Exploration: Scanning
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^like he said^
But: remember to activate the detailed surface scanner, or you will scan dozens of systems without it.... Like me!!!
^like he said^
But: remember to activate the detailed surface scanner, or you will scan dozens of systems without it.... Like me!!!
How do you activate it? I thought it was automatic?
Let me rephrase my question. You can only fit one scanner, the detailed scanner or the advanced scanner.
You ca'n't do exploration with some kind of discovery scanner so if that's the choice you're making, the answer is obvious. You cannot use the detailed surface scanner or get a simple analysis of a body without first 'identifying' it with a discovery scanner of some kind. Even that first star, that gets added to your nav list upon entering a system, is dependent upon having at least a basic discovery scanner on your ship.
right you will always have your default scanner. What I am getting at is, due to your outfit you have to choose only one more scanner. Go with the default and add an advanced (so you gain distance on your scan, or get an surface where you get more Cr on detailed scans.
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And what I'm getting at is, to use a detailed surface scanner, or just the basic scanner fit on all ships that doesn't take a module slot, you HAVE TO have a discovery scanner (basic / improved / advanced) fit to your ship.
There's no choice to make. If you have one slot, you HAVE TO have that slot filled with a discovery scanner of some kind. If you ahve a second slot, you add a detailed surface scanner to increase the profits.
Well. I don't know if it's the same for all of us, but take a look in the systems tab in the right panel of your ship. I had to activate the detailed surface scanner, because it was unchecked. Unfortunately, I've seen it lately, after some dozens of scannings
No. You need only one DISCOVERY SCANNER. After this, you could also mount a DETAILED SURFACE SCANNER, For big earnings in planet/stellar scannings.
NO.
You -have to have- one of: Basic Discover Scanner - Improved Discovery Scanner - Advanced Discovery Scanner
When triggered, those will pulse and add all celestials within 500 / 1000 / infinity lightseconds to your nav tab as 'unexplored' and allow you to target them to get a detailed scan. Also, if you ahve any of these on your ship, you will automatically add to yoru nav tab any bodies you approach within a certain radius as 'unexplored'. This is why the main star of the system shows up on your list a few seconds after you arrive - your discovery scanner adds them because they're close. If you have NO discovery scanner (basic / improved / advanced) then this first star will never get added to your nav tab, and you will not be able to add any bodies to your scanner so you cannot target them to get a detailed scan.
All ships have a 'basic scanner' on them; this has no slot and is on all ships and is unchangeable. It will let you target a body that is 'unexplored' and get basic information - star type, planet type, etc., and get you more cash.
You can also add a 'detailed surface scanner', which takes up an internal slot. If you have one of those on your ship, when you target an 'unexplored' body and complete the scan you get more information - star temperature, atmosphere and planetary composition, etc. This increases the payout you get for having scanned tehse bodies.
Ok so this guy's awful at phrasing it but I'm pretty sure what he means is if you could choose between having a basic discovery scanner+a detailed surface scanner OR having just an advanced discovery scanner, which would you rather do?
I went for the detailed surface scanner first, because I have no issue with using parallax to find bodies, and the extra payout it got me sped my climb up the ladder to the improved and the advanced scanners.
If you're bad at, or lazy about, parallax scanning, then you should improve your discovery scanner first, because finding bodies to scan is more important than getting paid for the few you find, if you're bad at this part.
It is possible to swap out an Advanced for a Detailed Scanner. This will still leave you with the default basic scanner.
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Do that. Then go out into a system and try to scan something.
When you dock again because you cannot add anything - even the star you arrive next to - to your navigation tab in order to target it to scan with the detailed surface scanner, you will understand what I am saying.
When you dock again because you cannot add anything - even the star you arrive next to - to your navigation tab in order to target it to scan with the detailed surface scanner, you will understand what I am saying.
I take it back, he just doesn't understand how the game works.
Just to add to the people who are already saying it, you cannot scan something you haven't "discovered" and you can't discover anything without a D scanner of some sort.