Stupid question I know but....

[GuyFawx]

Is there some way to see sample icons on the game screen when you have the map open. It seems like a little thing but sometimes you have the map open to see what is around but you can no longer see any icon for resources when its up. I am not sure why they have it this way as it just makes you have to constantly hot swap to the map being open and closed. So if there is a setting let me know so i can fix this and Let Democracy Prevail

[BCPowerhouse]

You should be able to mark objectives so that they appear on the compass at the top of the screen.

[GuyFawx]

Originally posted by BCPowerhouse:

You should be able to mark objectives so that they appear on the compass at the top of the screen.

Ya i know i guess i just dont like how the icons dissappear if you open your map i just want them to stay on

[Aestrea]

The samples are identified as "diamond" on the pois if samples exist with some exception for the cache pois. If you get all the samples, it will become another icon and you can clearly see the distinction between them. Most the samples are in the outpost though and you can't see those so just look around them for the most part.

[Dain_Ironfoot]

Originally posted by GuyFawx:

Originally posted by BCPowerhouse:

You should be able to mark objectives so that they appear on the compass at the top of the screen.

Ya i know i guess i just dont like how the icons dissappear if you open your map i just want them to stay on

I've never seen anything disappear, but you can zoom in and out to make it easier to see certain things. You won't see samples on the map that haven't been found yet... (other than the point of interest icons) only ones that have been dropped. If someone picks them back up, they are not on the map anymore, they are on that player.

[GuyFawx]

Originally posted by Dain_Ironfoot:

Originally posted by GuyFawx:

Ya i know i guess i just dont like how the icons dissappear if you open your map i just want them to stay on

I've never seen anything disappear, but you can zoom in and out to make it easier to see certain things. You won't see samples on the map that haven't been found yet... (other than the point of interest icons) only ones that have been dropped. If someone picks them back up, they are not on the map anymore, they are on that player.

Sorry I should clarify the actual assets themselves dont dissappear just the icon that is attached to them like rare samples if that makes any sense it just became a issue when i was trying to speed run stuff as fast as possible with the fire tornados and was just goin around hunting for crafting materials

[Sokaku]

Yeah, if you have the map open, the HUD indicators for samples & such disappear from the screen so you can end up running past them without noticing.

Personally I changed the map to a hold action rather than a toggle which helped.

We really need something like a UAV to help locate sample locations. Some maps are really difficult to locate samples. I don't think I have ever found all available rare samples on a map, usually only 50% or so.

Note that on the map the big Diamond indicates samples or a weapon. Once you pick up all samples and identify any stash weapon (adds specific weapon indicator to the map) the icon updates to the smaller card suite diamond pin.

[Eagle_of_Fire]

If you drop your sample (either on purpose or if you die) then you'll see the icon. If you mean free samples that you skip for whatever reason, the answer is no and it is intended that way.

[GuyFawx]

Originally posted by Eagle_of_Fire:

If you drop your sample (either on purpose or if you die) then you'll see the icon. If you mean free samples that you skip for whatever reason, the answer is no and it is intended that way.

alright then I just thought id double check as ive been resource farming to unlock all the rest of my ship tiers