nms-expedition

[hollow shale]

it gets longer each chapter

[thick umbra]

actually it was not a mission .. but if you look at the log you could see that you need to carry and proceed 50 of each to get all titles

[harsh laurel]

interesting, too late for me, oh well

[thick umbra]

you can still do it in any of your saves

[harsh laurel]

ty

[barren dune]

How are people building highways for the colossus during expedition? I dont even see base computer as an option to build, just save beacons

[vague fractal]

Just to be sure, when you say you saved it, you actually saved the configuration to one of the slots on the configs tab? Not just exited and accepted changes?

[meager roost]

I used a teleporter to go to a space station i have no ship and cant teleport back ive tried reloading my last save it didnt help any ideas

[harsh laurel]

do i need to go back into the expedition?

[stray needle]

you should have a return to waste porcceser icon in your quick bar

[vague fractal]

Not sure if the update is only PC/Steam so far, but this is from yesterday's patch notes

While on the Remnant expedition, players who find themselves stranded at the Space Station can now use the Return to the Waste Processing Plant option in the Quick Menu to recover themselves.

[hollow shale]

@meager roost ^

[thick umbra]

Load an older save

[thick umbra]

atm only for Steam/PC & GOG

[queen viper]

what are to most stable wheels for collosus ? its there any

[hollow shale]

the spider legs seem to be slightly more stable.

[queen viper]

OH OK

are they r the fastest aswell ?

or it all depends on mods - upgrades installed?

[indigo falcon]

I believe speed is a function of installed tech

[barren dune]

Im almost right on top of a waste recycle station and my radar tells me the closest one is 16min away..

[thick umbra]

I love my Caterpillar

[vague fractal]

if it is for a step of the expedition, they seem to require a specific location. Not entirely sure how it works.

[sturdy zealot]

Same, thats my go-to.

[last summit]

The expedition appears to be even more broken now for me

I scanned all the creatures and it says 0 have been

[vague fractal]

Did the update today affect the expedition?

[last summit]

90% of it is bug fixes but it seems to have broken more things

I also think I actually lost a waypoint from the waypoint marker task

Oh it wants you to upload the animals

[meager roost]

I dont

[thick umbra]

because thats only in there for 6.23 and higher .. PSx is still 6.22

you may check if there is an older save point

[meager roost]

There isnt

ive been here hours

[meager roost]

i just checked

i can update

[thick umbra]

hey cool

[meager roost]

Thank you

[thick umbra]

which number in the lower left corner of the game select screen do you have ?

[tacit silo]

so before they stopped letting you auto scrap specials (I'm in experimental) I put some through, now I have to find like 5-6 more rad/toxin waste and I have no idea how to get more the only waste heap the radar finds is empty

[thick umbra]

you should find more ... in the wild .. use the visor from your Truck

Specialist Industrial Waste has most the time Toxic waste

[tacit silo]

was afraid of that, all I come across are explosive ones, guess I'll just keep wandering around

[pale agate]

patch notes for today's patch aren't posted yet? what did they fix?

[thick umbra]

look for Specialist Industrial Waste

[thick umbra]

https://www.nomanssky.com/2026/02/remnant-6-23/

[pale agate]

i just got a patch today, 6.23 was yesterday

[thick umbra]

which platform ?

[pale agate]

steam

[thick umbra]

Public version ? .. I dont know

[meager roost]

.23

[barren dune]

Wish me luck... some are about to explode

[vague fractal]

Looks like the steam version just changed slightly from 6.23 161436 (4207) to 6.23 161480 (4207)

what that means in practical terms...🤷

[vague fractal]

All it needs is 1 and then 1=all. Good luck! (I'd eject the threat 😁 )

[barren dune]

i took the nearly exploded one out and ran it the rest of the way... i am so close to being done i dont need it all blowing up

just need 3 more toxic and 8 more explosive

[thick umbra]

my truck is overloded with all the waste you need 🙂

[signal night]

someone please tell me where is the last mineral?? I have scoured hundreds of KU, still no luck

[pearl marten]

i didnt took this photo, i found it on steam but woah

why wont the image load

[barren dune]

cuz its not a .jpg or .png

[pearl marten]

it loads sometimes

[thick umbra]

Mostly behind or between that really big rocks

[thick umbra]

its a modded truck

[signal night]

thanks :) <3

[pearl marten]

ahh

[lusty slate]

Yeah, modded. Actual flatbed walls don't go up that high.

[storm moat]

So much travel time

[mighty timber]

Finally home so I can finish this soon

[signal night]

I found that last mineral! It is in a trench like chasm to the east of the starting points ( for pic)

Near +4.10, -1.56 (I am not sure whether those are location coords but yeah)

hope this helps!

[storm moat]

I need 5 more radioactive waste, and thats it

[thick umbra]

Look out for Specialist Industrial Waste

[indigo falcon]

somtimes the regular piles of industrial waste will have a special one buried in them, if you're getting desperate, but it's not very often

[thick umbra]

Ah yes .. Specialist Industrial Waste has for sure toxic waste... regular can have the other two

[storm moat]

I switched over to the regular game for now, too much of that

[jagged spruce]

I don't really notice a different in speed but it does ramp up in speed pretty quck. get yourself S-tier fusion engine upgrades (you already get a few from the expedition if you choose to bring it to your main save) and exocraft booster upgrade

are those tracks just cosmetics?

[thick umbra]

was introduced with exp21

[jagged spruce]

yes I know

but are they cosmetics or are they more stable like the spider legs

[thick umbra]

ah got it .. the caterpillar are for me the best

[barren dune]

The fact that I just left a waste processing plant, am probably only 1k u from it and the game tells me the radar scanned one is now 25min away is really annoying. I wouldn't care if I could personally mark the station so i can find it again

i know im within 2-3mins of this other one, but i dont remember where it is

[solemn bane]

You can use save beacons to mark stuff

[indigo falcon]

one of the few things we can build in this expd.

[barren dune]

how are people building base computers on this planet..? they leaving expedition and coming back?

[solemn bane]

It may be on your visor if you look for it. Sometimes stuff stays there sort of faded out.

[solemn bane]

That or finishing the expedition on new saves.

[indigo falcon]

if you in the expedition are seeing base computers from folks that completed the expd, then that's been patched out and will soon go away...

Fixed an issue that allowed base-sharing with players who have yet to complete the Remnant expedition. https://www.nomanssky.com/2026/02/remnant-6-23/

[solemn bane]

That reminds me, I should update my pin for all the new crap

I was going to add the save beacon thing but it's already there, lol.

[indigo falcon]

nice

[solemn bane]

Wait, there was an update today?

[indigo falcon]

6.23 went live

[solemn bane]

That was yesterday though. Spose it's possible I just didn't download it til now. Sure thought I did though.

Yeah there was something small today

[indigo falcon]

it went live for ps5 a couple hours ago, still not out for xbox, gog, etc

[solemn bane]

But no patch notes

[indigo falcon]

yes there are

[solemn bane]

6.23 was yesterday

[indigo falcon]

https://www.nomanssky.com/2026/02/remnant-6-23/ I linked them above

6.23 was today for me

[mighty timber]

Speed doesnt really increase it helps with traverse though

[solemn bane]

It's not my fault you live in the wrong timezone!

[indigo falcon]

😛

[wanton frigate]

Stupid question maybe, but does the Cyclops scanner cause everyone's Colossus to reverse?

[distant cave]

Does anyone know why waypoints dont count for roadsigns mission?

[indigo falcon]

turn off mp.

[mighty timber]

Worked fine in mp for me

I just searched for buildings

[indigo falcon]

many people with mp eabled have reported that problem; having mp off resolves it. having said that, a fix is out

[solemn bane]

It's a bug. More info in my pinned comment: #nms-expedition message

[distant cave]

Ty

[mighty timber]

Anyway after 11 n half hour of total playtime I should be finished

At 10h 58m

[solemn bane]

The bug is typically NOT resolved by turning off mp

[indigo falcon]

it doesn't allow the existing (already claimed) waypoints to count

[thick umbra]

after the 6.23 patch all waypoints did count for me

[indigo falcon]

Implemented a recovery fix for players who could not discover waypoints on expedition worlds. <-- 6.23

[wanton frigate]

Point 2 on the pin is incorrect. I flew to the space station mid phase three (but I had visited all 5 dumps) - found the ship by accident though.

[vague fractal]

Speaking of waypoints, if you get more than 6, can you see what you've gotten anywhere? the page shows only the last 6 and any before that are gone.

[indigo falcon]

the discovery tab, there's a place to see those but I sure don't remember where right now

[rocky fractal]

I found my ship in the wild and also attempted to buy a traders ship but couldn't until I'd completed the expedition.

[wanton frigate]

Buying one didn't work for me either.

[thick umbra]

that could only happen because you did already finish all missions in Phase 5 before you finished Phase 3sorry was not for you

[solemn bane]

That's an old version of the game. In the previous version it incorrectly allowed you to get your ship after you completed the last milestone in phase 5, rather than all of phase 5.

