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- Thread starter Hamrhed
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Not sure if the discovery scanner is the one that comes as standard but I do make most of my money from cartography data. I'm not greedy. It's just nice side cash which keeps me going. Unless I get bored and attack a pirate. Then I usually have to pay the insurance on my ship.
I've been taking a pay cut so I can grab some engineering items but I find myself caring less about that now. It feels like too much of a grind. I'm exploring instead.
I'll probably get back to the engineering stuff at some point though.
The engineering unlocks are fun and give you direxct benefits in terms of ship performance. Persevere.
I did get a little drive boost so they are pretty cool. I'd just rather explore nebulas for now. Like I say, I'll get back to it and gank Sir Ganksalot at some point.
The discovery scanner is the one that is built in that you honk and lets you do the Frequency Survey Scan or FSS to find out more about the system.
The one you have to buy is the Detailed Surface Scanner or DSS that you can use to map planets and rings in a way that looks as if you are nuking them from orbit to be sure.
The thing with the materials is you can accumulate them steadily as you play your normal game, and can use the material traders to swap around what you have found for what you need, though the exchange rates can be awkward.
Making some effort just to unlock either of the first two engineers that work on the frame shift drive and thrusters as even a grade 1 upgrade can do wonders to your ships performance.
I've not tried the FSS but I did use the survey scanner properly for the first time as I headed out of the bubble. It seems a bit iffy though. Sometimes it makes a clear mark where you hit the planet and sometimes it doesn't. The dev team needs to fix that, I think. Scanning planets is a grind but it'd at least be more challenging and enjoyable if I knew where I last hit the things.
Something amiss there - I have not seen this - I always see the impact and scanned area.
Yeah, I would probably advise people to give their engines a little boost. Maybe not worry about your weapons so much.
Huh? Maybe it's just me then. Apologies, Devs, if I just have a garbage PC.
... or keep missing the planet.
Okay, now you're just viciously insulting me, Para Handy.
You did see the winking smiley I suppose. Or maybe I should instead of using that actually write ONLY TEASING ? (sorry, I can't find a flashing colour font)
The only times I don’t see the mark are when I forget to check the other side of the planet, hit the same place, hit a ring or most commonly just miss. I don’t recall marks not showing being a bug though showing complete early was one, which did make marking the fall of shot tricky.
I didn't even realise you could discover rings until I hit one by accident. That's how great my aim is.
I feel like this thread might have missed the point, or I am.
What does the above quote mean? Did you look at the plotted route and see it turned to dashed lines and conclude you could not make it? That plotted route only shows how far you could go if you do not use the scoop along the way. The only thing that should prevent you making it is if you lack enough jump range.
What am I missing here?
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