Yeah, but I haven't found any in those five systems. Just Iron, Copper and Iridium.
I tried that for a while, but none of them sold any.
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Yeah, but I haven't found any in those five systems. Just Iron, Copper and Iridium.
I tried that for a while, but none of them sold any.
I have the same body, but with a shorter nose. Yours looks like a dragster!Grinded out Gek transmission towers to get a 48 slot ship and landed on this beautiful thang. I only wish that the placement of unmovable tech was a bit better as it makes it difficult for me to pair tech together.
Also lucked out and found a non hostile planet with caves filled with Vortex Cubes everywhere. About 500K every 10 minutes....
I haven't even started the atlas path yet
I too found a cave with vortex cubes: I thought my 30-slot ship was enough, but since I'm in a Gek system I decided to go back hunting lol
Ah, that's why the 'distance traveled' was so high. Makes sense. I thought my game was bugged lol
Now this I've never seen before.Grabbed this new ship, love the look and paint job.
It's only 24 slots but that will actually do for now. I don't need any weapons, so that helps a lot. Came with a Sigma Warp Reactor. My next task is to build a Tau but I need Aluminum, which I have no idea where to find.
Leatherface
Member
Got attacked by a group of 3 pirates while exiting a planet. Pfft. Killed all them fools. 😛
Lionheart1827
Member
Came across another Portal today on an extreme planet. But was still inactive.
Pestilence11
Member
I have a theory on portals.
I think they're old assets left in the game that have been replaced by black holes. The original mechanic was you'd travel through a portal but have to leave your ship behind as a consequence. I think that was dumbed down in favour of bringing your ship along via black holes.
Could be wrong but it would explain why they're inactive and maybe taking them out is difficult because it would fuck with other generation in the algorithm.
I think they're old assets left in the game that have been replaced by black holes. The original mechanic was you'd travel through a portal but have to leave your ship behind as a consequence. I think that was dumbed down in favour of bringing your ship along via black holes.
Could be wrong but it would explain why they're inactive and maybe taking them out is difficult because it would fuck with other generation in the algorithm.
Joe Spangle
Member
OMG - I just found two planets in the same system that have those valuable cubes just lying around. I found about 30 on the outskirts of an outpost. Scooped em up and sell sell sell.
DukeLongfellow
Member
Datamining confirmed they are indeed in the game as intended but it's still a mystery how you are supposed to activate them. Closest aproximates either have something to do with a rare multitool you get from a monolith event or, quite logically, vortex cubes. It's implied that it is a delibetate mistery on how to make them work.
BizzyBum
Member
Just reposting this since I've seen people still wondering where to get the green elements, just go on a crashed ship spree. Deconstruct everything the ship has and transfer it over. The more slots the ship has the more resources you get. This is the best way to get rare stuff like Omegon, Aluminum, Nickel, Gold, Emeril, etc.
Confirmed, was doing this last night. Never even seen Omegon or Nickel but now ive got a full slot of Omegon and im swimming in Nickel
This is super probably not how it's is. But wouldn't be like cool if there's some trigger that a player or a large amount have to trigger and it starts activating a bunch of stuff in the galaxy? Portals opening for every player in their game (if online mode is enabled of course) Suddenly, planets starting to move in the sky etc.
eyeball_kid
Member
I don't think black holes were a replacement for portals, as Sean had confirmed the existence of black holes before release. Also, I believe portals were supposed to be like always-on Stargates that you could walk back and forth through.
I'm on my fourth system and already found planets filled with gravitino balls and vortex cubes. That doesn't feel right to me. I think these elements were meant to only be found towards the center. The gravitino balls were probably originally only found on planets with floating islands.
Sean had positioned portals as a way to leap forwards to get more valuable stuff, but that would come at a risk of more dangerous enemies and planets with environments you weren't prepared for. I imagine the cubes and balls were some of these valuable resources only found towards the center. But at some point Sean changed the algorithm to make the galaxy more homogenous, and thus the portals lost their risk-reward reason for existing.
I'm not sure why Sean put the galaxy algorithms in a blender, but something was lost in terms of the feeling of progression when he did. There's less reason to get to the center now. (though I will certainly still try)
Fushichou187
Member
To both of your searches... I guess just moving from planet to planet? I know that's kind of a shitty answer but the more I move around, the less finding those neutral elements becomes an issue. Iridium is still the most rare for me personally, but I discovered that some of the basic looking arch stone formations on the planet I'm on were actually Iridium deposits. Also, when scanning while on foot, rock formation that pings back with those energon cube shapes is probably a mineable deposit of either silicate or neutral element. The last planet I was one had Nickel deposits in rock formations that were identical to other rock formations that weren't resources. I only sorted it by scanning and seeing those cube outlines pop up.
Keep flying!
