Better Map?

[mackster]

No, this isn't another thread asking for new maps

The map in-game I find frustrating. Its been one of my main issues with the game. It should be setup to show what the world is and what you have done - nodes found, crashed ships, buildings made etc.

Basically, like the satisfactory-calculator map when you load in your save. I would love that map integrated into the game. I know we can use the radar towers and such, but otherwise, the map is reasonably useless in vanilla - yes you can see nodes you ping for x seconds. I would have liked at the least nodes on the map that I have placed a miner on.

I dislike having to break out the game to load my save into SC just to make my next plan.

[Kackstift]

to find stuff.. you have the monitor and radar.. to mark stuff you have stamps and markers..
you have anything you need provided by the game.

the only legit point mapwise is that the tunnels are not in the map.

[Khirareq]

@OP - Yep, agreed. Would love that too. I have a shortcut on my desktop so I can quickly open my save game folder and quickly drag my save in to SCIM to plan out future expansions

[Simeta]

While it doesn't do everything you list. Radar towers show nodes in it's area.

[Vectorspace]

https://youtu.be/kAy4pjNMRBU?si=PubFttHUJH3c946W

[NocheLuz]

TBH, I kind of limit myself to tools only available in the game. It already gives out more than you can use. In fact, other than "Pinpoint" the location, it does give out the information that you need. Rader tower does reveal the Nodes, reveal how many Crash sites you have not looted yet. However, the building that you already built is kind of hard since it is 3D and hard to do on a 2D map.

In fact, you should just install Rader Tower on the node that you already put Miner on. It'll both reveal the nearby node and mark the node you already put the miner on.

[GAMING_Alligator]

Yeah, the map can be pretty annoying. Like the way it won't show you previously discovered ore patches (even mined ones!) unless you have radar coverage set up, how there's no way to see logistics routes, or how you can't interact with map markers if you're too close to them.

A lot could be done there to improve QoL.

[mackster]

Originally posted by Simeta:

While it doesn't do everything you list. Radar towers show nodes in it's area.

I agree - however radar towers are mid to late game, due to the amount of research needed and resources to unlock. Plus it doesnt show your buildings.

To plan effectively, you have to turn to SC to make those plans to expand - well you dont have to but it certainly helps. Having this in-game would be a huge QoL improvement, immensely if you are starting from the beginning.

I wonder if modders can help here. I am not one, but if the map cannot be changed, I wonder if there is a way to bring in SCs map while in-game as sort of an overlay - I am sure we had lots of integration in Elite Dangerous, which had a plethora of external resources that you needed to consult.

[Kackstift]

i think for you guys.. cheating is the way.. simply give yourself any hardrive, mercer and helix in the game..
because having to play a game to get stuff is really boomer...
hail the no effort generations..

[GAMING_Alligator]

Originally posted by Kackstift:

i think for you guys.. cheating is the way.. simply give yourself any hardrive, mercer and helix in the game..
because having to play a game to get stuff is really boomer...
hail the no effort generations..

Maybe try reading what people write and understanding their perspective. rather than jumping straight to making unfounded value judgements about them.

Nobody asked for the map to reveal everything without having to work for it. The thing people are complaining about (quite rightly) is that it doesn't even show you stuff you already know without needing to set up special buildings (and even then won't show all of it).

[Khirareq]

Originally posted by Kackstift:

i think for you guys.. cheating is the way.. simply give yourself any hardrive, mercer and helix in the game..
because having to play a game to get stuff is really boomer...
hail the no effort generations..

Dude - You equate seeing stuff on a map as the same as spawning in items?

[Porked!]

Ability to draw colored lines on the map would be a huge improvement. That and ability to filter which icon stays on the map or hud instead of hiding the whole category of them.

[Fenix]

Originally posted by Kackstift:

i think for you guys.. cheating is the way.. simply give yourself any hardrive, mercer and helix in the game..
because having to play a game to get stuff is really boomer...
hail the no effort generations..

That isn’t what is being ask for.
Other games in the genre the map shows what you built, usually in a basic simplified way.

[mackster]

Originally posted by Kackstift:

i think for you guys.. cheating is the way.. simply give yourself any hardrive, mercer and helix in the game..
because having to play a game to get stuff is really boomer...
hail the no effort generations..

For a start, cheating isn't a thing in a single player game.

That being said, wtf are you talking about - I am talking of an interactive map that shows you what you have found and what you have built. Your rant isn't valid, wanted or even correct.