Help anyone xxx
I am trying to get to a planet with my glyphs from NMS to find a certain creature again
I have the glyphs
I have tried over five portals but can’t get the portals to open with the blue finger thingy after Ihave loaded the glyphs.
I put the glyphs in and then nothing happens so I press return
Nothing happens
What am. Ding wrong?
Als want to reset the portals as they don’t clear after several days
Again is it Me or a NMS problem
Any help would be so useful
Thanks xxx
OK, I went and found a portal - because I haven’t used one in anger for a long time.
From your description, it sounds like you haven’t charged the portal.
When you use a portal for the first time, you need to open up the pillar and charge all the glyphs.
You click on the first glyph, and it will ask you for a small amount of some mineral. You insert the mineral, then move on to the second glyph, then the third, fourth, etc. Only when you have charged all sixteen glyphs will the “blue finger” appear - and only after that can you enter a destination glyph address.
You will need to have a little stock of minerals with you when you first try to use a portal. I suggest building a small base near your portal of choice, then you can return there whenever you like (for instance, after collecting the necessary minerals).
And if I am not mistaken, after not using a portal for a long time, I remember having to recharge each glyph again…
Thank you, I play in creative so all I need to do is click on the glyphs and I see them go to 100% each time…and did all 12 of the one needed
Normally that is enough for the blue tube thing to happen but at the moment it doesn’t do it
I think I will report to zen desk x
Thanks again
So you’re not getting the option that says activate? Has it worked before for you?
In Normal mode it happened to me once that I had one unit of an element missing (e.g. I had 15 instead of 16) and I thought I had charged them all but one was only partially charged. But you said you are in Creative, and you tried several portals, hmmmm.
I didn’t see anyone complain on Reddit or so about them not working. Can you post screenshots?
(In 8 years, I have never gotten any reaction to any of my bug descriptions, even the duplicates that have been fixed for everyone are all still open and unread. I’m curious whether you get a response nowadays!) 
Ah, my apologies. I tried creative mode for a couple of hours when it was first introduced, but I haven’t used it since - so I have very little knowledge of how it works.
All I can really say is that yesterday I tested a new portal in normal mode, and it seemed to work OK. I didn’t notice any particular problems.
No never get a response but I truly believe the reports are noted and helped to fix…my goodness that job must be enormously complex
Will try again to activate the portal and get a screen shot
I’ve been using these glyphs in the picture below but there are only 12 !
So somehow have I lost a couple of glyphs ?
Am trying to get back to that planet to find that animal again I have looked in the discoveries but failed to find
Thank you for your reply x
I have just checked for a time when I use 12 glyphs only which did work to send me to the planet I had requested…so it isn’t that there aren’t enough glyphs…the mystery deepens x
I have been able to use them before so this is a new problem for me
Do you know how to refresh/ clear the portals so one can enter a new destination please ? They aren’t clearing for me even after a few days and new starts to the game
Firstly, you have renewed my interest in portal travel. I haven’t played with them for years, so it’s a voyage of discovery for me, too.
Secondly, there are sixteen glyphs in all. When you first activate a portal in normal mode, you have to prime all sixteen with minerals - but that’s only to get the portal started and functioning. To use the portal for travel, however, the addresses only consist of 12 glyphs - so what you describe seems to be as it should be.
As I said, I found, opened, and used a portal yesterday, and didn’t notice any problems - but I will play around a bit more, and do some investigating.
Just to clarify, let’s go through the steps: Glyphs appear in two places:
In front of the portal is a cylindrical control panel that comes out of the ground. Here you must charge all 16 glyphs. Click on each of the 16 “buttons” and then click various elements (should be easy in creative since you get all elements for free). It’s always 16 buttons, no matter how many glyphs your character has learned from travellers, no matter whether the address is 12 glyphs long.
After charging the portal, a dialogue opens with the choices: “activate”, “request address”, or “return”. You said you chose “leave”…? Can you click “activate” here? That opens a second dialog where you actually dial the 12-glyph target address. And here only your learned glyphs will be at your disposal.
Am I summing this up correctly?
Oh so I have been doing it all wrong !! My goodness
Thank you so much for this I will try again
I have been putting the glyphs address in straight away
Can’t believe I had somehow got this so wrong and yet have at times done it properly
Do the glyphs have to be done in order number order ?
Thank you so much for your time in this for me
I am an older player and really a NMS is the only game I play so I am very inexperienced
Well now I will set off and try again
Hurray hurray I have done it…now I can find my reindeer for my Always Christmas base xxx
Thank you loads xxx
Well done. I’m happy it worked. Enjoy your Christmas!
A reindeer, of course! 
Merry Christmas to you to!
That snowman is awesome! 
Oooo thank you…that means a lot to me you saying that… did you go I have been hanging about but decided to go looking for a reindeer on another planet… x
Lo. I am just waking up and feeding my pets here. I will jump in as soon as my morning rounds are completed