Alebrije
Member
That looks like my ship ...found it at the begining of the game , first debris ship...
Guys I need some ship help.
I'm not interested in grinding and playing for hours on end finding ships for +1 at a time
I want to just buy a decent ship and call it a day so I can get combat trophies. I still have the starter ship but all space station ships to buy have max of about 23 slots. I have 10 mill to spend but nothing is showing up in the price range. What gives ?
I'm not interested in grinding and playing for hours on end finding ships for +1 at a time
I want to just buy a decent ship and call it a day so I can get combat trophies. I still have the starter ship but all space station ships to buy have max of about 23 slots. I have 10 mill to spend but nothing is showing up in the price range. What gives ?
Freezasaurus
Member
Did you know that if you farm crashed ships and dismantle their tech, there's a chance you'll get a stackable variant of the Vortex Cubes that lets you stack 100 of them in one slot? Be careful not to sell the whole stack and you'll be able to keep stacking 100.
Fushichou187
Member
Another question I have: Are discoveries on planets-- animal discoveries specifically-- collaborative? I'm on a planet that someone else had previously discovered and catalogued 2 of the 10+ species on the planet (shoutout to Psycho3108 lol), leaving me to try and find the rest. If I 100% it, will we both get the credits, or just me?
BizzyBum
Member
I think the ones you can buy are dependent on how many slots you currently have. I'm not 100% sure on this, though.
Yes, they stack.
PintSizedSlasher
Member
I think after you buy a ship with 20-23 slots you'll start seeing more expensive ships with 27-30 slots.
I just had something similar. Some guy already discovered 3-4 species, but I think I still had to scan them in order to count towards my 100%
Yes
I would guess the credit goes to the person that presses the 100% upload button.
The Elite
BOSS
So a couple of things have happened today. First of all I found this thing in the image above. If I shoot it with my mining beam it just rolls around. It's not the same as the ball you will find at ruins instead it looks more like a giant nut that needs to be cracked.
If I scan it the green symbol with the white exclamation point comes up.
Now the interesting bit is that I have been leaving my game running in this region and I had been playing around with this ball for some time. I eventually decided to leave it in a ditch created my grenades for safe keeping until I could figure out what I wanted to do with it. Well, after a while the ditch that I created disappeared and the giant nut ball thing reset to where it was before. A little strange. I didn't know geographical changes would actually reset while in the middle of playing a game.
The Elite
BOSS
Welp I've been stuck inside a cave for the past hour. Cannot find a way out
Blast your way out with grenades.
Freezasaurus
Member
It looks exactly like these things I've found, but if I shoot them with the mining beam it gives me some rare element.
Welp I've been stuck inside a cave for the past hour. Cannot find a way out
I usually just blast my own way out when that happens.
Fushichou187
Member
Welp I've been stuck inside a cave for the past hour. Cannot find a way out
Do you have a grenade attachment for your multitool? If so just start blasting your way up and out of the system. You'll break through to the surface eventually and then you can get your bearings. Grenades can be charged with basic stuff like carbon and plutonium, which you should have plenty of underground.
The Elite
BOSS
Yeah. Shooting it yields nothing. I found something earlier that gave me calcium but that looked slightly different.
Freezasaurus
Member
That happened to me too until I started using the grenade launcher on the multitool. Never again. You can just make your own exit.
Freezasaurus
Member
I haven't encountered the Venom yet. The Vortex Cubes are good. Less good than the Pearls, but also less work.
What's the best way to find crashed ships? I haven't seen any in hours. However, I was concerned with other things; I didn't actively search for them.
Twice now one of my potential forever ships has been posted. I can't use the same thing!
I found a really nice Starfox ship, but not sure if the angular cockpit is for me. The bubble and sphere canopies seem to be my favorite.
2.) Search for crash sites.
3.) Profit.
From scrapping ships I have ~18m credits, a stack of 80 Gravitino Balls, 40 Resonators, and 1000 Omegon. I also keep stacks of other rare items around just in case. I was selling Dimensional Matrices, but don't do that. They're necessary if you like building Photon Cannon upgrades.
You will also get all the AL, N, Ir, Au and Emiril you could ever need. The only minerals you'll need to mine for are Herbidium and Iron. Those are both extremely easy to find.
Can't believe my quick step out turned into a half hour.
I found a really nice Starfox ship, but not sure if the angular cockpit is for me. The bubble and sphere canopies seem to be my favorite.
1.) Upgrade your ship as much as possible. The expensive upgrades with rare materials work best.
2.) Search for crash sites.
3.) Profit.
From scrapping ships I have ~18m credits, a stack of 80 Gravitino Balls, 40 Resonators, and 1000 Omegon. I also keep stacks of other rare items around just in case. I was selling Dimensional Matrices, but don't do that. They're necessary if you like building Photon Cannon upgrades.