[wanton frigate]

It's the Switch 2 version. The latest is always an old version!

[solemn bane]

yep

[indigo falcon]

it is hard to keep track ofwhich bugs are still current for which platform!

playing through with 6.22 and mp off was a pretty smooth experience

[solemn bane]

So the small patch I just got was from 4 hours ago according to Steam. I assume you got 6.23 before that, yeah?

[indigo falcon]

let's see

about 3 hours ago it was out, apparently

[rocky fractal]

I think I got .23 yesterday? Then a couple little ones today?

[indigo falcon]

reminder I'm on ps5

[vague fractal]

I'm talking about on here. I thought it would scroll when I filled the 6, but older points just fell off and were replaced by newer ones.

[indigo falcon]

oh, I see, I thought you were looking for the full count of them

[solemn bane]

ok yeah, that's what I am seeing as well.

[solemn bane]

Wrong platform AND wrong timezone, UGH

[rocky fractal]

i didn't see any notes for the little ones today though

[solemn bane]

I don't remember how many your visor keeps track of, but sometimes there are faded icons in there denoting past poi's you've been to.

[indigo falcon]

(just heard heptaploid wheat referred to as a murder plant in this expd, lol)

[solemn bane]

Yeah that's what was confusing me. Man I hate that.

I wonder if they fixed the issue with animals not pooping, lol

[indigo falcon]

oh I didn't hear about that one, woops

[rocky fractal]

also never knew hello games was in guildford, huh

[crisp solar]

Hey all. I see this channnel is already pretty busy. 😉 Just came here from the link i got on Xbox., since clubs will stop there ....

[indigo falcon]

welcome!

[solemn bane]

Started a new game on the expedition and I am still seeing bases.

[indigo falcon]

so that fix didn't work then. bizarre

[solemn bane]

Bizarre, typical, one of the two

[indigo falcon]

lol

[solemn bane]

Oh, I bet I know why

Someone save hacked and gave themselves a base computer, so I'm not seeing a non-expedition base, I'm seeing an expedition base. lmao. gj HG

[indigo falcon]

lolOLol

I had that in the back of my mind as a possibility, not for your particular base but that a few players might do something like that. is it nice at least, with some good amenities?

[solemn bane]

I just see it on my hud

[indigo falcon]

ah

[mighty timber]

Yay I completed

So where do I store my stuff to transfer to my main save

[solemn bane]

In the expedition terminal where you started the expedition, if you started it from an existing save.

[mighty timber]

I started it in a new save

So can I not put it into my main one?

[solemn bane]

Nope.

[mighty timber]

Ah ok thanks

[mighty timber]

Can I use this save as a new save then or will that not work bc expedition?

[solemn bane]

When you finish it the save turns into a normal one. You'll get the base computer plans when it does that.

[mighty timber]

Ooooh oki ty

[solemn bane]

Waypoints are still hit or miss in the latest patch.

[sharp turtle]

yes

[wary wadi]

Is there a more efficient way to get around this expedition rather than driving over a bunch of uneven terrain for at least 10 minutes each way?

[polar sage]

Nope. That's the point of it.

[sharp turtle]

well u can do all of the rendezvous

and then just go back and forth I guess

[wary wadi]

im on the second to last expedition goal and i'm already burnt out

[sharp turtle]

still have to drive

[wary wadi]

like i cant finish it

[polar sage]

We have a month more to finish it. I may just do a lap or two a day til I get my cool uniform.

[sharp turtle]

try to play it like truck driver sim

listen to podcasts

[polar sage]

It's not actually a lot. It's just monotonous and frustrating. But not more than maybe 5 hours.

[vague fractal]

I have been using the long drives to explore other structures along the way. I think I found some kind of eldrich horror plotline going on somewhere. 😆

[vast sail]

There's like three of those, which structure

The big crashed ship on the way to the monolith objective?

[sharp turtle]

the evil part is the outfit reward is really cool

[vague fractal]

whispering eggs

[vast sail]

Oh yeah there's an abandoned outpost lying around near the play area isn't there

[solemn bane]

Yeah, it's rare that the cosmetics in this game are good. That is one of the best sets, and it's locked behind the worst expedition, lol.

[sharp turtle]

not last traveller-entity, huh? much to see, much to discover!

[indigo falcon]

I need to go equip the new drip, haven't done that yet

[vast sail]

I kind of immediately forget that the bio horrors are one of the cosmic horror plots immediately after closing their terminals because the writing likes to hype them up and then you break an egg and spend 2 minutes gunning them down like an arcade game

[indigo falcon]

cartographer was by far the worst for me, miles away worse than this one

[solemn bane]

A tier, easily one of the best.

[sharp turtle]

I actually didn't finish that one

there was some bug that only got fixed after I gave up

[mighty timber]

Nope have fun

[vast sail]

I need to do the download thing to try out the older expeditions tbh, some of the rewards and plotlines sound nice

And everyone keeps telling me that Remnant was a sucky way to get introduced

[indigo falcon]

I got a crap spawn in, tiny island, signal booster sent me back and forth between that and another (distant) island over and over.... really unpleasant, wasted an hour? just on that

[mighty timber]

Wanna do this but I don't have the patience to mod

[sharp turtle]

well this one was fully focused on the new update

[mighty timber]

At least NMS

[indigo falcon]

this one, I just drove slow, didn't overload the bed, didn't have any game breaking bugs, done in record time tbh

[sharp turtle]

a lot of expeditions are, but this was too restrictive I guess

[vast sail]

I had fun with this one tbh

It was relaxing

At least once I figured out how to stop flinging my cargo into space

[sharp turtle]

yeah same but I can understand why some would be frustrated

[vast sail]

Yeah

[indigo falcon]

lost literally one item in 4 trips (I combined 3 and 4 because waste heap 4 was 2 mins from heap 3)

[flat heron]

Takes like 5 mins max

[solemn bane]

My fav is Corvette, easily. Then Cartographers, Leviathan, Singularity. Special nod to Utopia since it had an interesting mechanic. The rest are fine. Aquarius, Voyagers and Remnant are shit tier.

[sharp turtle]

some other expeditions introduce the game better because they show more features overall

[indigo falcon]

I had a nice chill time on aquarius too

[solemn bane]

Garbage RNG bullshit

[indigo falcon]

heh

emergence is one of my faves though

[mighty timber]

Funnily enough this is the first ever expedition I've completed in the entirety of playing since I started the game in the Origins phase

[vague fractal]

I like having this expedition as my intro because I'm not used to zipping around in the sky, so I'm not going stir crazy on the road trips.

[vast sail]

Honestly, same

And it got me used to just wandering around on the ground a bit

[mighty timber]

Never had the patience to warp to all the other systems and planets to reach a rendezvous so liked the fact they were all on 1 planet 😭

[solemn bane]

HOOOOOONK

[mighty timber]

Even though pain

[solemn bane]

Utopia takes place in one system. Cartographers is also on one planet, for the most part.

[mighty timber]

Yeah idk what phases they were for

I only started in 2020

[inland kelp]

aquarius is the worst expedition by far

[vast sail]

I love how people are so completely unable to agree on which expedition is the worst

[inland kelp]

aquarius was literally just rng

[indigo falcon]

sure. and it was a nice chill way to spend time here and there

[solemn bane]

It's pretty much always this one or Aquarius

[inland kelp]

just started this one lol

idk how it’s gonna go

[spiral flame]

How do you guys like the current expedition

[indigo falcon]

I mean, you game to have a good time, not to zip through things, unless you're a speed runner

[vast sail]

I've had people say Voyagers and Cartographers too so far

[solemn bane]

I hate fishing and I still hated this one more, lol

[vast sail]

Which is a split between 20% of the expeditions that exist so far

[indigo falcon]

see, I love fishing in games, so it was kinda perfect

I'd been agitating for fishing to be added for a looooong time

now things like liquidators are absolutely not how I love spending my time. but it was ok

[solemn bane]

Voyagers was awful. That was a whole new level of RNG. I didn't finish it, and doing it again via the expedition generator is rough as hell because all of the portal glyphs don't work since everything has changed.

[vast sail]

I'll admit fishing feels weird to me to have as its own separate system in NMS

The paleontology too actually, to be honest, though I've engaged with that just a little more

[solemn bane]

But yeah, Voyagers, Aquarius, Remnant. The worst for sure. apergos just has wrong oppinions about Cartographers, it was great (once the bugs got fixed, lol).

[vast sail]

Well I did okay in Remnant so I'll probably be fine-ish with the others I guess

[little frigate]

I cant buy ships in the expedition?

[solemn bane]

Nope.

[little frigate]

Laaaame

[flat heron]

No offense, but how is this still being asked

[solemn bane]

People just starting.

[little frigate]

?me, Im new, first expedition

[solemn bane]

Get used to it if you're gonna be here, lol.

[flat heron]

Expedition description and anomaly both tell there are no spaceships during the expedition

[indigo falcon]

this runs for 6 weeks, not everyone jumps in right away, good thing too, give it a week or so to shake out the bugs

[solemn bane]

People will also ask stuff that's in the pins all day long. Another thing you'll have to get used to.

