Finding a system to colonise

[Krazykov]

Anyone got a good method of finding a system to claim? so far everywhere I've looked all been claimed already apart from systems with no planets at all or really far away.

[Thorfin]

I'm just using Inara

[frumple]

I use the in game galaxy map with colonization filters and travel to places to have a look.

[spam]

It takes a couple of hours of playing with databases, but yes.

Play around with this tool. https://www.spansh.co.uk/systems I'm not going to give you a tutorial on ow to use it, but obviously you are looking for zero population systems that have charactersitics you want. You will have to play with the filters a bit before you get something usable, but once you figure that out, take your list and check it against the in game galaxy map using the colony filters to see if it has been claimed.

Double check the unclaimed ones in Inar.cz to find the nearest stations. If it doesn't have one within 15 light yeears, move to the next viable system in your list.

I do recommend visiting and scanning the system before you claim it so you can see where they will put the starter station, especially if it is a binary or trinary system.

[frumple]

Originally posted by spam:

I do recommend visiting and scanning the system before you claim it so you can see where they will put the starter station, especially if it is a binary or trinary system.

Can you actually see the location?

Seems it's always throw at the furthest possible planet.

[JohnRando]

Originally posted by frumple:

Originally posted by spam:

I do recommend visiting and scanning the system before you claim it so you can see where they will put the starter station, especially if it is a binary or trinary system.

Can you actually see the location?

Seems it's always throw at the furthest possible planet.

Once the system is scanned you can see the first station location, it is displayed with an "flag icon" instead of the usual "+"

And yes i've seen it at the furthest planet possible more than once =)

[Krazykov]

Thanks for the tips, will give it a go!

[wolf]

It doesn't matter where that init flag is placed, as you can just build a cheap outpost relatively fast and this way still be able to construct your main (ocellus/coriolis) station at the slot nearest to the system's main star

[Rragar]

Originally posted by Krazykov:

Anyone got a good method of finding a system to claim? so far everywhere I've looked all been claimed already apart from systems with no planets at all or really far away.

What I have been doing so far, is picking settled locations at the edges of the bubble, going into the colonization interface to see which systems can be settled from there, then bookmarking all of them.

Then I visit each of them with an exploration ship so I can see what's in them. I remove the bookmarks for the systems I'm not interested in, and I leave the bookmarks for those systems that I would consider settling.

I used that method to open up "branches" into new regions and several people as well as myself have gotten a pick out of those colonization regions.

I'd recommend going to the edges of the bubble right away, as even low-value systems but with a few planets inside the bubble have already been snatched. You could get a system inside the bubble still, but it's most likely going to have to be a system where you can only build a space station and a few orbital structures.

[frumple]

Originally posted by JohnRando:

Originally posted by frumple:

Can you actually see the location?

Seems it's always throw at the furthest possible planet.

Once the system is scanned you can see the first station location, it is displayed with an "flag icon" instead of the usual "+"

And yes i've seen it at the furthest planet possible more than once =)

Yeah, it seems there's some glitch that causes the last slot to be picked rather than the first.

[wolf]

Originally posted by Rragar:

...bookmarking all of them.

Then I visit each of them with an exploration ship so I can see what's in them. I remove the bookmarks for the systems I'm not interested in

Nice approach

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Rragar:

Originally posted by Krazykov:

Anyone got a good method of finding a system to claim? so far everywhere I've looked all been claimed already apart from systems with no planets at all or really far away.

What I have been doing so far, is picking settled locations at the edges of the bubble, going into the colonization interface to see which systems can be settled from there, then bookmarking all of them.

Then I visit each of them with an exploration ship so I can see what's in them. I remove the bookmarks for the systems I'm not interested in, and I leave the bookmarks for those systems that I would consider settling.

You can use EDSM to see the contents of any registered system, which saves flying to them all. (I like to visit them in person too, but if you're trying to sift through a few hundred it's not really viable)

I did my searching last year, identified half a dozen systems, and was lucky enough to get the one I wanted. All I cared about was some ringed planets and lots of landables.

[ждун]

This question mostly keeping me off from jumping into colonization yet. I know of course how to use third party sites to filter systems for certain parameters, but my problem is I have no idea what are the parameters that are important. What is favorable for colonization and why. I just don't want to put all the efforts into it, just to learn later that the system I have chosen is actually crap. What are the parameters youre looking at when choosing a system?

[JohnRando]

Originally posted by ждун:

This question mostly keeping me off from jumping into colonization yet. I know of course how to use third party sites to filter systems for certain parameters, but my problem is I have no idea what are the parameters that are important. What is favorable for colonization and why. I just don't want to put all the efforts into it, just to learn later that the system I have chosen is actually crap. What are the parameters youre looking at when choosing a system?

You could look for systems with lots of building slots, so that you can tailor the system to your liking ; or with pretty planets, to build good looking stations around. Or planets with rings, and try to make a system that buys the metals for a good price... HMC are probably better than ice balls. Probably, for all we know...

In all cases, the more building slots the better i guess.

Convenience is also a factor. System with all the good stuff at 200+ Ls is not as good as one with all the good planets close to the jump star.

[ждун]

estetics are not really important to me. I would choose a system where I can establish flourishing economy so that it has potential to grow well. But I have too little knowledge about how all the economy works in colonized systems yet. I guess a system that has mining opportunities, such as rings with hotspots for worthy resources would probably be a nice feature. But I don't know for sure.

[JohnRando]

I guess figuring it out is part of the experience. Following a recipe wouldn't be that interesting.