Glad to hear. Yes, forgot to suggest to change the default order to 'hold' and then back to 'sector explorer'. Usually that resets the script variables associated with the ship.

@Assailer

Thank you very much for the assistance.

So I just uninstalled it now and reinstalled the mod and tried again. It appears to be working now.

I monitored the flight path and my ship is now flying in the hexagon pattern. Not sure why that worked but it is.

Mookster,
There might be something wrong with yours, because mine works perfectly. I just checked it, sent a ship to explore, and saw if it followed the hex route. It follows it nicely. Game version v8.03, latest hotfix installed.

Mookster, i will check this in a few days (probably around the weekend).

@Assailer,

I have indeed, my settings are as per the link: https://imgur.com/a/Oe1e558

I have ensured that it is the default option and there are no other orders given to the ship. When I approve it, my ship begins flying in random directions. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

The only other mod I am using is the crystal rarities mod.

Have you verified that your default option is set to sector explorer and there are no other orders given to your ship?

Nah mod is broken. Followed the instructions as per the screenshot.

Scout just flies in random directions and doesn't follow the hexagon pattern as shown in the screenshot.

Running the game with all of the latest DLCs and 8.0 diplomacy update.

How does the satellite probe setting work? because it doesnt doe anything when i tick it off and save or tick it on and save. the ship continues to manually fly through part of the sector go into the next and so forth. im very confused because i am either doing something wrong and dont know what or it doesnt work for me. help or explainations are appreciated.

this works fine, but one only problem by me is that the scout ignored my blacklist of travel im setting and gos into the xeon sector.

Just tested and it works fine in my game.

Make sure you configured the default behavior for that ship and its not running any other order.. like the default explore commands. Check the 3rd attached image, it shows the order queue is empty and default order is set to sector explorer.

Also, there are some mod makers who base their mods on mine and forget to change the mod ID which will cause malfunctions during initialization.

After installing it, it didn't work as expected. No hexagon, ships become numb and the ingame sector command broke, even after uninstalling it.

Hi. I seem to be having some trouble with the mod. When i set their behavior to sector explore, the scouts fly either way above the map plane or way below. Often discovering nearly nothing while doing so. I send them out on the default behaviors the mod comes with. Any thoughts?

Works with 8.0.... I am using it right now

This still works with current patch?

Is there a notification for when a ship finds a data vault? With "visit data vaults" and "notifications" enabled ofcourse.

@Assailer about mimick looping - that MAY be user error on my part, trying to test again now - but I thought they may have just not had anything left to explore?

Thanks Reithan, I will look into the reported issues after the next major patch is out.

The order settings don't seem to look like the mod screenshot here anymore. The option to obey global blacklist seems to be missing, and my exploration ships keep wandering into Xenon fleets in hostile territory and dying.

Thank you!!!!

Taco, that will change the exploration style. Pilot will park at the middle of the sector instead of flying around. It will use a remotely controlled probe to do the exploration which gave better results in fog removal back in the days.

What do Satellite probes do? Great mod, by the way.

Does this behaviour make your scouts ignore sector blacklists?

I keep having my scouts fly into Xenon territory (in defiance of their orders) and die.

you have satellite probe on thats why

Like tom asked, is it possible to change the hexagon pattern to be flown at "0" y? As it is now, my explorers miss most of the stations in the first search, then again miss them all cause theye fly "above" the ecliptic. As it is now I am better off doing the spiral search manual and forget about this script.

They fly there to avoid those pesky asteroids.

Very nice mod! Although I noticed that my ship flies above (+y) the ecliptic plane... Is this intentional or can I change it so it would fly at 0 y? Thanks!

0-2k means how far from the sector core your ship will travel around - disk's radius.

Could i get a more in depth explanation of "Exploration Distance" (0 KM - 20k KM) slider?

I'm still pretty new to the game, and becuse there's no tooltip pop up there, i'm kinda just guessing what it means.

All the other params are pretty pretty obvious though. Also gotta say, i fucking love this mod, btw.
Thanks so much Assailer.