[little frigate]

And where/when can I get the base computer

[indigo falcon]

no base computer during this expd

[flat heron]

Before there was patches too

[solemn bane]

Have to finish the expedition.

[indigo falcon]

no anomaly visits either

[little frigate]

Ok cool, When you complete it, and you want to go back in, it doesn't restart?

[flat heron]

Fair enough, people always use general channel to ask for help in modeling servers so I’m a bit used to it. Didn’t think NMS would have a similar problem with how much you have to pay attention to what the text says on the screen

(Story text I mean)

[little frigate]

My bad if I missed text that said I cant trade or purchase a new ship

[indigo falcon]

well even better, sometimes the game hints are just wrong, and we spend all day every day of the expd tellingn players that.

[vast sail]

Look people don't read the text in text based games it's not gonna be any better here

[flat heron]

Lol really

Where

[indigo falcon]

in this expd, we got lucky

[solemn bane]

If you start the expedition at the Anomaly, you can't go back into it once you've finished it (without a workaround). If you start on a new save, the save is converted to a normal save when you're done, and again you can't go back into the expedition without a workaround, but you'll still be on the expedition planet (won't be able to see peopkle on the expedition).

[indigo falcon]

but I can thnk of several previous ones where the game would tell the player "no X resource on planets in this system" and it was a lie, for example

[vast sail]

Creature scan quest needs you to do the "all fauna" nanite turnin, didn't originally tell you that

[indigo falcon]

anyways, one learns to triage all the things

[solemn bane]

I don't like whatever luck lead to what I experienced on this expedition.

[flat heron]

The expeditions feel weirdly unplaytested at times so I can see that

[indigo falcon]

fair. but I mean, we got lucky in that hg didn't have wrong instructions for things in the logs/hints.

still pleny of bugs one could be unlucky with

[little frigate]

I see. I started it in the anomaly.
Bummer, cause Im done just and wanted find a better planet to build a road to finish the extra trash digging for the colossus parts.

[vast sail]

The vibe I've kinda been getting is that part of how Hello Games crams so much stuff into the game is by letting bugs and errors get triaged and tested in production, and not letting minor visual bugs like clipping and placement stuff slow them down

[indigo falcon]

clipping bugs, ok. but there have been some real humdingers

[solemn bane]

Look for planets that have Salvageable Scrap under the name

[indigo falcon]

to their credit, they tryto get fixes out pretty fast

[vast sail]

They do, the hotfix turnover is pretty impressive actually

But it also seems that minor bugfixes are lower priority than adding new content overall

But like, if it works out in terms of getting more actual stuff into the game I guess it works?

Dunno if I've ever played another game where I would say that, but

[little frigate]

Ok cool. Thanks dude.

[flat heron]

Not the expedition specifically, but the other day I accidentally dumped the flatbed while trying to get into the truck and the cargo all just fell through the ground. Kind of a big problem. Granted, it was a gas giant and naturally processing plants don’t generate there, so it could just be a gas giant issue or lack of need to test that terrain gen.

[vast sail]

Incredible

[solemn bane]

Yeah this is a big NMS/HG thing. There are ancient bugs in NMS. And moreover, a lot of the features feel half-implemented. Like this trash hauling stuff. Why are we hauling trash? So we can haul more trash. It's not even integrated into the rest of the game, it's just some polyp hanging off the side.

[vast sail]

The features feeling half implemented I feel less generous about than the decision to prioritize developing content over making the game fully polished

[flat heron]

I feel like the minimum they could have done to integrate this is put it as a quest in the mission station at space stations. Would make sense to get standing for cleaning planets

[vast sail]

Think they decided not to do that just because you need to own specifically the colossus for it

[flat heron]

Fair

[solemn bane]

This game is so unintentionally funny. This is two minutes of me watch as my collosus just drifts off my screen for no reason while junk randomly spins around, and then god knows what happens at the end, lol.

#physics

[vast sail]

"well if you're not gonna take this stuff to the processing plant someone has to"

[solemn bane]

lol, that'll be the only way it gets there

[vast sail]

Hopefully your colossus knows the way I guess

[wraith junco]

Your colossus has stick drift

[cloud stream]

So there was a new update on ps5 and I'm still stuck what can I do now?

[solemn bane]

You don't have the option to port back in the quick menu?

[cloud stream]

Omg thank you I love you

[jagged sedge]

My grandson is over this evening, playing the expedition - He has needed a LOT of coaching to get anything done tho, he hates to read instructions for some reason

[flat heron]

Do the different running gears make an actual fundamental difference in driving? I’ve noticed the spider legs don’t actually need to be touching anything for the truck to drive.

[solemn bane]

You're grandson is everyone I have ever known.

[solemn bane]

Spider legs seem better. Everything else seems about the same as default.

[wraith junco]

Reading Kids These days... 😔

[jagged sedge]

Indeed

[wraith junco]

Still . Playing nms with grandson is cool

[jagged sedge]

Absolutely

[indigo falcon]

the legs seemed better heading back on the last... leg... of the trip (from waste heap 5 to the processing plant), going there with the regular gear felt clunkier

"should I read the tutorial? nah, let's skip" <-- every streamer ever

[vast sail]

The legs are way stabler than the wheels are and now that the bug with the crystal fields has been fixed I think they're just straight up better

[whole seal]

Ok I am out of the Expedition and into main. Is there a way to tell from the galactic map which systems contain a trash planet?

[stark whale]

I'd also like to know that

[whole seal]

I'm not even sure about planets -- inside a system, are some planets marked as Trash Planets

like some have an indicator of Ancient Bones

[solemn bane]

Nope

[whole seal]

So do all planets have trash then?

[stark whale]

I heard salvageable scrap planets are guaranteed to have them, but I don't know if only those planets have them. I heard this from one person so take it with a shaker of salt

[solemn bane]

Once in the system you can scan for planets that have Salvageable Scrap

[whole seal]

Anyone know if they are more likely to appear in one system type over another?

[whole seal]

Not to be confused with...

https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Salvageable_Scrap

from the Visions update

I guess

hmm

[solemn bane]

I believe they are one in the same.

[whole seal]

oh?

[solemn bane]

If the planet has one, it has the other, at least in my experience so far

[whole seal]

And no hardware for exo is there in the QS merchant from Expedition rewards. And the Anomaly vendor in the back just has the Cyclopse scanner and the trash shovel.

I guess all the rest are found from trashing trash, as per that chart everyone keeps posting.

[solemn bane]

The expedition reward unlocks are unlocked for all saves automatically.

[whole seal]

I had to work on fixing such terrible and ancient code all day (all week) at work. Hoping to get some Colossus trash items from trashing trash to relax. Oy.

[whole seal]

Yep, am aware.

[solemn bane]

I mean, you don't have to buy them from the QS vendor this time, so naturally they won't be there.

Or I guess that's what you intended to say.

[tribal hatch]

I apologise to whoever I just drove over and made fall through the map

[solemn bane]

Good chance you only saw that on your side. The multiplayer code is so bad you see random shit all the time. For example:

[indigo falcon]

guess I should hop in and spot check a couple planets where I have salv scrap and bases

[flat heron]

Salvageable scrap planets are not guaranteed to have them as not all biome types allow processing plants/waste dumps. The industrial waste clumps themselves though, WILL generate on all salvageable scrap planets, even though not all have plants to process them. My guess is it’s for the furnace chassis.

Or the current way sub structures are configured maybe it wouldn’t allow for complicated density values like the processing plants have

[whole seal]

Well, right now I am just going system to system scanning looking for planets mentioning salvageable scrap

I assume if it doesn't say scrap, the planet doesn't have it.

Want to build up the Colossus in main

[flat heron]

Correct

If a planet can have processing plants, it will have them. If it can’t, it wont. There is too much space on a planet/moon/other for it to mathematically not generate anywhere.
But again, not all planet types allow them to spawn, even if it is a scrap planet

[indigo falcon]

I'm on a dissonant world, it's sending me off planet to a contaminated planet to find a waste processingplant, both have salv scrap

[whole seal]

Are both labelled from space as Scrap planets?

I assume so.

[indigo falcon]

uh huh

[whole seal]

No trend you've noticed as to one system vs another type with more scrap planets?

[solemn bane]

Oh interesting, I got a dissonant world that had waste processing plants

[flat heron]

What biome is the dissonance? I know “Weird”/exotic planets can’t have them

[whole seal]

Oh I just found a desert moon that says it has Salvageable Scrap

[indigo falcon]

first was "overgrown" star bulb, paraffinium, etc. but dissonant. second is gamma weed etc

[flat heron]

That doesn’t sound like one of the planets that can’t have it, but I could try later to see

Not at my pc

[whole seal]

Exocraft not owned??? On main save? I have had a colossus on this save since it debuted in the game in 2018 or so.

[flat heron]

It’s annoying to check because they don’t have biome blacklists, just things like “full”, “empty”, and “halfweird”

[stark whale]

@whole seal check it. I found some scrap on this normal planet

[whole seal]

But, this is not Expedition, so I will take it to the other channel

[stark whale]

i think it just might be on every planet

[whole seal]

It didn't say Scrap on the planet scan?

