How to find a habitable outpost?

[CptStealthy]

So i've been looking for hours now and I can't seem to find those outposts where you can buy the multitools on the planets. You used to be able to use a signal booster but now you can't sadly.
What's the best way to find one of those outpost on a planet in the new beyond update?

[Zeradus]

Originally posted by Epicsoulbreaker:

So i've been looking for hours now and I can't seem to find those outposts where you can buy the multitools on the planets. You used to be able to use a signal booster but now you can't sadly.
What's the best way to find one of those outpost on a planet in the new beyond update?

Fly around with your ship and just keep pinging for "Unknown Structure" points. Honestly just flying around in a straight line and then doubling back in a parallel line is what I do to map out planets.

[CptStealthy]

so it's basicly just keep pressing your scanner in your ship? for some reason I never see anything when I use my scanner in my ship.

[SaD-82]

You could trade in nav data for the kind of maps which will lead you to Outposts. Is way faster than searching for them in a blind way.

[Pert Boioioing]

You can also trade in Navigation Data for Planetary Charts with the Cartographer in stations, at the kiosk near the station teleporter. You don't get to choose which kind of map you get and I think each Cartographer specializes is a particular location for the maps they give you so you might need to shop around a bit but one of the map types tends to point to the Minor Settlements.

Honestly literally every single element of the new cartography/Planetary Charts system is vastly inferior to using a Navigation Data unit in the signal booster IMO, hopefully this change in gameplay will be reverted.

edit: yeah the thing the guy above said ^^

[Critaa]

Originally posted by Epicsoulbreaker:

so it's basicly just keep pressing your scanner in your ship? for some reason I never see anything when I use my scanner in my ship.

Yes, just fly very low and spam that scan button...I was looking for factories yesterday and found dozens of small outposts. If the scanner doesnt detect anything, boost for 2-3 secs and try again

[DeadMeat]

Get an economy scanner and start near a trading output (found with scanner). Search around for building using scanner and if you see a way point (tall thin pole) then it will direct you to a settlement. You can also check the system cartographer and hopefully he gives out habitable building maps. If not, other system cartographers have different maps. The other option is to get salvage and go to anomaly and get the rover geopad. You can then upgrade the rover to search for habitable buildings. Lastly, use your nav scanner(?) to search for nearby structures. Just hop from structure to structure using it until you find a waypoint or minor settlement. These methods really depend on how far in to the story you are.

[Tesityr]

Wait - you can't use Signal Boosters and put in a Navigation Data and choose from "Habitable" or Ruins or whatever from a nice list, anymore..?
I have to pop in the game and see what's going on...

[DeadMeat]

No, you don't use chips anymore. You just have to get lucky with the free bee search. They did fix/ruin *smile* where it would look for the same structure you're currently at.

[EgoAcid]

I have found a couple via just activating Beacons.
Bought a nice B Class that way just today.
Another one from Nav Data to a Cartographer.

[Tesityr]

Originally posted by DeadMeat:

No, you don't use chips anymore. You just have to get lucky with the free bee search. They did fix/ruin *smile* where it would look for the same structure you're currently at.

Wow, that seems silly...
I popped into a game and it kept saying "Nothing Found" - then why have the option if it never works? lol
Thanks for the info anyway, Traveller...

Maybe they did this to encourage more 'planetary exploration'..?

[SaD-82]

Originally posted by Tesityr:

Maybe they did this to encourage more 'planetary exploration'..?

No, don't listen to people who don't read descriptions...
You have to trade nav data for maps in space stations. These work as the nav data had worked before. Just better because more precise in searching what you want to find. No "free bee search" instead of nav data.

[Toastpiratewilly]

Originally posted by Tesityr:

Originally posted by DeadMeat:

No, you don't use chips anymore. You just have to get lucky with the free bee search. They did fix/ruin *smile* where it would look for the same structure you're currently at.

Wow, that seems silly...
I popped into a game and it kept saying "Nothing Found" :CrystalBall: - then why have the option if it never works? lol
Thanks for the info anyway, Traveller...

Maybe they did this to encourage more 'planetary exploration'..?

The map place is predetermined when the map is bought. Not when used. So if the location is already marked or raided it may not find it.

[Tesityr]

Originally posted by SaD-82:

Originally posted by Tesityr:

Maybe they did this to encourage more 'planetary exploration'..?

No, don't listen to people who don't read descriptions...
You have to trade nav data for maps in space stations. These work as the nav data had worked before. Just better because more precise in searching what you want to find. No "free bee search" instead of nav data.

Thanks a lot - I'll try this out! Good Journey

[dalgo]

Yeah I've just been experimenting with these maps myself. Each cartographer specialises in a certain type of map. These are the four types I have found so far:

'secure site of interest'
'ancient artifact site'
'distress signal'
'inhabited outpost'

So if you mainly want to find shipwrecks go to a cartographer that specialises in distress signal maps and buy a bunch (they only cost 15 nanites or one navigation data each). They won't all lead to wreck sites of course, some will point to abandoned buildings or crashed freighters or even 'nothing found'.

[perpetualprose]

I haven't seen a habitable base since the NEXT update dropped. That's hundreds of hours of gameplay. Do they still exist?