Map/Radar reading and Space Stations

[rcizik5519]

Is there an easy way to find where the Space Station is located in your local system? I'm currently in a 4 planet system and they are far apart, thus the Station must be on the far side of one of them. Did they change where the Station is normally located, as Ive been playing off and on since initial release and don't remember a system where it was this hard to locate the Station.

Also possibly related, what do the pins mean on the sphere in the center of the flight screen, which I think is a proximity/radar screen.

Thanks,

[Khalunka]

Space Station is really easy to notice in your radar. Its a ... my english is not that good... geometrical figure ? in yellowish. They always show, never hidden. Not only that ,they are easily to noticed in your HUD as well.

But I do think there is a case when a system dont have space station... uncharted system, maybe?

[SotiCoto]

Um... there is an off-yellow hexagonal icon that should always appear when you're in space, pointing to the space station. If that isn't blatant enough for you, get a mission and leave it incomplete at the last stage (i.e. the hand-in stage) and you will always have a quest marker pointing to the station even when on planets.

As to its location... I could be wrong, but I believe the space station is always close to the first planet in the system, whichever that is.

[Darth Cervantes]

are you sure you aren't in an abandoned system? You can usually see the icon for space station no matter where you are in the system.

[rdouglass1]

Very Early in a Game, The SS can be hard to see. I look for some Black Lines that look to be going toward some point. That, I have found is usually the SS.

[DeadOrAlive]

do you play allways in 1st-person or in 3th-person as well?
its pretty easy to get the station in 3th-person by the "yellow-thing"...

in my case, i just use the radar-screen (in 1st-person) to find some hidden planets (behind others) if they are not all explored into a system.

the most time i play in 3th-person... it think its way easy'r in general ;-)

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Some systems do not have a space station. A few have an abandoned space station or a pirate station.

For whatever reason, the abandoned and pirate stations tend to be a bit darker so don't always stand out from a visual scan. I have had a few where the visual on them did not reveal until I was almost on top of them. They still should ping an icon.

[Fienyx]

If you are in first person, there is also a little grey triangle pointer near the outer edge of your HUD that points the way as well. I use a mod that removes the SS icon, I like using the radar.