Hi all,
I am a returning player, having briefly played Elite Dangerous back in 2016, at release. Came back to a game which is much improved and different in many aspects, so it's obvious I'm a wee bit lost.
Now, I understand there is a good chance that all my questions had been answered (repeatedly!) elsewhere, and I used to have more questions but I found answers to most of them; I just failed to find an answer to what's left, so there we go...
1. After meeting a goal that I always had (visiting Eta Carinae), I am currently heading back to the bubble to offload my findings, together with whatever else I discover on the way. I have not found a method that would show me the approximate value of the data I am carrying (Universal Cartographics). I have installed EDDiscovery and linked it to EDSM and EDDN, but haven't found the exact spot where all my findings would be displayed and a value attached to them. It would be a nice thing to know, before heading into the bubble, because I want to gather around 100M credits to outfit my next ship.
2. Reading about SRVs and gatherable materials from planetary surfaces, some people say it's worth doing it, some say it's not. Clearly there seem to be competing points of view in that regard, so I gotta ask: from a mostly solo, laid back player experience, is it worth carrying an SRV around while exploring?
3. I told a good RL friend about the game and he bought it a couple weeks ago, he's already miles ahead of me (which is fine, we play differently). We want to try multicrew gameplay, jumping in a ship and blasting Thargoids or pirates (or both!), but I am not sure what happens if only one of us is online. For example, we're in a multicrew ship and he needs to log off (with the ship belonging to him). Would I be stuck in the ship as a gunner? Conversely, if I log off, would ha play while carrying my slumbering body around, in-game?
4. Scanning related: Let's say I do a detailed surface scan of a beautiful planet which has a close-orbiting landable moon. After scanning the planet, there is this grid layer around it, how would I turn that layer off, in order to take nice pictures?
5. (related to 4) As I get closer to a planet, there is a series of growing grey rings coming out of it, disappearing once they become large enough. They seem to be some sort of guidance hints or something, to be honest I don't know what they do or what their purpose is (and I'd like to know that too) but the thing is I don't know how to turn them off in order to take beautiful screenshots. These are different from the orbit lines, which I have found out how to turn off. I guess the broader question is "how to easily turn off all augmentations in order to take screenshots which are unimpeded by user interface elements?"
6. When I turn in the Universal Cartographics scan data, which faction should I choose to give it to? I know there is a good reputation increase but which faction does it go to? The one owning the station? In this case, which faction should I become good friends with first?
There will be more questions, I'm sure, but these are the first ones that I remember right now. Thank you in advance for answering them!
I am a returning player, having briefly played Elite Dangerous back in 2016, at release. Came back to a game which is much improved and different in many aspects, so it's obvious I'm a wee bit lost.
Now, I understand there is a good chance that all my questions had been answered (repeatedly!) elsewhere, and I used to have more questions but I found answers to most of them; I just failed to find an answer to what's left, so there we go...
1. After meeting a goal that I always had (visiting Eta Carinae), I am currently heading back to the bubble to offload my findings, together with whatever else I discover on the way. I have not found a method that would show me the approximate value of the data I am carrying (Universal Cartographics). I have installed EDDiscovery and linked it to EDSM and EDDN, but haven't found the exact spot where all my findings would be displayed and a value attached to them. It would be a nice thing to know, before heading into the bubble, because I want to gather around 100M credits to outfit my next ship.
2. Reading about SRVs and gatherable materials from planetary surfaces, some people say it's worth doing it, some say it's not. Clearly there seem to be competing points of view in that regard, so I gotta ask: from a mostly solo, laid back player experience, is it worth carrying an SRV around while exploring?
3. I told a good RL friend about the game and he bought it a couple weeks ago, he's already miles ahead of me (which is fine, we play differently). We want to try multicrew gameplay, jumping in a ship and blasting Thargoids or pirates (or both!), but I am not sure what happens if only one of us is online. For example, we're in a multicrew ship and he needs to log off (with the ship belonging to him). Would I be stuck in the ship as a gunner? Conversely, if I log off, would ha play while carrying my slumbering body around, in-game?
4. Scanning related: Let's say I do a detailed surface scan of a beautiful planet which has a close-orbiting landable moon. After scanning the planet, there is this grid layer around it, how would I turn that layer off, in order to take nice pictures?
5. (related to 4) As I get closer to a planet, there is a series of growing grey rings coming out of it, disappearing once they become large enough. They seem to be some sort of guidance hints or something, to be honest I don't know what they do or what their purpose is (and I'd like to know that too) but the thing is I don't know how to turn them off in order to take beautiful screenshots. These are different from the orbit lines, which I have found out how to turn off. I guess the broader question is "how to easily turn off all augmentations in order to take screenshots which are unimpeded by user interface elements?"
6. When I turn in the Universal Cartographics scan data, which faction should I choose to give it to? I know there is a good reputation increase but which faction does it go to? The one owning the station? In this case, which faction should I become good friends with first?
There will be more questions, I'm sure, but these are the first ones that I remember right now. Thank you in advance for answering them!
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