You will also get all the AL, N, Ir, Au and Emiril you could ever need. The only minerals you'll need to mine for are Herbidium and Iron. Those are both extremely easy to find.
^^^
Can't believe my quick step out turned into a half hour.
Whatever grants you the most money in the station. Look out for the star symbol when selling.
Handy Fake
Member
So a couple of things have happened today. First of all I found this thing in the image above. If I shoot it with my mining beam it just rolls around. It's not the same as the ball you will find at ruins instead it looks more like a giant nut that needs to be cracked.
If I scan it the green symbol with the white exclamation point comes up.
Now the interesting bit is that I have been leaving my game running in this region and I had been playing around with this ball for some time. I eventually decided to leave it in a ditch created my grenades for safe keeping until I could figure out what I wanted to do with it. Well, after a while the ditch that I created disappeared and the giant nut ball thing reset to where it was before. A little strange. I didn't know geographical changes would actually reset while in the middle of playing a game.
Bounce it into a monolith and see if it activates the wormhole...
Still haven't assembled the grenade attachment. Just found a new section of the cave hopefully there is a way out somewhere around here.
So Im sure we have had enough time with the game to know how it balances stuff, ie. what type of loot comes up for you in certain caches based on what you already have...for example mpost ships that fly into the first spave station I went to are in and around my level...but one was 5 million and it was rare as I havent seen it since.
How much of this Universe is fixed (supposedly the locations are the same for everyone) and what things are variable to balance a guy just starting out from a veteran?n Surely they have some balancing inputs right?!?!?
1.) use a bypass chip at the red lasered location finder and select "transmission" its random, but I got a distress signal there. Same for Beacons they search for distress signals in the area amongst other things.
2.) break into observatories - usually just a reinforced steel door stopping you. once in you can often get distress signals at the terminal as your reward for answering the questions right.
3.) simply see them smoking there on the horizon....found at least one this way..maybe two...out of the four I have found...yes jsut starting......lttp
Geez I guess I have a new topic for a "how to" video ...was struggling to know what to make...just so many options and people seem to be doign things differently to say the least...really cool time in the NMS community.
How much of this Universe is fixed (supposedly the locations are the same for everyone) and what things are variable to balance a guy just starting out from a veteran?n Surely they have some balancing inputs right?!?!?
I have found crashed ships three different ways.
1.) use a bypass chip at the red lasered location finder and select "transmission" its random, but I got a distress signal there. Same for Beacons they search for distress signals in the area amongst other things.
2.) break into observatories - usually just a reinforced steel door stopping you. once in you can often get distress signals at the terminal as your reward for answering the questions right.
3.) simply see them smoking there on the horizon....found at least one this way..maybe two...out of the four I have found...yes jsut starting......lttp
Geez I guess I have a new topic for a "how to" video ...was struggling to know what to make...just so many options and people seem to be doign things differently to say the least...really cool time in the NMS community.
Haven't followed all the news. I've heard from many people that some aspects of the game seem to be quite annoying but easy to fix; like the inventory system. Have Hello Games announced that they will fix these things with upcoming patches?
In that case, I'd wait a bit before I start the game. I have more than enough other stuff ready to play at the moment.
In that case, I'd wait a bit before I start the game. I have more than enough other stuff ready to play at the moment.
The Elite
BOSS
Lost 3 hours due to game not saving
So saves from jumping in and out of a ship work but the ones while using those save markers don't, right?
That's what I'm seeing.
Scrapping crashed ships for aluminum is great advice, if I hadn't found them caves I definitely would have set out doing that. Just hopped in a black hole, think I'll survey the system I landed in a bit then start cruising toward the core again for a while.
Well that blows. Had you already saved since the patch fine before this?Lost 3 hours due to game not saving
Whoa, really? I will check the timestamps when I get back on
Freezasaurus
Member
It's also a good way to get Iridium, Omegon and Nickel. Probably the quickest way I've found to rack up Omegon.
I'm not sure what caused it, but the game crashed and it loaded 3 hours back. I saved using all methods.
Never had this before patch. I was doing the sol thing and gathering rare material. Got up to 8 and loaded back into 1.
The Elite
BOSS
What I'm noticing is that you get that slight judder when you save at the save spots. Apparently that usually indicates that a save hasn't worked on the latest patch. Not 100% sure though. I just make sure my last save is with my ship and that seems to work.
BizzyBum
Member
Go to a Gek system and use a bypass chip to hack an encrypted panel (the thing with the orange laser shooting up). Search for a transmission until you find a transmission tower. Go there and solve the number puzzle and it will locate a crashed ship for you. The reason to do it within a Gek system is the game lets you keep locating ships using the same terminal, so you can pinpoint dozens of ships at once. Apparently the Gek are awful pilots.