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Ok this may be a mistake on by my part, but I wanted to verify with this with the board. While I'm surveying, its states that a new waypoint has been created. This new waypoint does not ever change, it appears that its locked in one position. Then I try to deactivate and this does not help the situation either. I have also tried to delete the waypoint but alas this does not provide any results. Does anyone have any suggestions on why this is happening, or a way around this issue? Or is this a known issue? Or am I just surveying incorrectly. This waypoint just does not want to change even if I change elements or surveying devices, such as flora, or mineral.. Any suggestions would be greatly apprecieated. Thanks~

use the datapad to create delete or rename any waypoints. The sat-map is buggered.

I also noticed this. I happened to me after I did a lot of surveying. It seemed to work for a while (updating waypoints), then stopped updating, and I couldn't create a new one, rename one or anything. It seemed to fill up some invisible memory somewhere.

I solved it by logging off and logging back on.

The only luck I've had with this bug is to log out and restart.

once you survey again it will set a new waypoint

it's not always locked in one posistion and destroying and/or deactivating it should definantly take it off

I couldnt delete old resource waypoints or create my own WPs in my datapad so I /bugged it.

I noticed this happening as well, also noticed that the survey waypoint seemed to 'lock' after it set itself in specific areas (i.e. in water/shallow stream etc). You can not delete once this occurs, you can not rename, you can not add another waypoint. The only thing you can do is activate or de-activate the waypoints.I also had someone send me a waypoint andI could save it, but not see it. After logging off, and logging back in, you can delete the survey waypoint, and any others that you added after it started 'locking'

It is a strange bug indeed, it's almost like the datapad just gets tied up, and cant refresh itself..... all the other actions that create waypoints seem to work, the datapad just refuses to update. (maybe the datapad is running some future version ofwinblows

Thanks everyone for the insite... I will try these suggestions!

I've just noticed the same problem. Additionally, if I open the datapad and try to create a waypoint of my own it doesn't show up! The first time I noticed this, I, of course, hit the "New Waypoint" button several times, so when I relogged in my datapad had about 6 extra waypoints... lol

Logging off and relogging on fixed it for a while

It's good to see that im not the pnly one with WP problems.
But im not satisfied with disconnecting every time i have done surveying.

The question is: Do the developers know about this problem? are they doing something about it?

This is a bug that I run into constantly. However it is not necessary to log off. If you travel by shuttle to another town the ability to set waypoints is regained. When it happens to me I take a couple of crafting missions to a different town and start surveying again.

Known issue, yep. And has been for quite some time. It's caused by surveying while running, or while the game THINKS you are running. Due to lag, you can appear to be standing completely still, yet the game hasn't caught up yet, and still thinks you're moving. If you create a waypoint under these conditions, whether manually or by using a survey tool, waypoints become bugged in your datapad in the manner you described.

No need to completely log out. Just hit Shift+Esc and choose "disconnect". When you reconnect, the problem will be fixed (until it gets bugged again).

I have much better luck surveying while walking, strangely enough. I have my survey tools and my "Survey Resources" macrohot-keyed on the bottom of a toolbar. This means I have to hold down the Shift key to survey. When I'm tracking down a resource, I will hold down the shift key for about 5 seconds before hitting the F8 button to "Survey Resources". Holding the Shift key down forces my character into a walk. It's not foolproof, but I seem to be able to create active waypoints to the highest concentrations for much longer before I get this waypoint bug.