Random my enormous behind!!!

TigerTen

TigerTen
Just started my CMDR over, and already we start in " STUPID MODE " !!!

Yes Problem # 1. When we start a new CMDR. we get Location: Random Federal System, right --No ! No ! No ! we get LHS 3447 Trevithick Dock "10 out of 10 " times in a row.

In my world on this side of the pond that is Consistent is doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same results .

So Random is doing the same thing over and over again and getting different results.

Do you get the difference (I can teach this stuff to my cats - and they would get it.) ???
 
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Siobhan

Siobhan
I think it's random as in a random pad at Trevithick.
Never known anyone to start anywhere else.

Right, so that's that out of the way... what's actually the problem?
 

Siobhan

Siobhan
jmp470 said:
I started on pad 42. See its random! If you have Horizons you can start on a planet.
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You sure about that?
Maybe if the planet is Trevithick and the city is called Dock...

Also, I thought it was an outpost, so no more than 5 pads to choose from
 

Forlorn

Forlorn
Asellus Primus is the name of the system if you choose a Horizon commander. Quite a lovely spot to start - plenty of unfortunates lying on the ground in the vicinity to help a fledgling pilot get a few upgrades before heading out into the black.
 

DaveB

DaveB
There are more than one options for where you start.. not many but >1. However, it is randomized ONCE. Wherever you start the first time you do it, that is where you'll restart every time you reset your cmdr.
 

777Driver

777Driver
Unless they changed it recently, players will start in various locations. I started in Aiabiko, I know a few guys who started in LHS 1914, Cosi & Chemaku are other locations. There was a long thread with people listing their start locations.
 
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Vandaahl

Vandaahl
TigerTen said:
Just started my CMDR over, and already we start in " STUPID MODE " !!!

Yes Problem # 1. When we start a new CMDR. we get Location: Random Federal System, right --No ! No ! No ! we get LHS 3447 Trevithick Dock "10 out of 10 " times in a row.

In my world on this side of the pond that is Consistent is doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same results .

So Random is doing the same thing over and over again and getting different results.

Do you get the difference (I can teach this stuff to my cats - and they would get it.) ???
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You are just lucky, keep trying. And I would start buying lotery tickets.
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
As far as I am aware, ever since the came actually launched out of beta, the starting location for PC players is always the same: Trevithick Dock, LHS 3447. Unless you get moved elsewhere because a whole bunch of people happened to log on for the first time at exactly the same time you did and Trevithick was full. I think other platforms might have other starting areas nearby.

I assume that FD originally intended the starting location to be truly random. And I likewise assume they deliberately changed this, to try to enhance the feeling for newbies playing in Open that this really is an MMO: when they first log on, they see lots of other players. If people started at a truly random location, it might be weeks or months before they ever encounter another player and there'd be far, far more whinging and complaining all over Steam, Reddit etc that this isn't really an MMO.
 

777Driver

777Driver
Sapyx said:
As far as I am aware, ever since the came actually launched out of beta, the starting location for PC players is always the same: Trevithick Dock, LHS 3447. Unless you get moved elsewhere because a whole bunch of people happened to log on for the first time at exactly the same time you did and Trevithick was full. I think other platforms might have other starting areas nearby.

I assume that FD originally intended the starting location to be truly random. And I likewise assume they deliberately changed this, to try to enhance the feeling for newbies playing in Open that this really is an MMO: when they first log on, they see lots of other players. If people started at a truly random location, it might be weeks or months before they ever encounter another player and there'd be far, far more whinging and complaining all over Steam, Reddit etc that this isn't really an MMO.
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I did some research and you are correct, it seems all us old gamma players started from a few random selected locations, anyone from full release onwards will not get random spawns.
 
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Jockey79

Jockey79
Sapyx said:
As far as I am aware, ever since the came actually launched out of beta, the starting location for PC players is always the same: Trevithick Dock, LHS 3447. .....
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I was in Abaiako, and another friend of mine started no where near LHS 3447.

It is "random" as in, your account gets 1 of about 5 starting locations assigned to it, then you'll always be there.
No matter what I do, I start back at Abaiako - though I like the system, nice place to start.
 

deathmagnet

deathmagnet
DaveB said:
There are more than one options for where you start.. not many but >1. However, it is randomized ONCE. Wherever you start the first time you do it, that is where you'll restart every time you reset your cmdr.
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Interesting. If true that is a nice change.

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777Driver said:
I did some research and you are correct, it seems all us old gamma players started from a few random selected locations, anyone from full release onwards will not get random spawns.
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Makes since...so LHS 3447 it is then
 
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