How do you find stations?

[Osamaru]

I can't seen to find any at all, even wandering around.

[Magoobleheimer]

with the 'j' key you bring up a main screen and there is a tab called Astrogator and that is where stations are listed. You select the main station and then auto pilot to it.

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Osamaru:

I can't seen to find any at all, even wandering around.

Try talking to all the nearby ships that you can. It is tedious the way the menu is setup.. wish there was a button to just immediately talk to ships, but alas...

The ships you talk to will sometimes have dialogue that allows you to ask for information. Sometimes the information is a station, sometimes a bounty, sometimes just a good place to mine rocks.

[Valcus]

When I was last actively playing this game, quite some time ago, you could find a lot of NPCs to talk to by hanging out at the edge of the rings as they were entering and exiting.

I've started up a new game and this no longer seems to be the case, or I'm getting really unlucky. It use to be you'd see a few withing like 30 seconds. Now I'm seeing nothing.

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Valcus:

When I was last actively playing this game, quite some time ago, you could find a lot of NPCs to talk to by hanging out at the edge of the rings as they were entering and exiting.

I've started up a new game and this no longer seems to be the case, or I'm getting really unlucky. It use to be you'd see a few withing like 30 seconds. Now I'm seeing nothing.

It's random. However the deeper you go in, the more lively it seems to get for me.

[Enorats]

Originally posted by xXBulletJusticeXx:

Originally posted by Valcus:

When I was last actively playing this game, quite some time ago, you could find a lot of NPCs to talk to by hanging out at the edge of the rings as they were entering and exiting.

I've started up a new game and this no longer seems to be the case, or I'm getting really unlucky. It use to be you'd see a few withing like 30 seconds. Now I'm seeing nothing.

It's random. However the deeper you go in, the more lively it seems to get for me.

I just started playing a couple days ago, but I seem to find most ships at the very outer edges. I've never seen a friendly ship past 5-10 km in, though I've seen plenty of pirate ships past that point.

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by Valcus:

When I was last actively playing this game, quite some time ago, you could find a lot of NPCs to talk to by hanging out at the edge of the rings as they were entering and exiting.

I've started up a new game and this no longer seems to be the case, or I'm getting really unlucky. It use to be you'd see a few withing like 30 seconds. Now I'm seeing nothing.

for me too, i started a new game and it is much harder to find informations, also the bounty hunter licence is now a big problem, it looks like you have to find the BBW by yourself now because bounty hunter encounters are rare now to get the drop point.

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Enorats:

Originally posted by xXBulletJusticeXx:

It's random. However the deeper you go in, the more lively it seems to get for me.

I just started playing a couple days ago, but I seem to find most ships at the very outer edges. I've never seen a friendly ship past 5-10 km in, though I've seen plenty of pirate ships past that point.

That's the beauty of randomness though, all experiences are going to vary.

When I stop at say 50km area it's quiet for a while, but after 20-30 minutes there are at least 2-3 friendlies nearby plus some potential hostiles that I just avoid.

[Valcus]

So It seems that near the edge you can still get people to talk too within about 30 seconds, pretty consistently. What has changed is that they appear much further away from you than they used to.

Just watch your visual feed for a bit after arriving and you'll soon see a flash. At that point you can pull up the comms and hail them even though they are far from visual range.

[Aerozine50]

It seems to me the best way to find the stations is to talk to other ships and in the process let one of your crew who may know someone on the other ship talk to them. At some point the option will pop up about asking if they know of any good deals. They will usually mention a "big hit on Lidar". When they do that, you will get the anomaly in your navigation cue. Just set your autopilot and go to it.