Change in Scanner Behavior

Engadine · May 27, 2016

With the release of 2.1 has the behavior of the scanners changed?

I'm now getting notification of...

20 Objects discovered
3 Objects discovered
1 Objects discovered

On landing in a System and Honking.

Before 2.1 I was just getting the standard 1 Objects followed by the result of the Honk X Objects.

Arnoldo · May 27, 2016

seeing the same... how odd

MarcusVatta · May 27, 2016

I think the range of the passive discovery scanner has been increased. Previously it was 2 Ls. Now I think it's 100-200 Ls.

Arnoldo · May 27, 2016

MarcusVatta said:
I think the range of the passive discovery scanner has been increased. Previously it was 2 Ls. Now I think it's 100-200 Ls.

sounds plausible, will attempt to validate when I next see it happening..

Engadine · May 27, 2016

Arnoldo said:
seeing the same... how odd

It is rather.

MarcusVatta said:
I think the range of the passive discovery scanner has been increased. Previously it was 2 Ls. Now I think it's 100-200 Ls.

Thanks, could be this. However, why do I still get the odd 1 Object?

If this ws now the case you'd expect a count for everything 100-200 Ls and then another count from the Honk.

Arnoldo · May 27, 2016

Engadine said:
It is rather.

Thanks, could be this. However, why do I still get the odd 1 Object?

If this ws now the case you'd expect a count for everything 100-200 Ls and then another count from the Honk.

The 1 object is typically the primary star, the smaller number likely to be the passive results and the third figure the results of the ADS honk?

MarcusVatta · May 27, 2016

It's almost like there's a second passive scan, like a hidden honk of a basic discovery scanner.

Engadine · May 27, 2016

I'll have to try and test it some more, but just had this one...

Arnoldo · May 27, 2016

Arnoldo said:
sounds plausible, will attempt to validate when I next see it happening..

This is correct, check the LHS panel as soon as you see the object count listed, you'll find it ties in.

Primary
Under 100Ls (need to test further to get correct distance)
Over 100Ls

Engadine · May 27, 2016

The time taken to complete the Honk does seem to be faster than before, which is good.

MarcusVatta · May 27, 2016

I wonder if the passive scan works without a discovery scanner installed? I'm pretty sure that it did not in 2.0...

Freebird · May 27, 2016

There were a few reports raised about this during Beta, take a look here and here

I haven't noticed it since 2.1 went live, but I'm only using a basic scanner. If it's still happening it maybe needs reporting more.

Roqinn · May 28, 2016

I noticed the same thing when I honked a system. Thought it odd. Can't say as I like it either.

Codger · May 28, 2016

Engadine said:
However, why do I still get the odd 1 Object?

It now detects your head as an object. I'm sure it's a bug they will fix in time.

Kuroshio · May 28, 2016

Arnoldo said:
This is correct, check the LHS panel as soon as you see the object count listed, you'll find it ties in.

Primary
Under 100Ls (need to test further to get correct distance)
Over 100Ls

I can confirm this for at least <60 Ls without honking. (And I put it on extended range of the 'FSD gravitational wave scanner' or whatever it is that let's objects close by be discovered as well.)

TruffleSnout · May 28, 2016

I can confirm that it will not passively detect a planet at > 70 Ls. Jumped into a system and got a 10 Objects message, which was the primary + 9 asteroids. The first planet was the 11th item, and it was at 70.2 Ls.

Kalpa · May 28, 2016

This could also be due to something less obvious, such as changes in how they handle data networking server-side or other technical shenanigans.

SnowGhost · May 29, 2016

I just had a case of the discovery scanner not discovering, well, anything.

ie, the double honk bug, is back.

X-Terminator · May 29, 2016

My ADS has not picked up any bases on the Landable Planets even though I have a Depot to Deliver a Mission to. Nothing in Nav Panel nor Maps shows anything on them yet I've tried all places to honk at including close to the Nav Beacon.

Kalpa · May 29, 2016

X-Terminator said:
My ADS has not picked up any bases on the Landable Planets even though I have a Depot to Deliver a Mission to. Nothing in Nav Panel nor Maps shows anything on them yet I've tried all places to honk at including close to the Nav Beacon.

From the other forum reports I've seen, missions can be bugged. Also, if it's your first time in an uncharted system, bases will show up as <unexplored> along with their planet. Scanning the planet will reveal them.