[flat heron]

If you don’t have a geobay somewhere in the universe you can’t summon it

[stark whale]

nope

[solemn bane]

Huh

[whole seal]

But I normally can summon exos fine from my freighter

[stark whale]

i wouldn't be surprised if there's no scrap on the uh exotic worlds though

[whole seal]

I just put the freighter "in orbit" here.

[flat heron]

Odd

[solemn bane]

Does it also have processing plants and waste heaps?

[stark whale]

i also found scrap on a paradise planet in this system, which also didn't have the tag for salvageable scrap

[stark whale]

i have to check for those still

[flat heron]

Perhaps scrap itself doesn’t have a condition

[stark whale]

doesn't seem to detect any processing plants nearby, but doesn't mean there aren't any. ill keep exploring

no heaps found either

[flat heron]

Which is weird because the update text says they are only on salvage planets

[flat heron]

Im pretty sure structure scans are planet wide and not dependent on scan range

[stark whale]

if that's so, then it doesn't seem that there are any heaps or processing centers on non-salvageable scrap planets. at least, not on this one

[tribal hatch]

Yeah that happens everywhere for me🤣

Anyone know how to do the planetary charts fast? I've done 3 but whenever I search for a location its always like 2 hours away or somwthing like that

[solemn bane]

Wait til you have your ship to do that one.

[indigo falcon]

huh this may not be viable, the waste heap is across the water, these are islands here

welp

guess I'll pack it in for now 😄

[flat heron]

The structure has a tag in its game file that something along the lines of RequiresScrapPlanet so yes, but I can’t find the scrap file itself so I can’t check that

[tribal hatch]

How can I get my ship when it says its irreparable?

[flat heron]

Do the other objectives for now until you unlock the ship

[past oak]

As soon as you complete the expedition the ship is fixed.

[flat heron]

Alternatively, I think every structure you can scan for with the truck has a waypoint for the mission, so there should be a nearby structure to scan for that’s like at most 15 mins, usually 6-8

[solemn bane]

You get it eventually, just save it.

[solemn bane]

Phase 5 specifically (you can skip ahead)

[ivory geyser]

Is this fucked?

[solemn bane]

lol

[stark whale]

that's kinda cool lookin tbh

[whole seal]

Tell me this tho

[stark whale]

this

[whole seal]

So I made a new Colossus bay and have the colossus in main save (I will stop talking about main save in a moment) -- and the bay lets me customize and it knows about the spider legs. I don't think the spider legs were something I had to retrieve in QS gallery. So how does it know that I have spider legs?

Or is it that after the update, all exos in main game have spider legs granted as an option?

Trying to figure out how main save knew I had acquired them.

[solemn bane]

mfw im playing a garbage truck sim in my space flying game

[indigo falcon]

I think once you unlock the legs on expd, all your saves can get them

I forgot to check when I was on a regular save... next time I guess

[solemn bane]

They just get them by default

I even started a new expedition save to test stuff and it had them.

[ashen shore]

my friend has discoverd 6 out of 6 minerals but she needs 8 and we dont know what to do

[past oak]

Check caves and river beds

[ashen shore]

alr

they forgot the god damn pebbles lol

[indigo falcon]

there are two more. so: one tha tlooks like a tree, called "rock tree", one that looks like a small boulder "big rock", one that's tall thin and pointed; one that has two vertical pillars; the two in caves with cobalt; two i think that show up in large ndark grey patches of land, very small rocks

ah so they missed the last ones! a lot of people miss the rock tree 😄

[ashen shore]

i found it first lol

i will admit i also forgot pebbles

[past oak]

Yeah that one got me too

[indigo falcon]

this expedition certainly gives "respect the terrain" a whole new meaning!

[solemn bane]

Also gives "physics" a whole new meaning.

[wraith junco]

And makes u pay more atention to terrain proc gen so u can reaaally appreciate it. pebble. by. pebble .

[vast sail]

"laws" of physics? Strongly worded suggestions at best

[indigo falcon]

game physics are always entertaining in one way or another

nms is no exception

[muted granite]

"OH my, a colossal pothole. Guess my special cargo is spilled down a tunnel now."

[unborn dove]

anyone else finding this expedition to be extremely glitchy

[indigo falcon]

I ran it with 6.22 taking it nice and slow, and it was ok for me

[unborn dove]

i mean theres constant points popping as if sentinals are following me, same with purple dots for the horrors or w/e theyre called, then trucks and players are glitching around in the air ive tried relogging but it keeps happening lol

[indigo falcon]

I have mp off, a very different experience

[torn nova]

For some reason it kept my cab and leg unlocks, but I have to get the flatbed again

[muted granite]

Yeah, don't do expeditions with MP on. That's a recipe for trouble. Unless they specifically make a MP expedition or something.

[inland niche]

The flatbed isnt an expedition unlock, its a title unlock

And you dont get those titles in the expedition

[indigo falcon]

yes, the flatbed is part of the intro mission

[torn nova]

I found you can drive ~60kph without stuff violently shunting if you have to leave the “trucking lanes”

Biggest issue was the already addressed bug of hostile plants just dumping you out lmao

[muted granite]

I think cargo behaves better now than it did at the launch of the expedition.

[torn nova]

Definitely

Also, is everyone remembering to pat their load twice and say, “That baby ain’t going nowhere” before they get driving?

Can’t be upsetting the Atlas by forgetting the sacred utterance

[indigo falcon]

nah, I just didn't double stack, and drove slow, it was ok

[inland niche]

Theres no pat motion so you jump on it

Or take a piece of scrap and slam it on top

[inland niche]

Double stack?

[torn nova]

Literally lol

Also behold stacking

[inland niche]

You were far more meticulous than I

Though some methods were similar

[indigo falcon]

lotta people pile stuff on top of other stuff in the back

[torn nova]

I found that standing on your cab and just pulling stuff to you speeds up loading the truck immensely

I long for the incinerator though

[inland niche]

I tended to place specialist waste at the bottom and scrap metal on top

[indigo falcon]

and without double stacking I still had enough room to get all the items from each waste heap back that I needed

[inland niche]

Not as packed together as here, but still kinda organized

[torn nova]

Same! That way any cargo that happened to bounce out on minor physics incidents would only be the crap scrap

[inland niche]

I would try my best to throw all the waste onto my colossus, but I wasnt as concerned with losing the scrap metal

[inland niche]

Yes!

Also its not bouncing

I know it looks like it, but you look closely

Its the colossus bouncing

And the cargo having inertia

Which... still a consequence of not having actual ratchet straps, lol

[torn nova]

Chapter 19: The Physics of Physics

[inland niche]

But the reason I point it out is because making waste less bouncy wont actually solve that problem

[solemn bane]

Kept waiting for everything to spontaneously fly out.

[inland niche]

There is a recent bug I've noticed

[torn nova]

That came ~3 minutes later, naturally

[inland niche]

Waste physics can result in collision with the colossus, propelling it forward at high speeds

[torn nova]

The longer you take to load your truck, the sooner Sean’s dark, malevolent, spirit will spill it out

[inland niche]

But I've had good results keeping loosely organized cargo in the flatbed

[torn nova]

Spider legs definitely made a huge difference

[inland niche]

Primary losses being top scrap and those tiny fricking toxic waste gas cans

[torn nova]

I’ve heard some folks talk up the super elastic wheels but SPIDER LEGS

[vernal vigil]

what do the super elastic wheels even do?

[torn nova]

The first time I tried to flamethrower a sentinel and accidentally blew up half my load instantly

[vernal vigil]

the spider legs feel like they give you near perfect grip and sorta suspension?

[torn nova]

[inland niche]

Oh, yeah

[torn nova]

Allegedly they’re on par/better than the spider legs even but I haven’t gotten them yet

[inland niche]

You can fire at your own cargo

This applies to the cannon and mining laser as well

[torn nova]

Mining laser will also love tap your load because camera automatically lowers to the cab

^^

[inland niche]

Camera raises actually

[torn nova]

After being offered spider legs everything else pales in comparison. Now I’m hype for Light No Fire to give us giant beetles

[inland niche]

Which still can throw off aim

[torn nova]

It raises when you shoot

[inland niche]

Yeah

[torn nova]

But then it settles back down

[inland niche]

Yeah

[torn nova]

So when you GO to shoot, you’ll be on the load

It’s cruel lol

[inland niche]

Well, I tried shooting when the spider legs still got caught on small crystals

You can indeed shoot through the colossus

[torn nova]

Oh god the crystal bug was awful lol

[inland niche]

Just dont try it with waste

[thin dock]

does anyone know if they removed exp2 beachhead rewards? i dont see them in the anomaly

normandy mass effect frigate

[torn nova]

Huh, that’s weird. I know they brought it back a couple months ago

[indigo falcon]

all past rewards should still be there

that's how if I create a new save I would be able to claim those

[solemn bane]

Make sure you're looking in the expedition rewards, not the quicksilver rewards

[lusty slate]

Lol, apparently you don't actually have to scan the fauna from the Colossus for it count. If you get all six scanning on the ground, Safari completes anyway. Guess it's a failsafe to keep people getting locked.

