in it will never completely satisfy everyone, but if they can improve it so 99% of the payer base is happy that will probably do, maybe we should start a thread on desired changes or additions, although I think they get some idea from threads like this.

 

[CMDR MRMAURICE]

Ok I will try again. You don't need to visit them, you go into the codex ingame, go to discoveries, select the region on the galaxy map you want to find out if you have visited, it will have two listings, Astronomical Bodies and Bio/Geo. In the Astronomical Bodies section you will see two numbers, the orange number tells you how many different types of Astronomical Bodies have been discovered by all players, the blue number tells you how many Astronomical Bodies have been discovered by you personally in that region, if it says 0 then you have never been there because the moment you enter that region that number will be at least 1 for that first star you have discovered!



See above. The Codex has many drawbacks, but there is a lot of information there, you just need to understand how it is arranged. It certainly could be organised better to make it easier to see what the player has done, but it is there.

This explains it perfectly.

Also about engineers. They have their own tab on the right panel. With ALL the info you need on them

 

[War Eagle]

This explains it perfectly.

Also about engineers. They have their own tab on the right panel. With ALL the info you need on them

But for Engineers the best tool is EDEngineers