Resource mission bug

[Zamiex]

While doing a mission for antigone to find 3.88m3 ice, i find 3.9 but still says too few resources detected...

Been all over the sector but cant find any area better than this....

See screens for details;

Resource Probe
https://paste.pics/dceb6ae7a2f24e0770fc31488fdf7371
Mission
https://paste.pics/27e3fda7c1ad91927785a944ef0985d0


Resource missions can randomly be quite difficult ive found and usually skip them due to randomness but rewards i want makes me waste hours flying around a sector trying to find a good spot...

Even better sometimes even when surrouded by ice probe says theres nothing there.....
https://paste.pics/ad5c526a5bda5a4d5eabb631bd8efd30


Nope no ice here, just your imagination....
https://paste.pics/4822dd506435153b25737fb0c6f1fb0e
https://paste.pics/dafab3924c7d1fa8656c03c8a4484b0c

[Alan Phipps]

Probably this issue.

[Zamiex]

thanks, that explains it...

So likely what I'm actually finding there is 3.85 to 3.87....sigh ok.

would it be so hard to add a single decimal to resource probe output


the other later screens are a bit weirder though, ice all around yet probe shows 0.
Doesent seem to be a range thing since in one of my examples an asteroid with clear ice in it has a probe almost kissing it...

[Oloka]

That does not explain below issue:

Even better sometimes even when surrouded by ice probe says theres nothing there.....
https://paste.pics/ad5c526a5bda5a4d5eabb631bd8efd30

I can confirm above ... plus an other case when there was nothing around according to a short range scanner (empty asteroids) however probe detected a good spot (?). I do not have a save for that but I think it is a common thing probes shows resources differently than the scanner. Looks like there is some discrepancy between probes and what short scanner shows.

[chip56]

I can confirm above ... plus an other case when there was nothing around according to a short range scanner (empty asteroids) however probe detected a good spot (?). I do not have a save for that but I think it is a common thing probes shows resources differently than the scanner. Looks like there is some discrepancy between probes and what short scanner shows.

Not only a discrepancy, its complettly independant. Forget trying to find a good spot in vanillar other than trial and error. While theoretically you could at least find spots with ressources in long range mode that doesnt give you a lot of info how much is there. Your best bet would be to just look on the map and queue a ton of drop orders on a fast ship in the colored spots.
Or you could play modded and use something like sector satelites to find the best spot for each ressource in a sector.