[thin dock]

yes i am, if i check exp 2 i only see 1 reward

[solemn bane]

Are you hiding claimed rewards?

[thin dock]

its possible the frigate was removed, i dont see it anywhere (mass effect normandy)

[solemn bane]

You didn't finish the expedition.

[thin dock]

no but it should show the rewards like all the other exp?

[solemn bane]

Apparently not I guess. Anyway it's there for me on PC:

[thin dock]

odd

[thin dock]

may be a bug from running a previous exp offline?

[solemn bane]

Who knows. I assume it'll show up if you unlock it.

[thin dock]

its possible but alot of work to find out

[solemn bane]

Well, not a lot of work. You can just edit the rewards file and unlock it to see.

[thin dock]

is it that easy? im trying to finsh them all for the rewards, but im hesitant on this one

i see all other rewards just beachhead seems the issue

[tribal condor]

I like how every time someone asks about finding all the minerals here it's always the pebbles

[inland niche]

Im fairly sure theres over 10 minerals on that planet

[thin dock]

I guess i could run it and just unlock them afterwards if i need to? I thought maybe they removed the rewards

[solemn bane]

I'm like 90% certain it'll be fine since I still see them.

[inland niche]

Check the other categories

[solemn bane]

I leave 10% just for the chance NMS crashes your entire hard drive.

[thin dock]

likely after completion i should see them, if not ill saveedit if i need to

haha

[inland niche]

Check the reward type

Those categories

I think i remember having a similar issue, but I could see the Normandy in the frigates category

[thin dock]

yes no normandy listed anywhere

[solemn bane]

Yeah. I highly doubt you won't get the rewards, otherwise I probably would have gotten a bunch of bug reports about it by now.

[balmy pagoda]

Is there a bug in the expedition? I'm on final of phase 3. I just loaded a quicksave and my Caolossus is stuck in the ground and missing half of its contents. When I exit and saved earlier it was above ground and I had 12 special waste

[solemn bane]

Is there a bug in the expedition?

More than one.

[inland niche]

Oh wow, it still has the minimum you need

[indigo falcon]

tsk tsk

[inland niche]

I advise taking the special waste out of the bed, digging the colossus out and moving it to safety, then putting all 5 special waste back and getting to the processing facility as quickly (and carefully) as you can

[indigo falcon]

alternatively you could get in, see if it shows the correct total, if it does then you could slowly drive forward and see if it corrects. no guarantees at all

also please report it to hg

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[inland niche]

I wouldnt consider it worthwhile to try and recover the missing 7 waste for the milestone

Honestly I remember being surprised to find that loading a save would keep waste in the flatbed

[indigo falcon]

I have loaded waste in, saved, exited, and it's been there at reload, a few times

[inland niche]

I crashed due to one of those "timing-related" bugs and had to restart my game

Waste was still there, I was so happy

[balmy pagoda]

OK I'll try that. I collected more at the last waste site just in case I lost some on the way.

[solemn bane]

Mo waste, mo problems. Basically each piece of waste you have back there is another chance for the physics to go crazy. The less you have, the less chaotic/buggy things will be.

For fun I piled a ton of waste into my collosus and relogged. Waste flew all over the place. I hadn't even gotten in my collosus.

[inland niche]

Huh

That didnt happen to me

[indigo falcon]

how many pieces?

[solemn bane]

And it's never been more appropriate to use this term, ymmv

[inland niche]

Not saying it couldnt happen, of course

[indigo falcon]

and uh... what patch version?

[inland niche]

A part of the reason I was surprised as I was when reloading after that crash was I probably had close to 40 waste loaded up

[solemn bane]

lmao

[inland niche]

I dont remember because I didnt know it showed you how much is loaded on the bottom left

[indigo falcon]

oh my how many pieces q was directed at cwmonkey

along with the q about version

[solemn bane]

Any more and you would have ripped a hole in the universe

[balmy pagoda]

I should listen to the Sanford & Son theme song driving the colossus. I feel like I'm them hauling all this junk

[inland niche]

Nah I've loaded over 40 when working to get the titles after the expedition

[unborn dove]

thanks, haven't played in awhile i forgot i usually have it off for expeditions

[inland niche]

I believe 45 was the most ive had loaded at once

Of course, only 39 made it to the processing plant

[solemn bane]

What the hell, I can't drive with more than like 10, lol

[unborn dove]

talent

[inland niche]

Hang on I should have a screenshot somewhere

Maybe

[indigo falcon]

I had 18 on trip one, 12 on trip two, somewhere in between that for trip 3 (with waste from points 3,4 together), and 8 on the last leg, 18 turned out to be just fine. I would not have trusted 40

[inland niche]

Ok I dont have a screenshot of the 45 waste loaded but this one was during the expedition

[indigo falcon]

yeah that's definitely... Piled Higher and Deeper as they say

[inland niche]

Those hologram walls go higher than it looks

[vague fractal]

Meanwhile, I'm over here barely making it back with 10. 😆

[solemn bane]

Thing is when I put that much shit in my truck I can see the waste wiggling and spinning even though the collosus is still.

[inland niche]

Were you guys playing with multiplayer enabled?

I had multiplayer disabled

[indigo falcon]

not me no way

[solemn bane]

I definitely have more issues with it on, but when I was playing offline it was still a nightmare.

[indigo falcon]

don't even have the abillity to enable it (ps5, no psplus subscription)

[vague fractal]

I turned multiplayer on for a bit yesterday trying to group with a friend. Mistakes were made. It went back off.

[indigo falcon]

lolol

[inland niche]

Ok then I have no idea what I'm doing right or what you guys are doing wrong

My primary strategy was "layer specialist waste on bottom, cover with as much scrap as will fit"

[wanton frigate]

There is no right or wrong, there's just the whims of nervous barrels.

[solemn bane]

MULTIPLAYER GO BRRRR

[indigo falcon]

I just did one layer, lost one piece from all the trips together, but I drove slow too

[inland niche]

I didnt have wacky physics

I did also use the canyons as much as possible

[vague fractal]

First run I tried was before the patch. I barely clipped the corner of a plant and everything went flying.

[inland niche]

After the second haul, at least

[vague fractal]

It is at least better than that now.

[solemn bane]

Maybe they only play tested your machine.

[indigo falcon]

one thing that was very useful was finding that the waste heap 4 was liek 1 min 30 sec from waste heap 3, so I went there and collected instead of going back in between

[inland niche]

Yeah idk how, but I managed to avoid that the entire expedition, lol

[inland niche]

Did you stumble across the second processing plant?

[indigo falcon]

I did always take plants head on

[wanton frigate]

Had that sinking-into-the-earth bug, happened after I spent 5 minutes building a road into the side of a steep mountain. And trying to drive out of the sinking caused 22 items of special recycling to erupt into the air and roll down that mountain.

[indigo falcon]

scanned for it

just to see

[inland niche]

I literally found it by accident

[indigo falcon]

nice

[inland niche]

Its like a minute or so away from the main expedition one

[indigo falcon]

I did find several other waypoints en route though

[inland niche]

I found it very interesting that most of the waste heaps could be reached using canyons as roads 90% of the way

[indigo falcon]

I mostly did not do that, it wasn't convenient. but still avoided spills

however I was on 6.22 the entire time

[inland niche]

Maybe thats how I was able to carry so much, lol

The canyons are smooth

[vague fractal]

Once a waypoint is found, can you do anything with it other than save? Like, pull it up on the log and mark where it was to get back to it?

[inland niche]

Longer paths, sure, but less bumps

[indigo falcon]

just save. and if there's a poi, go do whatever that poi has

[inland niche]

If you discovered it, you can rename it

However, you can only see the last 6 waypoints you discovered

[indigo falcon]

at this point it's safe to say any waypoint near the expd is already discovered

[inland niche]

I kinda wish we could see a list

[vague fractal]

I might as well name them all "Place I'll never be able to find on purpose again".

[indigo falcon]

lolol

[solemn bane]

Drop save beacons and paint them different colors if you want to go back

[inland niche]

I plan to start naming them to indicate what is near them

[indigo falcon]

I don't generally have a desire to revisit waypoints on any save unless the terrain is nice for a base, in which case I'll just drop a bc

[vague fractal]

List of the waypoints? That is what I was hoping for. I saw it shows the last 6 you find, but anything before that is gone. And it has no info like coordinates that could be used.

[inland niche]

Yeah

[vague fractal]

I need a "Orinteering" expedition to add in the ability to map a planet. 😁

[inland niche]

Renaming them makes planetside exploration easier

PLEASE

[indigo falcon]

I spend a lot of time just walking around on planetary surfaces, and I don't know what I would do with a giant list of discovered waypoints

[solemn bane]

It would be great for expeditions, especially this one, incidentally that is the focus of this channel.

