Featured bases no longer appear

[CatPerson]

So I finally bothered to complete the main quest, via a different chr/save expressly for that purpose. That chr. is now in the first Lush galaxy, Eissehwhatsitsname. I got there via the quest/picking the sphere etc.

The question is that, once getting there, both space station and base teleporters no longer ever show "featured bases". Ever. Even if I teleport back to Euclid. Or the Anomaly station teleporter. Exit game, reload, etc. Is this normal once you change galaxies. I do have MP "off" (edit: so not talking MP 'other player bases", just Featured) but they always appeared before and still visible in other Euclid/no MQ saves.

Also, my "visited systems" list went kind of wonky, where seemingly I have newly discovered a ton of systems 10 years ago, when I only started playing maybe 4 months ago. I assume a bunch of systems others discovered back then, for some reason the game tossed them in with me as discoverer. >.>

They are little things, but this all makes me not want to never switch galaxies/finish MQ ever again.

[ignition]

I can't help with the first problem: but I too have the second one and this is without jumping any galaxies or completing the main quest.

My discoveries list (visited systems) is filled with names I discovered 10 Years Ago, which is nice, I guess. I think this list cross-populated with others players whilst visiting the anomaly.

The teleport list is problematic - when i want to tp i need to first check in the discoveries tab if what i want is there, the tp won't tell me. I think this is a legacy of the past: in the original game you were supposed to go forward (reaching the galactic center was the only goal) so why have that data, but now ... its a bit tedious.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

I don't remember station or base teleporters EVER showing featured bases. That is a feature exclusive to the Anomaly teleporter AFAIK.

[GenSec39]

I'll save you tons of time - do not rely on space stations or featured bases in your crossgalaxy tourism.

Old stations you visited, after a while will be replaced by newly visited. They will stay in the list only if you visit them from time to time, ot lets say, your freighter is anchored at one of them.

List of your visited systems in discovery section will also be wiped after few months, no matter how often you visit them. Do not expect that it will track all your years long journey.

As to featured bases - they just may disappear from the list. Or may not. Great if you have one. But do not expect that they will be there forever.

Solution? Upon entering new galaxy, drop your own base at some of it's systems. You will never lose it.

[CatPerson]

Ok so tonight none of the saves show Featured bases under "Other Bases" anymore. I even tried starting a new save. Still not there.

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

I don't remember station or base teleporters EVER showing featured bases. That is a feature exclusive to the Anomaly teleporter AFAIK.

There were always 3-4 or something for me, in base/space station teleporters. I think I've used the Anomaly teleporter maybe ... 2-4 times (?) in all this time, haha. Them existing is the whole reason I started hitting the "my bases only" tab vs. the All tab.

And yeah, I know the discovery lists don't last forever, even if you upload them (same with the planet scan data etc), glitchy or intended, guess it was my time for that (my scan data still seems there), but I thought at least those "official" fancy featured bases would always exist, being officially featured. Oh well, it's not important. Just seemed weird and the timing was totally coincidental to finishing MQ/going to a 2nd galaxy. >.>

[CatPerson]

I double checked - Featured does seem to appear in Anomaly teleporter.

I am confused now. The "Other bases" showed other bases in personal teleporters/space stations for me, and I have MP off, so I assumed they were the featured ones. I don't remember what they were exactly tho (names of bases etc). Maybe whatever was showing up before was the "glitch" instead. haha.

[AmberAnvil]

Featured Bases and some other player bases will populate your own list for a time after you visit the Space Anomaly's teleporter. Then certain actions, such as exiting the game or warping through the Galactic Core will clear your list. Visit the Anomaly again. : )

[Zak]

Space station and base teleporters *never* showed Featured Bases. It's only the Anomaly teleporter that shows few of them, hand-picked by the devs.

