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CHokKA said:
You've then got to restock your limpets from the ship restocking tab, where you buy fuel and ammo etc. It's second or third icon from the bottom on the left.
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This was painful! Thought I'd restocked all and then "out of limpets" at the crash site. Managed to work out (I think) you a) need cargo space to store the limpets (assuming the collected cargo replaces that limpets cargo space) and b) you restock via the Advanced Maintenance sub-menus!

e: well that was a complete waste of time. All limpets expired and zero cargo collected. Pffft.
 
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darkgen said:
This was painful! Thought I'd restocked all and then "out of limpets" at the crash site. Managed to work out (I think) you a) need cargo space to store the limpets (assuming the collected cargo replaces that limpets cargo space) and b) you restock via the Advanced Maintenance sub-menus!

e: well that was a complete waste of time. All limpets expired and zero cargo collected. Pffft.
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How many limpets did you take with you? They shouldn't be expiring for at least 5 - 10 minutes depending on the grade of controller you picked up.
 
darkgen said:
well that was a complete waste of time. All limpets expired and zero cargo collected. Pffft.
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CHokKA said:
How many limpets did you take with you? They shouldn't be expiring for at least 5 - 10 minutes depending on the grade of controller you picked up.
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Collecting raw materials from crash sites (or brain trees / crystalline shards) with limpets involves a specific technique, you can't just fire the limpets and have them bring back the goodies.


Edit: This only applies to surface sites. High Grade Emissions signal sources can be collected just by launching your limpets (and opening your cargo scoop). Since they boosted the amount of materials you can get per signal source, this is the only sensible way to collect manufactured mats.
 
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CHokKA said:
How many limpets did you take with you? They shouldn't be expiring for at least 5 - 10 minutes depending on the grade of controller you picked up.
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rgrocott said:
Collecting raw materials from crash sites (or brain trees / crystalline shards) with limpets involves a specific technique, you can't just fire the limpets and have them bring back the goodies.


Edit: This only applies to surface sites. High Grade Emissions signal sources can be collected just by launching your limpets (and opening your cargo scoop). Since they boosted the amount of materials you can get per signal source, this is the only sensible way to collect manufactured mats.
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That link was helpful. I was hovering over the crash site and I could see the materials canisters on the ground and without targeting (not for lack of trying) anything I fired off a limpet. I could see it fire and then a few seconds it died or expired or whatever the phrase was. Reading that link suggests i was far too close to the ground. Even though I opened the cargo scoop prior to firing any limpets, firing them seemed to open and close it automatically?!
 
darkgen said:
Even though I opened the cargo scoop prior to firing any limpets, firing them seemed to open and close it automatically?!
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When you launch a limpet while your cargo scoop is open, it looks for a moment like your cargo scoop closes, but it should then show as open again once the limpet's finished launching. Sometimes I mistakenly try to open it again in that situation, which actually ends up closing it!
 
darkgen said:
That link was helpful. I was hovering over the crash site and I could see the materials canisters on the ground and without targeting (not for lack of trying) anything I fired off a limpet. I could see it fire and then a few seconds it died or expired or whatever the phrase was. Reading that link suggests i was far too close to the ground. Even though I opened the cargo scoop prior to firing any limpets, firing them seemed to open and close it automatically?!
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Yeah you were too close I'd say. I find it easier to land on the planet and gather the resources manually from the SRV. I usually do that whilst watching a YouTube video or something!
 
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CHokKA said:
Yeah you were to close I'd say. I find it easier to land on the planet and gather the resources manually from the SRV. I usually do that whilst watching a YouTube video or something!
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It's pretty annoying only having 4 cargo space in the SRV and playing finding the magical spot to allow transfer between ship! I'm going to endure to get the FSD completely to engineered level 4 and then see about upgrading shields and weapons but first I'll go sit on some RES sites to pinch some bounties!
 
darkgen said:
It's pretty annoying only having 4 cargo space in the SRV and playing finding the magical spot to allow transfer between ship! I'm going to endure to get the FSD completely to engineered level 4 and then see about upgrading shields and weapons but first I'll go sit on some RES sites to pinch some bounties!
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Dont forget your Kill Warrant Scanner
 
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