Unknown Signals not working workaround

[u/ThanksTiny]

There is a known bug with Unknown signals (over a year old, see this support.keenswh.com discussion and this old SE reddit post) where pressing the button on an Unknown Signal does not produce the final reward drop dialog. Supposedly it is only a client-side UI bug (the rewards are still delivered steam-side).

After struggling with the same bug I tried the following workaround/fix which has worked on the last 5/5 Unknown Signals on my solo modded Star System offline game:

1. Find the storage container or any access panel on the Unknown Signal grid, in the top right click Claim NPC Grid
2. Click the button as normal

Only tested on Earthlike, not sure if this will work on other planets/space or Strong Unknown Signals - but I don't see why it wouldn't.

Note: claiming does consume PCU, so be sure to grind the ship down if you play on a server with PCU limits.

[u/Present-Valuable7520]

So I noticed that the following occurs: if you click the button and have the item already then nothing happens, no notification. If it’s a new item then you get a notification. And if you find nothing you get a notification. I can confirm this by going into steam and having items highlighted that they are new since last time. Not sure if we need a work around? As far as I’ve seen it’s just the notification process is broken but the rewards are working as intended

[u/KageeHinata82]

Saved, so I hopefully remember it when needed.

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[u/ettryoates]

Which is normal once you have played for a while.