Planetary Heat map

[Char]

Is the planetary Heat Map fixed now?

[Planewalker]

It is not a heatmap. (the pixelation needs fixing)

The overlay changes subtlely depending on the filter.

The overlay shows where things may be found, POIs for geo/bio have been removed.

Selecting a filter will keep it enabled on approach while still in scanning mode (ship).

I just found something i have not seen before, even in the codex; need to go back.

[<Caeris↝]

On some planets the filtering doesn´t work. That´s what i´ve seen in several places.

[Godrik Underscore]

What is a planetary heatmap and how do I switch to heatmap? Is it the same as DSS? I am not seeing any filters in there.

[<Caeris↝]

Originally posted by Godrik Underscore:

What is a planetary heatmap and how do I switch to heatmap? Is it the same as DSS? I am not seeing any filters in there.

Detailed Surface Scanner equiped ?

[Planewalker]

Only viewable in the DSS after scanning the whole planet 100%. (notable signals)

• Greetings Cmdr, This is working as expected - the blue areas highlight locations where organic life is supported on this planet. There is no longer a "heat map" as this was causing some confusion. Hope this helps!

Fast switching between filters will make it a bit more clear where things are.
Have to go planetside to find things; gio/bio signals were removed.

[<Caeris↝]

Originally posted by Planewalker:

Fast switching between filters will make it a bit more clear where things are.

Doesn´t work on every planet. Was over 1000ly away from Sol and found several planets with organic life. Got most times 3 options to switch the filter. On some planets it was working as intended and on some other planets nothing changed. ~2h searching on the planet, from planet to space and back until i´ve found what i was searching for.

[Planewalker]

Yea i know, it does seem like it doesn't always update or whatever it is.

[Godrik Underscore]

Originally posted by <☾𝛼𝜀гเѕ↝:

Originally posted by Godrik Underscore:

What is a planetary heatmap and how do I switch to heatmap? Is it the same as DSS? I am not seeing any filters in there.

Detailed Surface Scanner equiped ? :rynn_happy:

Yes. Hence the reference to DSS.

So you are saying the heatmap is in DSS? I am unsure what I am looking for since I don't know what heatmap is being talked about here. The only thing I could describe as a heatmap are the blue circles that spawn on the planet when hit by a probe. But I can;t see any filter options.

[<Caeris↝]

Originally posted by Godrik Underscore:

So you are saying the heatmap is in DSS? I am unsure what I am looking for since I don't know what heatmap is being talked about here. The only thing I could describe as a heatmap are the blue circles that spawn on the planet when hit by a probe. But I can;t see any filter options.

• First you have to scan the whole planet (100%).
  
  
• If something is on the planet you see on the right panel above Geological *Count* and/or Biological *Count*
  
  
• In the middle above is a filter with all and with X / C you can switch to other things.
  
  
• Switch to the next page (maybe bacterium) and the blue color on the planet changes.

[Godrik Underscore]

Originally posted by <☾𝛼𝜀гเѕ↝:

Originally posted by Godrik Underscore:

So you are saying the heatmap is in DSS? I am unsure what I am looking for since I don't know what heatmap is being talked about here. The only thing I could describe as a heatmap are the blue circles that spawn on the planet when hit by a probe. But I can;t see any filter options.

• First you have to scan the whole planet (100%).
  
  
• If something is on the planet you see on the right panel above Geological *Count* and/or Biological *Count*
  
  
• In the middle above is a filter with all and with X / C you can switch to other things.
  
  
• Switch to the next page (maybe bacterium) and the blue color on the planet changes.

Sweet, thanks man! I will try this out later.

[GeneralAmnesie]

Yup. The filter only highlights areas were a certain thing MAY be found. For most biologicals, it refers mainly to altitude imho. BUT: different species still have different habitat requirements: so you go for a blue area (filter disappears upon gliding), and then go to an area were your filtered species is likely to occur, e.g.: for bacteria, look for low-lying, really flat spaces in your blue zone, for tussocks, you can look in hilly terrain, etc.
as you need 3 samples from at least 300m apart each, its worth remembering in which kind of terrain you found your first.
A big help is the scanner function on the Bio-sampler: On right click, it emits a pulse that highlights scannable samples in green, and already scanned samples in blue, with a range of 50m. so walk around, scan the terrain. Once you hear an audible signal, look around for pale green glow: that´s your next sample. Scanner has limited charges, but recharges by entering ship or buggy. Bacteria can be hard to spot from the ground, but are visible as discolored patches if you fly over the area at an altitude of maybe 200m.

[Icefalcon]

The Codex tells for each biological type what the colony size is in meters, this is the distance that you have to travel away from the previous sample in order to collect the next sample.

Also, when you collect the first/second samples, a pin appears for each at the top in your on foot radar so you know the distance and direction from the prior sample(s).