Map markers

[Old Man Gibb]

So far I am really enjoying the game. the One thing that would be really helpful would be the ability to add markers to the radar locations, or even assign a color and note to a location. Something so that players will know they have been there before and what might be noted about it. Ext... Green House, Looted, ... Just my thought so far.

[Natjur]

The current radar has an arrow under each which is coloured (matches the lights on the POI) and shows if the POI is above or below you (direction of the arrow)

Would be nice if that arrow disappeared when you unplug the battery (cause the light on the POI goes out)

[Ashar]

a legend for which type of platform would be nice, since theres seeral varients of each. ive not been able to find scannerable objects when the game tells me, so ive left, but now i cant find that type of station again.

[TH3xR34P3R]

Originally posted by Ashar:

a legend for which type of platform would be nice, since theres seeral varients of each. ive not been able to find scannerable objects when the game tells me, so ive left, but now i cant find that type of station again.

The types of one you have visited and what they look like on the map are found in your datapad, once you been to a few you will recognise them as you go without the need to double check via the datapad as it also pops up the first time you land on one when the system does its scan of it.

Originally posted by Natjur:

The current radar has an arrow under each which is coloured (matches the lights on the POI) and shows if the POI is above or below you (direction of the arrow)

Would be nice if that arrow disappeared when you unplug the battery (cause the light on the POI goes out)

Yes I would agree that an option to have the visited towers icons to be removed or to just denote they are cleared out once the battery is removed ie go darker on the map would be nice to have since the main tell is when its not beacon if you have been there or not.

[Ashar]

ahh, nice, thx, ive been goign to every single location to try find ones with teh research i need

[jessicaahall]

I agree. Just something as simple as being able to place an X over one that you have visited. I do like the idea that if you remove the battery from the station that something on the radar denotes that it has been visited.

[TH3xR34P3R]

Originally posted by Ashar:

ahh, nice, thx, ive been goign to every single location to try find ones with teh research i need

Yea you specially look for orange data pads as you open shelves and the core ship buildables are red when you spot them on the ? marked points, can't miss them, some will have specific gear you can pick up like with the paint gun and the modules for it.

Still seeing what else there is out there as I work on getting ready to go back to the underdust a little more prepped.

[War Wizard Grymzst]

Not sure if all of you know or not, but as you go a set distance away from a place you have been, it goes away. The map is dynamic in that it draws new areas in front, and areas behind disappear. if you go behind you to a location you have been before, you will see it is different after a set distance.

[Ataxio]

Originally posted by War Wizard Grymzst:

Not sure if all of you know or not, but as you go a set distance away from a place you have been, it goes away. The map is dynamic in that it draws new areas in front, and areas behind disappear. if you go behind you to a location you have been before, you will see it is different after a set distance.

Exactly. Lots of posts asking for map markers but fundamentally this game is incompatible with something like that as a function.

You just keep going in any directions and an infinite number of all POIs will generate. There is 0 reason to backtrack and its likely impossible.

[jessicaahall]

Originally posted by War Wizard Grymzst:

Not sure if all of you know or not, but as you go a set distance away from a place you have been, it goes away. The map is dynamic in that it draws new areas in front, and areas behind disappear. if you go behind you to a location you have been before, you will see it is different after a set distance.

Ah, I did not realize that. Very good info. Thanks!!

[Flash✪Gordon]

I'd like too to have map markers as I have no clue if I fly in a straight line or rather in a circle

But most of all I would like to have a legend which explains the many radar symbols:
- I understand the plant and windmill symbols. And there are the different blinking lights when I approach. So far so good
--> There are green downward arrows and red downward arrows. No clue
--> There are many many symbols on this downarrows, some small, some quite big and sophisticated. Again: No clue

Originally posted by Ashar:

a legend for which type of platform would be nice, since theres seeral varients of each. ive not been able to find scannerable objects when the game tells me, so ive left, but now i cant find that type of station again.

Exactly, my words!



BTW:
What is POI ?

[kschang77]

POI = point of interest, mainly noticeable at the "lift to underdust" buildings, like a vendor stand inside, or a observation post (with a telescope) just outside, or a cage inside (next to the computer you need to power up), basically pieces of background lore you can pick up, legacies of those no longer around.

[kschang77]

If you fly directly over the outpost, your flight radar will tell you the exact name, if it has one.

[Flash✪Gordon]

Thank you!

I also found this good website that explaines the icons on the radar, this makes a lot easier:

https://techraptor.net/gaming/guides/forever-skies-map-and-locations-guide

[Ghostdriver]

...da es keine statische Map ist, machen Markierungen keinen Sinn. ;-)

[Flash✪Gordon]

stations stay as long you dont fly away for a certain amount of kilometers and more than once I flew back to the same station

and sometimes you have a goal on the radar, but you visit before another spot, and suddenly you are too far away so the former goal disappears from the radar. Then it would be nice to have marked the direction before leaving the range.