Will use this the MOMENT it is for download else where. Can not stand Steam's auto-install for mods you "subscribe" to.

Love this mod! It's a staple of my early game, probably moreso than any other mod. Especially now with the Sport Ships from Timelines. I am interested in what the "Satellite Probes" option does though. There's no description of it, I know your other mod is the one that actually drops satellites and checking and unchecking doesn't have any noticeable affect on how they go about their job.

Hey so I have 6 scouts out on sector explore. 5 of them just opick a spot and sit there rotating occasionally. If I cancel the order and fly them to the Hex centre and re issue SecExplore they fly back to the same spot to rotate....any advice?

Odd thing happened today. My explorer was in a system with one of my adv satellites and when Sector Explorer kicked in the ship flew straight up quite a ways and then the adv satellite started flying around the sector while the ship sat still. As soon as I canceled the Sector Explorer job the satellite disappeared. I am very confused lol.

Yes, you can configure them to do current system only or keep exploring to next one.

does this make them only explore one system or do they move on once they've discovered everything. id love to not have to micromanage scouts

Hi Assailer, thanks for the quick response. Will try as suggested.

No, but make sure you configured the default behavior for that ship and its not running any other order.. like the default explore commands. Check the 3rd attached image, it shows the order queue is empty and default order is set to sector explorer.

Do I need skilled pilots? My pilot is just doing to normal fly in any directions like normal.

first it locates gates I believe then it will start the hex pattern, at least this is what I have observed

Sadly the mod doesn't work for me.

The scout has explored 10% of the sector in 15 minutes going back and forth as erracticly as the main game.

I have tried checking and unchecking some options to no avail.

I am not using any other mod.

But anyways, thanks for all the nice an helpful mods

It would be cool, if there ist an option to scan all the found stations to at least 50% while exploring a sector.

@Nightfish I have the same issue, ive tried black listing both the faction and the sectors. It MIGHT be that they are ignoring it because there is no where else to explore (at least close by).

Not sure if this is intended, but it seems that this mod ignores blacklists. I've globally disallowed all Xenon sectors and yet my explorers constantly try to go there, with predictable results.

请确保勾选“默认”选项，并在“个人指示”选项卡下指向您新创建的黑名单。

要启动此模组，请打开飞船信息行为面板，然后在导航任务中选择“星区探索者”。

舰长完成距离中心超过 150 公里的每个六边形回合后，即可获得驾驶经验。

扇区核心由开发者为每个扇区单独设置，几乎不会位于 [0,0,0]，但如果您愿意，可以通过复选框强制使用 [0,0,0]。默认使用核心参数。

日志会在启动/停止事件时更新，如果设置了“通知”选项，停止事件也会弹出消息。

尽情享受吧。(后半段)

星区探索者

此模组为您的飞行员添加了一个新的默认任务选项。请使用高速飞船执行此任务。

被分配到星区探索任务的飞行员将在该星区内飞行，访问未知的站点、大门和高速公路。当所有站点、大门和高速公路都被发现后，他们将飞行半径精确到 300-900 公里的六边形区域。

在“个人指示”选项卡下，根据需要调整“星区旅行/星区活动”。例如：
- 创建活动黑名单，选择“敌人拥有的星区”和/或
- 创建旅行黑名单，同时选择“敌人拥有的星区”和“包含危险区域的星区”。

how to remove notification? always notify me even thou its done... thanks

Is there any way to make it possible for other explorer ship to mimic commanders behavior, with sector explorer?

how does satellite probe work?

For me, "Skip Hexagon Pattern" option is unchecked by default but the ship is not exploring in hexagon pattern. Ship started from south-east to straight north-west, then back to south-east to unexplored area.
It is exploring though but not in hexagon pattern

minor thing: If the satelite "drop zone" is in hazardous area, my ships die without warning. Can you include a warning message/alert for such cases? Just in case the lazy X player forgets to exclude such sectors :)
Thanks for the mod.