missing planet

[The Unbeliever]

so i have a 2mil passenger contract, last trip is to a crash site in HIP 17403, when I arrived the passenger said they'd uploaded coordinates for planet HIP 17403 A 4 A but there was no such planet, just another star and asteroid belt. So. I flew over to the other star, nothing. Went to nearby starbase and bought an advanced discover scanner, which is supposed to find everything in a system right? Went back, nothing. Just a HIP 17403 B planet on the second star. (no nav beacon btw it's a anarchy system). Is this a bug in which case I'll abandon the mission, or am I being an idiot? Thanks for swift replies as only got a couple more hours on the mission....

[Nfected]

You sure you BWAM'd with the scanner?
Otherwise passively it won't autodetect that far

[Ottomic]

It's not a bug, you just need to scan the system (preferrably with an advanced scanner).

[Turd Ferguson]

you need a discovery scanner to "find" planets...for some missions you find the planet you need you have to get the advanced one with has infinite range. the others have 500 and 1000 ls range so if the planet you're looking for is beyond that, you won't see it.

if it's a populated system you can scan the NAV beacon to get the system data...but if it's uninhabited...the disco scanner is the only way.

[The Unbeliever]

Originally posted by Der Auslander:

You sure you BWAM'd with the scanner?
Otherwise passively it won't autodetect that far

sorry not been playing long- what do you mean by BWAM? I thought with an advanced scanner (with inifite range) as soon as I enter a system all the planets should appear?

[The Unbeliever]

Originally posted by Turd Ferguson:

you need a discovery scanner to "find" planets...for some missions you find the planet you need you have to get the advanced one with has infinite range. the others have 500 and 1000 ls range so if the planet you're looking for is beyond that, you won't see it.

if it's a populated system you can scan the NAV beacon to get the system data...but if it's uninhabited...the disco scanner is the only way.

yes I bought the advanced discovery scanner for 1.5mil or something and the planet ain't there....

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. :)

Check your stellar objects filter. You definitely unchecked Planets and Landable Planets to get rid of a clutter. But you need them to be checked to see it marked as your destination.

[The Unbeliever]

Originally posted by Ottomic:

It's not a bug, you just need to scan the system (preferrably with an advanced scanner).

other than flying to the system with the advanced scanner, do I have to physically do anything to make sure whole system gets scanned?

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by The Unbeliever:

I thought with an advanced scanner (with inifite range) as soon as I enter a system all the planets should appear?

No, you need to bind it to a weaponry trigger, and press and hold it until you hear a bang that the scanning is complete. Only objects in an immediate vicinity are discovered automatically.

[Nfected]

Originally posted by The Unbeliever:

Originally posted by Der Auslander:

You sure you BWAM'd with the scanner?
Otherwise passively it won't autodetect that far

sorry not been playing long- what do you mean by BWAM? I thought with an advanced scanner (with inifite range) as soon as I enter a system all the planets should appear?

I jokingly call the discovery scanner "honk" as BWAM - should have specified, apologies

Set the scanner to a fire group and "fire" it. It'll charge up and them BWAM, revealing all celestial bodies within system

Should help you find your planet

[The Unbeliever]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. :)

Check your stellar objects filter. You definitely unchecked Planets and Landable Planets to get rid of a clutter. But you need them to be checked to see it marked as your destination.

no filters on, I reset them just to double check but no, no filters

[The Unbeliever]

Originally posted by Der Auslander:

Originally posted by The Unbeliever:

sorry not been playing long- what do you mean by BWAM? I thought with an advanced scanner (with inifite range) as soon as I enter a system all the planets should appear?

I jokingly call the discovery scanner "honk" as BWAM - should have specified, apologies

Set the scanner to a fire group and "fire" it. It'll charge up and them BWAM, revealing all celestial bodies within system

Should help you find your planet

YAY! 8 new astronomical objects found! THANKYOU! you're a star.

[Nfected]

Originally posted by The Unbeliever:

Originally posted by Der Auslander:

I jokingly call the discovery scanner "honk" as BWAM - should have specified, apologies

Set the scanner to a fire group and "fire" it. It'll charge up and them BWAM, revealing all celestial bodies within system

Should help you find your planet

YAY! 8 new astronomical objects found! THANKYOU! you're a star.

Now you will forever know the discovery scanner as the Hans Zimmer BWAM device :P

[Finn]

Rofl just encountered this not long ago havent played in awhile and enjoying all the new goodies :D lol

[TiberiuS]

Originally posted by Der Auslander:

Originally posted by The Unbeliever:

YAY! 8 new astronomical objects found! THANKYOU! you're a star.

Now you will forever know the discovery scanner as the Hans Zimmer BWAM device :P

It's so much Fun that other cmdrs even hear the honk when you are Close to them :D

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by TiberiuS:

It's so much Fun that other cmdrs even hear the honk when you are Close to them :D

And even more fun is that the honk that you hear from another commander is audibly positioned, so if that ship is from your right - you will hear it coming from your right side (especially noticeable in headphones). Kind of anti-physics, though - sound waves don't spread through vacuum. :)