Started a new game - every system around me already discovered it seems

[QPTech]

Started a new game for the new update - first time i've started in explored space. Like every system around me has already been visited - including the starting planet!

[Bowi]

Yeah... I noticed that it happens more than I expected. 😐

Are discoveries shared between modes and platforms?

I liked the old days when there was no other mode than "Normal". Now, I feel like Hello Games can focus on whatever they feel like focussing on because their new features will at least please fans of a particular mode. Meanwhile, people who started their playthrough before there were other modes are stuck with a game that tries to please everyone, /off-topic 😅😆

[davidb11]

All the databases were merged a long time ago.

However, it's still very very rare to start in a discovered system.
I have yet to run into that.

[konstantynopolitaneczka]

there are 255 galaxies
There are about 18,6 quintillion planets
every galaxy consists of 4.2 billion regions
each of region contain more than 122 and up to roughly 580 star systems

Everytime you start a new save, you're spawned on already discovered planet. That's normal and about ~10000 ly from starting point almost everything is undiscovered.

Believe me that when you have more than 100 hours (and counting) on one save, you'll appreciate more the "already discovered" sign.

[Bowi]

The merge kinda makes sense, IMHO. They said they kept the oldest upload, which also makes sense.

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I agree with Rademenes16. "Already discovered" is cool. (However, that's kinda sad for someone to buy the game and start on an already discovered planet. It happened to me once in Creative or Normal.)

[davidb11]

Originally posted by Rademenes16:

there are 255 galaxies
There are about 18,6 quintillion planets
every galaxy consists of 4.2 billion regions
each of region contain more than 122 and up to roughly 580 star systems

Everytime you start a new save, you're spawned on already discovered planet. That's normal and about ~10000 ly from starting point almost everything is undiscovered.

Believe me that when you have more than 100 hours (and counting) on one save, you'll appreciate more the "already discovered" sign.

You are very confused.
You are not spawned on an always discovered planet. THat is a blatantly false statement.
IT would make no sense.

THere's too many undiscovered planets to spawn on yet.
They would never change the system to make it force you to spawn on a already discovered planet.
It literally would make no sense.

[konstantynopolitaneczka]

Originally posted by davidb11:

Originally posted by Rademenes16:

there are 255 galaxies
There are about 18,6 quintillion planets
every galaxy consists of 4.2 billion regions
each of region contain more than 122 and up to roughly 580 star systems

Everytime you start a new save, you're spawned on already discovered planet. That's normal and about ~10000 ly from starting point almost everything is undiscovered.

Believe me that when you have more than 100 hours (and counting) on one save, you'll appreciate more the "already discovered" sign.

You are very confused.
You are not spawned on an always discovered planet. THat is a blatantly false statement.
IT would make no sense.

THere's too many undiscovered planets to spawn on yet.
They would never change the system to make it force you to spawn on a already discovered planet.
It literally would make no sense.

when you change galaxy through going to galaxy centre or atlas you're also spawned on the 1st system in the new galaxy you enter. It happened to me when I entered Eissentam

['.The Sev.']

Originally posted by davidb11:

Originally posted by Rademenes16:

there are 255 galaxies
There are about 18,6 quintillion planets
every galaxy consists of 4.2 billion regions
each of region contain more than 122 and up to roughly 580 star systems

Everytime you start a new save, you're spawned on already discovered planet. That's normal and about ~10000 ly from starting point almost everything is undiscovered.

Believe me that when you have more than 100 hours (and counting) on one save, you'll appreciate more the "already discovered" sign.

You are very confused.
You are not spawned on an always discovered planet. THat is a blatantly false statement.
IT would make no sense.

THere's too many undiscovered planets to spawn on yet.
They would never change the system to make it force you to spawn on a already discovered planet.
It literally would make no sense.

I'm pretty sure all new saves start in the Euclid galaxy (correct me if I'm wrong). This is why missions and expeditions that involve portals are in the Euclid galaxy - everyone's been there at least once. I also think starting planets are picked from an expansive list of planets in the Euclid galaxy that are suitable for starting characters. It would do no good to start a game on an extreme weather planet, for example, nor a planet without the necessary resources to get off-world. So while it's probably not a truly random pick, it's also not limited to only previously discovered ones.

[davidb11]

Originally posted by Rademenes16:

Originally posted by davidb11:

You are very confused.
You are not spawned on an always discovered planet. THat is a blatantly false statement.
IT would make no sense.

