Did I teleport to another player's base on a new planet or did I teleport to a new planet only to find out there was what appeared to be another player's base?

[Supersnake]

Am playing in single player mode and have never played in the multiplayer mode.
Today I discovered and traveled to the Anomaly. After my visit I wanted to fast travel back to my home base using their teleporter. When I entered their teleporter I saw my home base listed as one of the points I could travel to and I also saw another location that was listed as an undiscovered planet.

I chose the undiscovered planet and the teleporter brought me to it. After arriving at that planet I found what appears to be another player's base? The base had the teleporter plus a portable refiner, a power generator, and some other constructed equipment that I have not yet built on my own base.

If it was indeed another player's base I didn't expect I would find it on an undiscovered planet.
What made this all the more interesting is I remembered the name of that planet and I returned to the Anomaly and reentered their teleporter to see if that planet was still in the list of places I could travel to. But this time I did not see that planet listed again.

[HylomorphicBeing]

First Encounter system/planet ??? That kinda happens... the undiscovered system/planets won't register unless you WARP via ship on that system... i think there's a bug when you use the ANOMALY teleporter DISCOVERIES won't upload immediately hence the FIRST ENCOUNTER screen...

[Supersnake]

Between the all of the complex mechanics and the possible bugs, this game has quite a learning curve to overcome. So then it was someone else's base after all.

[⊰PoT⊱ Ash Williams]

I think you could see their base because they may have been on the anomaly at the same time as you were. You teleported to their base but you were in a separate instance of the game. What you were seeing is what part of his base has been uploaded to HG servers. If he had returned to his base while you were still having a look around, my hunch is that he would have never seen you due to you guys playing in different instances. I'll give you an example of different instances:

My roommate and I play this game and I had some stuff I wanted to give him. We picked a space station to meet at, but we couldn't see one another because we weren't in the same instance, I had to quit and join his game through the main menu and only then could I see him.

[Supersnake]

Thanks for that clearly expressed explanation Ash. That explains why I didn't see that planet and destination listed again when I later revisited the Anomaly teleporter. It was only by coincidence that the owner of the base and I were visiting the Anomaly at the same time.

Nice example of the reason why you were unable to see your roommate when you picked a space station to meet at.

[⊰PoT⊱ Ash Williams]

From what I've seen, you can only encounter people on your Steam Friends List during your travels. You can only see people that join in on your game through the main menu, and the only people whose games will appear there are steam friends. The only exception to this is the anomaly it seems, which is why it's such a big deal and fun place to hang out.

So while you can use the portal on the space anomaly, you won't encounter anyone else in these foreign systems.

The same goes for the alien monolith portals. If you haven't seen these yet they're a different type of portal altogether. You can teleport to portals other people have posted the codes to but unless you're steam friends and you join their game, you'll never see them physically, just their bases.

[HylomorphicBeing]

If you want to keep his base LISTED on your Teleportation List... just USE the BASE teleporter... it will add to your Teleport list... (also if you MOVE to another galaxy your Teleport List of Other Players Base/Space Station will DISAPPEAR)...

[Supersnake]

Originally posted by HylomorphicBeing:

If you want to keep his base LISTED on your Teleportation List... just USE the BASE teleporter... it will add to your Teleport list... (also if you MOVE to another galaxy your Teleport List of Other Players Base/Space Station will DISAPPEAR)...

Thanks, that's good to remember except that I am no longer at his base to use his teleporter to register it into my teleport list. I have since returned to my own base via my Starship, not his teleporter. Had I known before hand what you told me I would have used his teleporter instead.

That's okay I don't mind no longer being able to return to his base. But when I was there looking around his base for the one time I was there, I was impressed that he constructed it on a planet that had no toxic gas, no freezing temperatures (it was around 78 degrees outside temperature, and no harmful radiation anywhere around his base. His location, and presumably the entire planet (?) had a non harmful tropical environment. It was a treat to exit my Starship to explore the nearby vicinity without any depletion what so ever of my Exosuit protection.

[⊰PoT⊱ Ash Williams]

Originally posted by HylomorphicBeing:

If you want to keep his base LISTED on your Teleportation List... just USE the BASE teleporter... it will add to your Teleport list... (also if you MOVE to another galaxy your Teleport List of Other Players Base/Space Station will DISAPPEAR)...

I'm actually not sure how you change galaxies... is that a black hole or is that the end game ATLAS reset?

[I am Goot]

In your settings, have you changed your 'who can join you' settings to you only. They are defaulted at 'ANYONE' can join.

In my first game I didnt know about this setting, and some asshat griefer, managed to get into my game and started killing me, initially I thought it was a NPC pirate of some sort, til he started boasting about his superiority in the chat.

Its possible *under such circumstances* a random person has joined your game, you've not noticed the alert saying *someone* has joined your game and this persons base locations have been added to your destinations.

[HylomorphicBeing]

Originally posted by ⊰PoT⊱ Ash Williams:

Originally posted by HylomorphicBeing:

If you want to keep his base LISTED on your Teleportation List... just USE the BASE teleporter... it will add to your Teleport list... (also if you MOVE to another galaxy your Teleport List of Other Players Base/Space Station will DISAPPEAR)...

I'm actually not sure how you change galaxies... is that a black hole or is that the end game ATLAS reset?

1. if you have a friend on a different Galaxy you can go there... Steam Friends...
2. On the space anomaly InterStellar Portal... Via Base Visit...

[Supersnake]

Originally posted by I am Goot:

In your settings, have you changed your 'who can join you' settings to you only. They are defaulted at 'ANYONE' can join.

In my first game I didnt know about this setting, and some asshat griefer, managed to get into my game and started killing me, initially I thought it was a NPC pirate of some sort, til he started boasting about his superiority in the chat.

Its possible *under such circumstances* a random person has joined your game, you've not noticed the alert saying *someone* has joined your game and this persons base locations have been added to your destinations.

Thanks for the tip, I hadn't given any attention to those settings until you recommended I do.
Here then is a detailed description of what I have now done:

Went to Options and selected Network.
Saw a "Network" panel of options and a "Current Group" panel of options.

1. In the Multiplayer panel of options have made the following changes:
> Multiplayer [Disabled]
> Can join my group [Invite Only].

2. In the Current Group panel of options have ensured that only my name was listed as being in Current Group.