How to find cool interceptors based on portal glyphs?

[~ buttercup ~]

I thought it would be easy to find specific interceptors when people share screenshots with portal glyphs. But sometimes I portal to the system and then pop a Dreadnought AI fragment, and it just sends me to a nearby dissonant system. I've tried using the Echo locator to look for a harmonic camp instead, but it just says the harmony doesn't match, so there's nothing nearby.

I've tried portaling to the desired system, then using the Galaxy Map to leave it for a nearby system and THEN popping the fragment... but it STILL doesn't seem to recognize the desired dissonant system (at least not so far).

Anybody have suggestions? Or insights to how this works?

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Are you in the right galaxy ? Most coordinate you find on the net are for euclid, but that's not always the case. Once you passed the portal you should only have to stay in the system and search for a message module, base computer or planet coordinates to find the ship/multitool. It's a bit more complicated if you're there for a freighter or living frigate....

[Kobs]

You can go here, there are tons of ships and gliph addreses
https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSCoordinateExchange/

[BigKahuna]

Originally posted by Kobs:

You can go here, there are tons of ships and gliph addreses
https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSCoordinateExchange/

Better yet for easier specific searches: https://nmsce.com/

[~ buttercup ~]

Hmmmm. Either I'm missing a step in my search, or the advice here isn't catching my specific issue. I can usually portal to a specific system via the portal glyphs (and this does work, I arrive in the system). But... when I arrived in the system and popped an AI fragment to give me a specific place to go for the interceptor, I got a message that I needed to go to a DIFFERENT system on the Galaxy Map (which of course has a different interceptor design).

When I pop an Echo Locator in the system, it says there isn't any harmonic match (or whatever the phrasing is, it doesn't lead me to a crashed ship or harmonic encampment, EVEN THOUGH it's a dissonant system).

Maybe when somebody posts the specific coordinates (latitude/longitude) for the crash they found, I could get there (although I find it tedious, so I haven't tried), but I was HOPING that by activating a search for crashed ships IN the proper dissonant system I would be able to get the interceptor posted by someone who shared glyphs.

So far, I haven't had success. Anybody want to pop in with other advice???

[~ buttercup ~]

Originally posted by BigKahuna:

Originally posted by Kobs:

You can go here, there are tons of ships and gliph addreses
https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSCoordinateExchange/

Better yet for easier specific searches: https://nmsce.com/

Thank you! This is a great resource, and I appreciate the link.

[~ buttercup ~]

Originally posted by Kobs:

You can go here, there are tons of ships and gliph addreses
https://www.reddit.com/r/NMSCoordinateExchange/

Thanks! Doesn't answer my specific issue, but it's a great resource nonetheless.

[Unlucky]

Originally posted by Guh~hey~hey~♫:

Are you in the right galaxy ?

^^^ This.
Not being in the correct galaxy will cause all of the issues you previously described in the original post.

Don't confuse 'System' and 'Galaxy'. They aren't the same thing.
Portal coordinates can send you to the right SYSTEM, but they will NOT send you to a different GALAXY. You have to get to the required galaxy on your own somehow. And you must be sure you're in the same galaxy as the listed address to find the listed ship design.

If the address does NOT list its galaxy, then it might as well be trash because it is basically useless. The galaxy is part of the address and is REQUIRED. Sadly, not everyone lists it though...

Once you are sure you're in the right galaxy, using the listed coordinates to go to the system should allow you to use the locators or AI to locate the ships/camps in that system and find that specific ship that was listed.

[Guyver8]

things to always keep in mind when using locations for ship/MT finds

1) turn MP off BEFORE you use the portal (otherwise someone else may take the ship/MT before you get it)
2) you need the galaxy name, a way to get there and a portal in that galaxy
3) you need the portal address
4) you need the planetary coordinates (if it's an planet-side MT or crashed ship)
5) for MTs you need to know if/where you may have to save+reload to get the right MT in the specific cabinet

[BigKahuna]

Originally posted by Guyver8:

things to always keep in mind when using locations for ship/MT finds

1) turn MP off BEFORE you use the portal (otherwise someone else may take the ship/MT before you get it)
2) you need the galaxy name, a way to get there and a portal in that galaxy
3) you need the portal address
4) you need the planetary coordinates (if it's an planet-side MT or crashed ship)
5) for MTs you need to know if/where you may have to save+reload to get the right MT in the specific cabinet

Lol. Has No. 1 ever happened to anyone? It's rare enough that there's another traveller in the same system by chance. I played NMS for over 500 hours and that might have happened twice.

[Guyver8]

Originally posted by BigKahuna:

Lol. Has No. 1 ever happened to anyone? It's rare enough that there's another traveller in the same system by chance. I played NMS for over 500 hours and that might have happened twice.

Lol, for popular finds yes it happens more often than you'd think (read some comments on the posts for finds on the NMSCE reddit)

eg. HeRo2u post a youtube vid for 3 sentinel MT's with 4 SC slots together, all three sites are very busy with travellers coming (the 3rd in particular, a rifle with a cube of SC slots) for the stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OauZPJ3LSI

besides why go to all the trouble of going there to maybe NOT find it, when a simple click will guarantee that it's there

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Originally posted by BigKahuna:

Lol. Has No. 1 ever happened to anyone? It's rare enough that there's another traveller in the same system by chance. I played NMS for over 500 hours and that might have happened twice.

For coordinates from a YT video, yes. All the time. Going with MP on is the guarantee to find an empty spot.

[DanCyber]

My collection. Euclid only. Follow orange beacon. No need Dreadnought AI fragment or Echo locator.
https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Open/647085f1aa781802f871078e

[~ buttercup ~]

Originally posted by DanCyber:

My collection. Euclid only. Follow orange beacon. No need Dreadnought AI fragment or Echo locator.
https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Open/647085f1aa781802f871078e

Quite a variety of colors. Super useful, thank you!