Newcomer / Intro White Squares <> ?

Sen Ti · Jan 30, 2015

When leaving a station I know that orange squares (turned diamond shape <>) are other ships to avoid colliding with.

What are the white squares?

cmdr lowest · Jan 30, 2015

FSD wakes?

I.e. points where ships have jumped into hyperspace or supercruise.

Sometimes they are discarded canisters too. (stolen goods)

Check your contacts pane (LH screen)

Sen Ti · Jan 30, 2015

Thank you!

Negative Entropy · Jan 30, 2015

or target it.

I frequently target the <>s in the slot to see if they are coming or going and their type

OamodSias · Jan 30, 2015

Just target it (default: T) and it will tell you what it is.

lolanon · Jan 30, 2015

Empty shape are real people.

Psen999 · Feb 1, 2015

yeah the white ones are FSD Wakes, usually right at the edge of your scanner range, as thats the distance where you are not mass locked.

andyraptor · Feb 1, 2015

Psen999 said:
yeah the white ones are FSD Wakes, usually right at the edge of your scanner range, as thats the distance where you are not mass locked.

not strictly true... if you have your radar zoomed out they can appear all over the screen