Locating say paraffinium or other resource?

[Trip]

Read about being able to click on an item in your discoveries tab to find it again. I did it weeks ago but no longer can figure out how? There is no option that says locate item and nothing gets added to my log for searching?
I was told locating Parffinium will more likely show you Paradise planets.

[Aoi Arashi]

Only way I know to find something is open each system listing and mouse over the planets I've been to.

[Prescient Stones]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3239438891

[majzerofive]

Originally posted by Prescient Stones:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3239438891

this.
If I recall correctly, a quest will appear in your log tab. After you choose it you will get a waypoint to the nearest system with the material you need. Fly there and scan the planet until you see it. Used it once and never bothered again, so I don't imagine how it would work with materials you can't see after scanning the surface.

[Trip]

Thanks for the reply but that bottom option 'locate item' does not appear on my screen?! I will check again when I get home.

[AmberAnvil]

Originally posted by Trip:

Thanks for the reply but that bottom option 'locate item' does not appear on my screen?! I will check again when I get home.

It's possible that you need to discover some items on your own the first time. Afterwards, the option to locate more will appear in the Catalog.

[Kelzid]

check one of the other materials to see if the locate option shows up in case maybe you already have this one in your log. I also wonder if maybe you need certain ship economy/conflict scanners for this to be enabled. I tried it on my main windows save and it was working, i will try and check a newer save with less done to see if its there or not

[Trip]

I found this post on Reddit:
"Ok, I ran out ideas. Why I haven't "LOCATE SUBSTANCE" button here?
Ok, I found why: It's a bug with Sentinel ships missions. Accepting such mission causes hiding this button. After abandoning these missions the the button appears."

So I do have a fix the sentinal ship mission I never completed as I got an S class one elsewhere. There is no option to abandon this Log entry.

[MassMetalizer]

Originally posted by Trip:

I found this post on Reddit:
"Ok, I ran out ideas. Why I haven't "LOCATE SUBSTANCE" button here?
Ok, I found why: It's a bug with Sentinel ships missions. Accepting such mission causes hiding this button. After abandoning these missions the the button appears."

So I do have a fix the sentinal ship mission I never completed as I got an S class one elsewhere. There is no option to abandon this Log entry.

Spore had a feature to locate animals and plants in Space Stage, it was so handy.

What I do for resources like Paraffinium and the like is to trawl around trade depots and space stations and just talk to all the pilots and buy all their stock. Mined Paraffinium normally, but it's a hassle.

[frazzled]

I just fly till I spot a planet with it. Land and scan till I find a deposit to mine, or if I need a lot, longer term, scan to find a hot spot and set up a mining operation.

[Prescient Stones]

Originally posted by Trip:

So I do have a fix the sentinal ship mission I never completed as I got an S class one elsewhere. There is no option to abandon this Log entry.

Guess you'll have to go find that lost ship, or take a blackhole to the nether reaches of the galaxy so you can abandon the mission....

No being able to pin a resource is blocker I'd be spending time/effort to fix asap.

[Trip]

Correction: I was able to delete the log entry and the 'Find substance' option did appear.

[Johnny in the Clouds]

You also might destroy freighter pods for all sorts of resources, which vary depending on which system you may be in.

Frigate missions also return all kinds of things.

Paraffinium is very common in 'paradise' lush wealthy type systems and reaching those can often be found by travelling to the Anomaly featured systems or picking a player base to visit.

A hack is to destroy tech or equipment to reclaim some ingredients used to make blueprints. Sometimes useful for rare metals and cheap tech can be purchased at the Anomaly if short of a resource.