[indigo falcon]

I'm still entertained by the fact that I didn't get the pulse spitter until literally the expedition was complete, I kept getting nagged to 'claim new reward' and I kept ignoring it, thought I'd checked and it was nothing Ineeded,like the cakes/bones/etc

[indigo falcon]

for this expd,save beacons is all you need, as you pointed out

[solemn bane]

Unless you forgot to do that, then yer screwed

[indigo falcon]

fair enough

[solemn bane]

It's like the stuff they did with planets in Titan. I didn't know I needed marking planets so damn bad.

[indigo falcon]

oh yeah, that was and isan excellent feature for sure

[solemn bane]

Now let me mark waypoints and auto drive there. Even if I only end up with three pieces of waste by the time I get there at least I could do other stuff, lol.

[indigo falcon]

autodrive? kids are so spoiled these days 😛

[granite stratus]

who else would rather walk then use a shittle, the only ship the expedition gives you is a shuttle, and im like eww no thanks, i'm taking my real ships with me by force, im bringing all my stuff with me, if im gonna do expedition i dont want no hunk of flying junk c class shuttle or hauler, i get that we aint supposed to have any vehichles, but having everything , all my corvettes, all my ships, multitools, and even frighter and frigates in the expedition with me when that's against the rules really puts a stride in my step, makes me feel some dopamine

[indigo falcon]

I would rather walk than use mosst any ship, I like wandering around on foot

though I do not like being shot atby pirates, there is that down side in some systems

[granite stratus]

so i edited my save and gave myself everything

why? because its a long 5 more weeks

[indigo falcon]

lol

[granite stratus]

by giving myself everything i mean i have my corvettes, frighter , all my multitools, all my inventory shit, everything

when errybody else got nothing

wahahhahahah

[indigo falcon]

I mean, if it makes the game more enjoyable for you (and doesn't mean you play for 30 mins and then are bored and quit), then great, go to town

[granite stratus]

maeks me feel like im driving a tractor trailer when erybody else got a rickshaw

or mule

[indigo falcon]

my tendency is to bring nothing in, shrug

different strokes

[granite stratus]

i t-pose in dominance

[solemn bane]

We have the auto fly, and flying is actually meaningful in this game, unlike driving.

[granite stratus]

yall cant bring shit

feels like i got a 10 gauge

when people got a pea shooteer

[indigo falcon]

don't want to as a general rule, it's not how I like to go through the expeditions

[granite stratus]

i like to go thru expeditions and mess around because theres so many players

so many people i can just orbit literally

but i wont fk with people on this one , any wrong turn they will lose cargo

i do not want people to lose their cargo

matter of fact i built roads

im makin a highway right now

[indigo falcon]

if you built them once you completed the expd, those won't be visible to expd players, they patched that out

6.23 patch "fixed" that

[granite stratus]

i aint finish

i aint gonna finish til the last day so people can use my buildings

[indigo falcon]

nice

[granite stratus]

so as long as i turn nothing in, my stuff stays?

[indigo falcon]

exactly

[granite stratus]

good , the highway is gonna be done

in a few hours

[solemn bane]

Should stay regardless

[indigo falcon]

it stays for yo ualways

[granite stratus]

i want people to have it to use too

[indigo falcon]

but visible to expd players, only while you're still in expd mode

[granite stratus]

these hills are unforgivable

and by highway i mean suspension highway

[indigo falcon]

I wonder why I didn't see any of them. even with mp off I should have seen bases if there were any to see

[granite stratus]

ykbow how irl theres those tall highways that are like a bridge but dont go across any water?

[indigo falcon]

uh huh, overpasses, like

[granite stratus]

yeah im making a damn network of overpasses

not for myself but for anyone

[indigo falcon]

we might need some pics in here 🙂

[granite stratus]

since i have personal creaive mode

we might , i did say its gonna take hours

all it is is slabs that go across and up aint it?

are you there right now?

[indigo falcon]

what are you using for the road surface?

[granite stratus]

concrete slabs

no dirt

[indigo falcon]

nah, I completed, I can't save edit (wrong platform) so noway for me to do construction and hang around like I usually do

[granite stratus]

ok so you know floor platforms?

[indigo falcon]

sure

the legacy concrete? those?

[granite stratus]

yes

i have that

[indigo falcon]

nice nice

some of my saves have those pieces, some don't, it's irritating

[granite stratus]

if you saw any fuckin random ass towers those are mine too

[indigo falcon]

no, I didn't see anything. maybe not uploaded soon enough. it can take up to 24 hours for an uploaded base to show up for other players

[granite stratus]

were you mp or sp

im mp

[indigo falcon]

single, but in single player people still see other player bases

[granite stratus]

online or offline

[indigo falcon]

discovery services working, all that (at least as far as I could tell)

I finished up last night

[inland niche]

I mean, if youre just walking around, waypoints display the local sector name

[granite stratus]

doing this offline , the game runs smoother and ur junk doesnt bounce around like a fat guy on a trampoline

[inland niche]

And thats what gets renamed

[granite stratus]

anyone tried to stand in the furnace besides me? it dont hurt you

[inland niche]

Liar

[indigo falcon]

hm admittedly I am a slacker about renaming, I think I renamed one planet once and nothing else ever except for some milestone where we were required to

[granite stratus]

it does not hurt you

do it

[indigo falcon]

anyone try to toss a sentinel in the furnace? 😛

[granite stratus]

yes

[indigo falcon]

a missed opportunity...

[inland niche]

I have trouble thinking of names, but for waypoints I just modify them to include the name of the type of poi

[granite stratus]

why you callin me a liar boy?

[inland niche]

Or if the waypoint is the only thing, I'd name it after a natural landmark

[indigo falcon]

well hats off to you that you have the wherewithal to catalogue that stuff... I'm happy to visit 'em but that's it

[inland niche]

I plan to make an effort to do more planetside exploration

The thing is, I dont like not knowing where I am

[indigo falcon]

some players hvave done a"walk the planet" thing where they walk the entire circumference

[granite stratus]

this truck sucks at gravity

[flat heron]

How did you get up there

[granite stratus]

magic

[inland niche]

Thats just a straight line

[indigo falcon]

uh huh but it takes a good long time

[granite stratus]

not really, few hours most

planets are extremely small

everage one is not even death star size

which is 120 km

[indigo falcon]

a lot longer. I spent the first few days of gameplay not realizing I was really supposed to use my ship to get around. I would get a marker for a minor settlement 8 hours away. say to myself "they don't really mean 8 hours." they did. 8 frickin real time hours. etc

[inland niche]

Lol

[flat heron]

People who are on the expedition can’t see bases on the planet, so I doubt people will use it

[granite stratus]

am i right that average planet is not even over a hundred miles point a to point a

[inland niche]

Yeah I plan to use exocraft for planetside exploration

[raw orbit]

Holy cow how do you do that

[flat heron]

After the patch that is

[granite stratus]

modding

[raw orbit]

Lol

[raw orbit]

Oh shame

[granite stratus]

i have 0 shame

[indigo falcon]

you can not see normal-mode bases. i fsomeone save edits in theexpd to get a base computer, their base should be visble (if uploaded)

[raw orbit]

I thought it was like a bug or smth

[granite stratus]

its a bug caused by modding

[flat heron]

I imagine most of the bases on lostr major probably are not expedition bases

[indigo falcon]

I expect not

[granite stratus]

mods can cause bugs intentionally or unintentionally

bugs that would otherwise not be present

most hate that, me , i enjoy that... it makes the game a new experienc every single time the more i break it

[indigo falcon]

speaking of mods, @inland niche you might look into a mod that would let you keep track of the waypoints. I don't know ifthere is such a thing but it might be possible to write one

[granite stratus]

want new content? break old content

"new" content is made from its corruption

new =/= good, this expedition on its own prooves that

[flat heron]

Need a nms randomizer 🙏

[inland niche]

I mean, if I absolutely need fixed points for navigation, I'd probably put 3 save beacons a decent distance apart so I can triangulate my location

[granite stratus]

im a modder, but im not a good one

im infact the worst , i like to break the game as much as possible

and even more

[indigo falcon]

I guess there are always planetary coordinates for that though

[granite stratus]

why? idk, im fucking bored

i still do not know how to cause this a second time, the invisible vehichle

[inland niche]

Its definitely strange, since I'm fairly sure your player model isnt rendered when riding in a vehicle

[granite stratus]

im mermaidman and barnacle boy

my friend and i on expedition

"wait you aren't supposed to have all of your ships on the expedition, you arent even supposed to leave the planet" me "so" "thats against the rules isnt it?" me "screw the rules i have modding"

am i going to hell for having my corvette and every other ship in this expedition thats against the rules isnt it

[flat heron]

Sean himself is going to show up at your door

[heady pilot]

Not against the rules but completely pointless as you can only import ships once the expedition is finished and if you can import ships then you are on a throw-away save that will be deleted no matter what. So it's a total waste of time and naintes to import ships on a soon to be deleted save after the expedition is finished.