You're seeing Other Bases in base and station teleporters, that is uploaded bases *nearby*, in the system you're in. So if you're far from "populated" areas you won't be seeing any Other Bases. This will happen even you travel far within the first galaxy only. This is normal, this is how it works. If you want to see other people's bases you have to be in area where they are. There was no glitch.

Yes, the discovery system is borked, always have been. Almost everybody experienced the issues you have described.

Neither of the above is related to switching galaxies. Jumping galaxies is perfectly safe.

Edit: except that doing "normal" jump between galaxies, in your ship, does indeed have short term consequences, that can be frustrating if you're unprepared, so do some reading before attempting a galaxy jump in your ship. But it doesn't have any negative long-term effect on your game.

[ignition]

Originally posted by GenSec39:

I'll save you tons of time - do not rely on space stations or featured bases in your crossgalaxy tourism.

Old stations you visited, after a while will be replaced by newly visited. They will stay in the list only if you visit them from time to time, so lets say, your freighter is anchored at one of them.

List of your visited systems in discovery section will also be wiped after few months, no matter how often you visit them. Do not expect that it will track all your years long journey.

Thank you very much, this clarified my confusion. sorry for jumping on your thread catperson.

[SirProsik]

Also to see featured bases in the Nexus teleporter you must have discovery services online.
The featured bases change periodically as well.

The list of 'visited' systems has been 'different' for over a year. It used to be you had to actually visit them. Currently just selecting systems with the mouse over the galactic map will display the system you select but not actually go to and place it in the 'visited' systems.

[Zak]

I have seem many awesome bases that should have been "featured" too. The Featured Bases list is very short and often grows stale. If you want to see more of awesome bases just use Earthly search services and get the coordinates to visit them. There are literally hundreds of amazing bases that were never "featured". Some Youtubers visit and review interesting bases too.

[CatPerson]

You're seeing Other Bases in base and station teleporters, that is uploaded bases *nearby*, in the system you're in. So if you're far from "populated" areas you won't be seeing any Other Bases. This will happen even you travel far within the first galaxy only. This is normal, this is how it works. If you want to see other people's bases you have to be in area where they are. There was no glitch.

If you pass by a system with other people's bases, does this effect remain for months and is gamee-wide/all saves? And/or does it still occur even if others have deleted their bases in their own game?

Because the only time I have ever seen other people's bases on planets (the icons from space, actual bases on planets, save beacons and communicator icons etc) is when I did the Living Ship Quest w/that one planet (MP was still off, has been from the very start, Anomaly is always empty). That was ... uh ... more than a month, maybe two, and oodles of jumps/systems since. And I only did that quest on one save.

I've been seeing Other Bases in that list since the very beginning, and they suddenly disappeared across ALL my saves (I have 5 saves/chrs at the moment), not just the one that changed galaxies. All at once. Boom. Again, I don't really care, it was simply startling to see it empty all of a sudden so was curious if it was something I did or just one of the usual weirdness of this game.

[CatPerson]

Postscript: to be clear, I'm not doubting that the game works like Zak says. It's an online game, even if it feels like a SP game sometimes - info cross pollination across separate saves is a bit weird, imo, however, but there could be a reason for it.

It really felt like a switch turned off tho, like I'd turned off some setting that affected all saves, which I didn't. :D Plus that I've never been around any base-occupied planets, far as I could tell, with 4 out of the 5 saves.

[Zak]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

You're seeing Other Bases in base and station teleporters, that is uploaded bases *nearby*, in the system you're in. So if you're far from "populated" areas you won't be seeing any Other Bases. This will happen even you travel far within the first galaxy only. This is normal, this is how it works. If you want to see other people's bases you have to be in area where they are. There was no glitch.

If you pass by a system with other people's bases, does this effect remain for months and is gamee-wide/all saves? And/or does it still occur even if others have deleted their bases in their own game?

Because the only time I have ever seen other people's bases on planets (the icons from space, actual bases on planets, save beacons and communicator icons etc) is when I did the Living Ship Quest w/that one planet (MP was still off, has been from the very start, Anomaly is always empty). That was ... uh ... more than a month, maybe two, and oodles of jumps/systems since. And I only did that quest on one save.