THere's too many undiscovered planets to spawn on yet.
They would never change the system to make it force you to spawn on a already discovered planet.
It literally would make no sense.

when you change galaxy through going to galaxy centre or atlas you're also spawned on the 1st system in the new galaxy you enter. It happened to me when I entered Eissentam

But my point is, the game does not spawn you on a previously known planet.
In any way.

IT is a random chance to spawn you on a previously known planet.
Why are people claiming that it does spawn you 100% of the time?
WHen it most certainly does not.

And different galaxies have nothing to do with this either.

[konstantynopolitaneczka]

Originally posted by davidb11:

Originally posted by Rademenes16:

when you change galaxy through going to galaxy centre or atlas you're also spawned on the 1st system in the new galaxy you enter. It happened to me when I entered Eissentam

But my point is, the game does not spawn you on a previously known planet.
In any way.

IT is a random chance to spawn you on a previously known planet.
Why are people claiming that it does spawn you 100% of the time?
WHen it most certainly does not.

And different galaxies have nothing to do with this either.

there are 18 qt planets but game has SPAWN POINTS. Where you spawn is totally random, but you always spawn in the spawn point area. This prevents players from being 100k LY away from galaxy core and etc.

Found this on reddit, worth checking out:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/crzu9r/i_randomly_spawned_in_a_system_already_discovered/
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4wz1gc/my_friends_starter_planet_was_a_planet_that_was/

[davidb11]

OKay. I think we're talking past each other.
Let's break this down.
I know how the spawning function works.
I've been playing this game since it came out in 2016.

You said earlier that the game always spawns you on a previously discovered planet.
Yet, that is 100% wrong.
As I explained before.

Would you like me to start a new game and see if I start in a discovered system?

Because the odds of me starting in a discovered system is extremely tiny.
The limit to how many planets you can spawn on is too high for anyone to claim you will always spawn on a known planet.

THere are billions of planets in a galaxy. Of all those billions, there are still enough planets that have not been discovered in the spawn radius to not run into discovered planets.

[konstantynopolitaneczka]

Originally posted by davidb11:

OKay. I think we're talking past each other.
Let's break this down.
I know how the spawning function works.
I've been playing this game since it came out in 2016.

You said earlier that the game always spawns you on a previously discovered planet.
Yet, that is 100% wrong.
As I explained before.

Would you like me to start a new game and see if I start in a discovered system?

Because the odds of me starting in a discovered system is extremely tiny.
The limit to how many planets you can spawn on is too high for anyone to claim you will always spawn on a known planet.

What you say also depends on galaxy. There are more people in euclid galaxy than in some #167 galaxy. My previous comment point still stands

[QPTech]

(Been playing since launch, literally the first time I've started in a discovered planet)

[davidb11]

Originally posted by Rademenes16:

Originally posted by davidb11:

OKay. I think we're talking past each other.
Let's break this down.
I know how the spawning function works.
I've been playing this game since it came out in 2016.

You said earlier that the game always spawns you on a previously discovered planet.
Yet, that is 100% wrong.
As I explained before.

Would you like me to start a new game and see if I start in a discovered system?

Because the odds of me starting in a discovered system is extremely tiny.
The limit to how many planets you can spawn on is too high for anyone to claim you will always spawn on a known planet.

What you say also depends on galaxy. There are more people in euclid galaxy than in some #167 galaxy. My previous comment point still stands

Okay. But that's still not really how it works.

[aggressor27]

Not sure what other galaxies have to do with this discussion since you can only spawn in Euclid, but aye, as more and more new players join you're more likely to spawn in on a pre-discovered system since the spawn point is in a predetermined ring around the galaxy. But there's still tons of spawn systems that are yet to be discovered. I've only spawned on two in my entire playthrough.

[davidb11]

Originally posted by JJ Idaho:

A new game/save ALWAYS begins in Euclid galaxy. It is ALWAYS approximately 730,000 LY from center. So the spawn can be in a giant ring around the galaxy, ~730,000 LY from center. It probably ranges from 710,000 to 740,000. So that's probably hundreds of billions of different star systems to spawn into.

I've started hundreds of new games, mainly through testing things, but also I will only play through on Korvax systems, so if I spawn Gek or Vykeen, I just exit out to mode select and try again.

Anyway, I'd say 1 in 30 starts are on a planet already discovered.

Ah. THank you for the testing.
THat does make sense.

I can see that.
Pretty good odds to not spawn on a discovered planet.

Still don't know why he kept saying you do.