[flat heron]

Considering they are a modder they probably just save-edited the ships onto the expedition instead of spending nanites

[heady pilot]

Not that it matters as it's literally all for nothing.

[flat heron]

It’s for fun :D

[granite stratus]

its a dopamine rush to be able to do all of this shit on a mp game

and not be yeeted

do this kinda shit in a different game bye bye

i come from other games where similar shenanigans got me yeeted, fooling around with mods+glitches to be intentionally funny/annoying

without hurting people that is

hell even minecraft didnt put up with my shit

why does this game?

[solemn bane]

HG don't give a fuck bout nothin

[granite stratus]

thats why this is the best game of all time

you can get away with everything as long as it isnt a real world crime

no other games are like that

nonew

im using very obvious speedhacks and why has no one yeeted me ?

im doin this shit online too its different

i do it to be funny to myself

and maybe someone else

expeditions are like an audience

[solemn bane]

It would be very difficult to tell a hacker from just the usual mp glitches in this game

[granite stratus]

thats how bad mp is?

yeah but how many playes rotate like a fking windmill

[granite stratus]

how many players fly from planet to planet without a ship

other then me, and i mean fast

not 20 mins

"nobody cares" "i dont care that nobody cares, im still gonna"

[solemn bane]

How many fly their collosus? Who knows, because I can't tell hackers from glitches, lol.

[civic jolt]

is it just me or is the Chart Waypoints milestone bugged

its not logging Unknown Sectors

[vague fractal]

Expedition complete. Tomorrow will be the "now what do I do?" phase as I come to terms with never really having learned the normal part of the game before jumping in on hazardous waste hauling. 😁
Thank you all for the expedition info provided here.

[lusty slate]

Considering I've been driving almost complete vertical up ridges and cliffs, I'm mystified that I haven't lost more than 2 pieces per haul so far.

And neat! My unlocked customizations from main carried over.

[solemn bane]

Yeah, it's hit or miss even on the latest patch. Just skip it and finish when you have a ship.

[mossy axle]

How do I complete the first mission of Phase 5 of the expedition? There are no undiscovered animals on the planet that would fulfill all the mission requirements.

[tropic sonnet]

This is it??? It's a job lol.... 10 years and we get a job? They made us a job to do... Collect scrap and dispose of it for resources. I've done this as a side hustle in RL lol
Whoever came up with this, has never worked a real job. In my bases, I can make millions of resources lol I am disappointed...

[solemn bane]

Scan all the animals then upload them in the Discoveries tab. After that both the scanning missions will complete.

[mossy axle]

I've already uploaded all the discoveries, but nothing was counted.

[solemn bane]

You need to register the six animals. It's on the right side of the screen.

[solemn bane]

Yeah, click the animals then register them on the right

[mossy axle]

[vernal vigil]

if you alr uploaded them, it either should auto-complete when you track it, tho if its a softlock they should release a patch soon

[muted granite]

Expedition done. The new Colossus features are nice. Glad it got some much needed TLC. Cyclops eye in particular. Flatbed is a fun novelty. The new cosmetics are decent too.

[lusty slate]

Punting Sentinels into the sky is worth the whole update, honestly. Love explodey basketball.

[dawn atlas]

lost my whole load😣 to some hazardous flora

[muted granite]

Lol. I had hoped bouncing sentinels off the ground would damage them a bit more. And the Sentinel dogs cant be hit with gravity either.

[solemn bane]

More like fallout.d

[dawn atlas]

🫩☠️

[solemn bane]

I was really looking forward to using the grav gun as a weapon for a whole expedition. Instead I was a garbageman for an expedition. lol fml

[mossy axle]

The task description was simply unclear, and it was hard to imagine that there would be a separate button for this task in the fauna tab.

[vernal vigil]

I mean normally you dont have to upload them

its only a secondary failsafe incase you alr scanned everything before that stage

[balmy pagoda]

For the Reorientation Milestone on Phase 4 do we just attack the sentinels with the Gravitino Coil?

[solemn bane]

Grab and repell them. You can do it with just one by grabbing and repelling 32 times rapidly.

[wraith junco]

Sentinel juggle 😆

[gentle schooner]

-13.49, -41.40 on Exp21 planet for smooth terrain waste facility with a highway, also with a nearby waste heap

Also a 2x size Colossus spawner

[wise meteor]

Just finished the expedition. That was different. Wish I hadn't wasted so much time packing my suitcase 😉

[daring gazelle]

if i click stop syncing on xbox what is the chance that i lose like everything?

[wraith venture]

You can just try to sync it again. Can log off or restart the Xbox.

[daring gazelle]

im on xbox game pass

[daring gazelle]

but like what is the chance i lose everything

[wraith venture]

#nms-questions message

[granite stratus]

You won't lose your save dude

[granite stratus]

Xbox only? Or Xbox and PC

[daring gazelle]

xbox game pass on pc

[granite stratus]

Incompatible version?

Is it that one?

If it's that one you just gotta sit it out until the update next drops

Also wtf is PC game pass

I thought it was just console or steam

[granite stratus]

Xbox game pass pc means he is not using steam to play this but he still using a computer

Right?

[granite stratus]

Throw em into the fire or acid

[granite stratus]

This expedition sucked eggs

[granite stratus]

A few good features that were poorly presented in a way too rocky planet

I get that it's 8 wheel drive just this is ridiculous

[wise meteor]

Some of the distances were a bit long but otherwise OK I thought

[wraith venture]

Yeah, they're on Xbox App / Game Pass PC. So not Steam yet, although they wanna move the save to Steam now. I've redirected them to #nms-modding

[eternal swallow]

I have 5/6 flora already. Is there a way to fix this or have I fucked myself?

[solemn bane]

Finish the other milestone and it'll finish that one, too.

[eternal swallow]

Ok cool thanks

[lapis flame]

Had no way to reset the expedition waypoint so I wasted almost an hour...44 minutes to get to checkpoint 3...I hate this game

[hollow shale]

I just realized today that I have to redo ALL the stuff from the expedition just to get most of the stuff in the main game! 😱

I feel betrayed by the devs.

[remote thunder]

have you tried to save+restart game completely and double check colossus appearance options in main save?

[hollow shale]

I got the ones which are explicitly earned by the expedition.
that being offset carriage and spider legs.... and I think the set of tank + wheels.

I'm not missing anything.
It's just that once you go back to the main save, you have to re-earn EVERYTHING else!
Even the flatbed!

[remote thunder]

no, that's the thing, the flatbed should be an account wide unlock, that only requires processing one waste, but if you didnt' save+restart after finishing expedition, that's probably the reason (has happened to others) why your other saves dont see it unlocked

[hollow shale]

only got one save.
after completing the expedition, it's not showing unlocked.

so this is a bug?

[remote thunder]

only got one save.
expedition character started from existing character still counts as a different character for unlock purposes

after completing the expedition, it's not showing unlocked.
as i've asked, did you completely restart the game after finishing expedition and being returned to primary character?

[hollow shale]

I've saved and exited, then loaded game again after doing that, yes.

I thought before you meant creating a new character. 😮

[remote thunder]

and when you goto your colossus geobay, flatbed is locked still?

(note, i mean a full game restart, like quit to desktop, launch again, not just save+exit to main menu for example)

[hollow shale]

it was

I'v since gone to the planet and started going them again

[hollow shale]

yup. fully exited since then

[remote thunder]

then this would be a bug - we've seen other players getting affected by it, but a save+restart fixed it for them.

[hollow shale]

ok thanks for the info

at least it's not on purpose

[remote thunder]

in any case, you shouldnt have a problem unlocking the flatbed again, but if you do, def raise a bug report

the first situation is already a bug, but becoming unable to unlock it in a diff character is a higher priority bug still, especially if the two things are connected

!hg

[unkempt kraken]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[hollow shale]

oh I didn't have trouble unlocking it again.
I just hate hauling stuff >.<

[remote thunder]

ah, good

[hollow shale]

we really should be able to lock the stuff in the back down

[thin dock]

Well, I finally just went ahead and unlocked everything. I found myself rushing through the expeditions for the rewards anyway. It was becoming a grind 😂

I’m going to focus on using the expeditions for extra nanites/$$ on my main save rather then rushing to the end for the final rewards. Maybe even start a few fresh saves on an expedition and continue after the end. It’s great that we have the option on PC. unlock everything and enjoy them rather than grind through them for the final reward

[prime zinc]

heap 3 is kinda far?

surely i won't have to do 15 mins per direction for this

[stone sable]

When do i get my starship?

In the expedition

[remote thunder]

complete all milestones in phase 5

[stone sable]

Ok

[indigo falcon]

you are intended to not use the ship for the duration ofthe expedition. on foot or in exocraft for everything.

[stone sable]

Ye ik but i wanted to get the stuff i put in the anomaly

[indigo falcon]

you might want to have a look at the pinned messages in here, one gives some useful tips about this expd, including about this.

[stone sable]

Thx

[vague fractal]

With only a couple hours on my "main" save, and now the expedition complete with all this stuff, I'm wondering if the expedition could just be my main save to make it all easier. 🤔
Is this possible? Is there a downside?