I've been seeing Other Bases in that list since the very beginning, and they suddenly disappeared across ALL my saves (I have 5 saves/chrs at the moment), not just the one that changed galaxies. All at once. Boom. Again, I don't really care, it was simply startling to see it empty all of a sudden so was curious if it was something I did or just one of the usual weirdness of this game.

Your saves are separate worlds. What you see in one save, will not show in the other save unless you make an effort to find it. Some people even tricked the game to see their bases from other saves, but this is not the default behavior. The only connection between saves is the Quicksilver Shop and the expedition rewards. Visited systems, planets and bases are saved separately for each save in a file on your PC, specific to that save. System discoveries and names are saved to HG Discovery Serves server and visible to other people. It's even possible to wipe all visited systems and stations using the save editor for an individual save without affecting all other saves.

The lists of visited bases and systems is dynamic and changes constantly. Since Hello Games keeps the game's inner workings top secret, nobody knows for sure how this works and it's just based on own experience and observations. It's likely to be based on your geographical location in real world. Since the Discovery System is not reliable, this adds to the enigma. It's possible you lose connection to Discovery Services from time to time and that might affect what you see. Since the Anomaly is always empty for you, it suggests you may be having some connectivity issues or some of your settings files may be corrupted. Anomaly is *never* empty for me if I turn MP, on, within seconds players start landing on my instance of Anomaly.

NMS is universe is mind-boggingly huge, it would take you millions of real life years to see every system in the game if you played the game 24/7 without stopping. So, considering that just thousands of people play the game, we're spread very, very thin so it's possible to go for weeks or months without ever seeing another player's base. Less than 1% of NMS universe has been discovered so far.

Since we all start in the same area of Euclid galaxy, it's more common to see other bases early in the game. As we move away, this changes drastically. Also, areas close to the galaxy centers are frequently visited as many players pass through there to jump to the next galaxy and many leave a base behind, so it's more common to see other bases there too. Also, there are more bases on the very edges of some galaxies as people like to travel to the edges of the galaxy too. There are other popular areas, like well-known paradise planets or exceptional bases, that have their coordinates published on the web. But most of the time, you're there alone.

Some quests, especially early in the game, may take you to populated systems too. So perhaps that's what happened with the Living Ship Quest.

But yeah, there is also a lot of "weirdness" in this too

[CatPerson]

Since the Anomaly is always empty for you, it suggests you may be having some connectivity issues or some of your settings files may be corrupted. Anomaly is *never* empty for me if I turn MP, on, within seconds players start landing on my instance of Anomaly.

I've said at least a couple times that my MP setting is always OFF and has been from day one - my impression from others is that = an empty Anomaly. Which is how I want it. :)

The "online discovery services" is active because I play Steam-Online vs. Offline or unplugging the net, haha - but in terms of player-side gameplay I think that only allows me to upload/get the nanite reward for uploading scan/planet info.

[Zak]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

Since the Anomaly is always empty for you, it suggests you may be having some connectivity issues or some of your settings files may be corrupted. Anomaly is *never* empty for me if I turn MP, on, within seconds players start landing on my instance of Anomaly.

I've said at least a couple times that my MP setting is always OFF and has been from day one - my impression from others is that = an empty Anomaly. :)

The "online discovery services" is active because I play Steam-Online vs. Offline or unplugging the net, haha - but in terms of gameplay I think that only allows me to upload/get the nanite reward for uploading scan/planet info.

Oh yeah, I missed that, sorry, yes that makes sense, there won't be anybody on the Anomaly if your MP is off. So, I'm guessing what you're experiencing is normal and just related to the way players and bases are distributed (thinly) throughout the NMS universe. Nothing to worry about then.

With MP off you will still see bases that people uploaded though and yes, you will still get Nanites for uploading your discoveries.