[eternal iris]

Your expedition save becomes a regular save on completing the last expedition stage, so yes, it is possible to just keep playing it

[vague fractal]

Thanks. That'll be much easier for now. It still says "Community Expedition", so I probably missed a step somewhere. I'll check it out. 👍

[mental geyser]

You maybe can just rename the save to something more meaningful

[silver vessel]

This expedition is brutal. Trying to haul garbage for miles where a slight sneeze knocks all the shit out of the back. How is this stuff not weighed down by a bed gravity well or something?

[vague fractal]

We kept saying the advanced technology of a tarp and some bungee cords would have solved it all. 😁

[vague fractal]

Oh, it isn't the name of the save. It is the...type? The little tag on the left side when looking at the list of saves. Maybe that doesn't change? Either way, I'll get there eventually. This is only the 4th day I've had the game, so there are still one or two things I don't know. 😏

[indigo falcon]

I ran this on 6.22, so your experience may vary, but: I never overloaded the flatbed, max 20 pieces all in one layer; I didn't install any speed upgrades; I drove slowly and gave myself plenty of time to see potholes; I only hit hazardous plants head-on, not on edge. I lost only one piece of cargo across all the trips doing this. Also: I had mp off.

I should do some testing as to speed sometime, see how that impacts likelihood of cargo flying out when going over rough surfaces

[silver vessel]

it's really the elevation that ruins this. Where I am, you have to traverse 70% inclines to get to your destination. If you lose cargo, it rolls for 2 miles to the bottom

[vague fractal]

Multiplayer off seems to be a vital part of this expedition. I don't even think it is a matter of having a better computer would fix it. It just feels like the multiplayer freaks the heck out with everyone in one spot.

[indigo falcon]

yeah, I was on some pretty steep slopes for sure. and I did not want to have to go chasing after a bunch of items...

oh and this is on ps5, with a controller, in case that makes a difference

[silver vessel]

I'm on ps5 as well. I was hoping a tonneau cover was an upgrade during this to prevent this from happening

[indigo falcon]

no such luck

[vague fractal]

Maybe that'll be another expedition: 'Trucker's Union'

[silver vessel]

This whole thing is such an odd addition. Outside of the expedition, I don't see my self doing any of this at all on my main save

[indigo falcon]

it isa pretty goofball addition, but some people say that about fishing too

(which I love tbh, even if it is goofy)

[main dawn]

Tbh this expedition was one of the easier ones

[vague fractal]

I liked this expedition, but I also haven't played much of the rest of the game, so I don't know yet how it will fit in for me.

[main dawn]

It had no difficult challenges

[silver vessel]

I will cut them slack though due to the banger that was voyager last year.

[indigo falcon]

corvette was just amazing eh

[main dawn]

Yeah absolute game changer

[indigo falcon]

and I do think the idea of "space truckers" is pretty entertaining, just that in actual gameplay it's not all that exciting to me

[silver vessel]

I'm sure one of the next couple will be the big update of the year

[indigo falcon]

does make me wonder what they can possibly do next!

[silver vessel]

The only thing that is really cool about this is the colossus customization.

[vague fractal]

This is going to be a very subjective question, but I'm just trying to get a feel for where I'm coming in to the game...
Starting now, with 20 expeditions in the past (that I don't think get repeated), did I miss anything major I can't get another way? Is it mostly integrated to the game afterward?

[indigo falcon]

uhh.. there are a lot of fun things you won't have. but: if you are on pc there is a mod that lets you run past expeditions; the current year's expeditions get rerun at the end of the year on a shortened timetable; sometimes past expeditions are included in that rerun.

I don't want to spoil anything for you by describing some of the rewards, in case you try the mod or do the reruns.

[vague fractal]

I'm not generally a mod person, but I'll check that out once I have a better handle on the game as it is now. Thanks.

[indigo falcon]

you bet

[vague fractal]

Also, if a mod can do it, the info must be there in the files. Maybe as a 10 year anniversary gift, we'll get a way to just run old expeditions natively. (I can dream. 😁 )

[balmy thorn]

This expedition feels like mudrunner

[brave loom]

What's this?

[brave loom]

I enjoyed the Expedition btw, idk why some people complaining and saying it was boring

[balmy thorn]

I mean people are more tuned to quick gratification than actual gameplay

nowadays

[brave loom]

yep nothing makes them happy I guess

[balmy thorn]

(also it kinda sucks to look for dumps)

[brave loom]

the waste dumps on your cargo is a downside for me, whenever I go to far away area my cargo always jumping out of my colossus

[balmy thorn]

Well you know what would make everyone happy?,adding a big dragon-like creature that spews fire and shoots lazers from its eyes

[balmy thorn]

would be cool if there was a way to tie em in place

[brave loom]

that's on light no fire

[brave loom]

true it annoys me

[balmy thorn]

oh yeah,i hope there isnt a multi tool on there and everything is its own separate thing instead

[brave loom]

I don't think it will, I saw bows, shield and sword on different place,

[short patio]

What a shit expedition

Gotta drive up a fricking mountain with an incline of like 90 and loosing all my waste all the time

[vague fractal]

I took a little extra time to find a less risky route rather than pointing back to the facility and running a straight line. Lost time, kept sanity (well...some, anyway).

[twilit gazelle]

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[sharp gorge]

I did notice that when you scan for waste plants, it doesnt show the nearest one all the time.

I knew the one I left wasn't 12 minutes away, so I headed toward a player name I recognized from the last time I was at a plant- was only 3 mins away..

Only took me 4 hours though, helps to check on the other random tasks to do- like scanning minerals- and do those on the way to the waste heaps.

[lusty slate]

Yeah, I'm going to finish it up tonight. Only Sentinel basketball and some driving left.

The 90 degree incline isn't as much of a threat as the bumps. THAT'S when you lose stuff.

[muted wave]

How do I get the petrology milestone, I've scanned everything I can find, and I still need one more

[lusty slate]

There's a small pebble on the darker grey surface type.

[sharp gorge]

Also two in caves

[muted wave]

oh, thanks! that was all i needed!

[lofty root]

I loved this expedition. NMS Truck Simulator. I just didn't appreciate the cargo flying out of my truck at times. Especially if i was on a mountain. lol

[sharp gorge]

The mechanical legs are rlly cool, that made it worth it for me. I gotta catch up on the salvage data for construction blueprints so im gonna use it for traveling planets when i find a decent one without annoying sentinels.

And the excavator attachment could be a quick way to get basic resources without using the mining laser (which I find kinda dull sometimes)

[lofty root]

I never bothered with the mech legs. Do they make traversal smoother? Or just cosmetic?

[sharp gorge]

Not that noticeably I don't think? I'd say mostly cosmetic.

[pallid zealot]

The legs tend to get stuck on Di hydrogen crystals, but I feel like I had a smother ride with them under a speed of like 60

[sharp gorge]

I didn't test it out til the end tho and then I wasn't doing full loads, just completing the diff waste type missions.
Either one gets stuck on the industrial waste too if you run over that.

[obsidian zinc]

The mechanical legs are great, i can go like 80-90 and still have the cargo be safe

[jagged spruce]

actually beachhead might get a re-run this november or december

that's the normandy one

[jagged spruce]

they still do? after 6.23, they kinda fixed it and I've never had them stuck on di hydrogen again

[jagged spruce]

on day 1, it was horrible, gets stuck on everything but after a patch, they fixed it and it's now viable

[lofty root]

oh sweet!

[vague fractal]

I'll keep an eye out. Thanks!

[jagged spruce]

it's pretty easy to get at least 30x salvaged data from just exploring buildings, picking up buried technology parts, damaged pod things

[jagged spruce]

putting on auto-pilot on my corvette and scanning for stuff to collect is infinitely more fun than driving on mountains for 5-10 mins per run

but I will admit it's cool that you have to be strategic about your route to avoid losing cargo

[pallid zealot]

It’s been less, but I still have it happen occasionally

[deft creek]

Remnant Expedition day 1: I have reached the 5th phase

all I have left is get to the 5th trash pile

and back

and find all the creatures in the planet

but tomorrow:3
gnn

[steady rune]

Is there a way to do the expedition without seeing all the people but still being able to play with a friend?

Because the lag is unreal for them, but I’m perfectly okay

[wraith junco]

No closed sesions from what i know

[steady rune]

So..is there a way to help the lag?

Because for them it’s currently unplayable

[jagged sedge]

The current expedition seems to be geared for solo play anyway, they might need to shut off MP for now

[stuck apex]

i play with mp off and permadeath on, my biggest issue is i cant play with auto fish catch on that mode 😢

[stuck apex]

I turned into nanites like 150~salvaged data and I'm not even done with the main artemis/apollo/etc questline yet 😛 They are everywhere!

[stuck apex]

Yeah those are the main time sink, apparently you can chain them and just collect garbage on your way back, just need the 16/16/16 for the 3 other thingies

[fleet field]

Have they fixed the waypoints 🫠

[random canopy]

How much time left to do expedition

[fierce robin]

!exptime

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