Detailed Surface Scan, How Does It Work?
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You should have two scanners - which one was practically on all the time? Also, numbers are bugged atm.
The DSS is a passive addon to the normal scanner (not the discovery scanner) all you have to do is lock onto the planets and let it scan automatically.
Also, as eddy mentioned at the moment level 2 and 3 scan numbers are mixed up, as long as you have the dss then you get credit for a level 3 regardless of what the stats screen says
Also, as eddy mentioned at the moment level 2 and 3 scan numbers are mixed up, as long as you have the dss then you get credit for a level 3 regardless of what the stats screen says
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Both. Sorry. I was inspecific. X_X When I said "my scanner was practically always on", I mean the DSS. But both of them (DSS and ADS) were always online except for the two times I had to repair modules because of pilot error.
Well what I mean is at the sell the data screen, only like, maybe 10% of the planets seemed to have the "Detailed Scan" tag under the planet name. Does it have the same range as the non-module scanner that all ships have?
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Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Discovery Scanner only find bodies, it has some use at low range when run passively but youd'd have a way easier time by assigning it to a firegroup and fire it. Basic DS and Intermediate DS have ranges of 500 & 1000 LS. ADS finds all bodies in the system, you have still to surface-scan them. The passive range might just be large enough to catch the nearby star and nothing else.
The DSS(Detailed Surface Scaner) is an upgrade on your internal Surface Scanner(which is integrated, not a module).
With the DSS (or the integrated SS) you need to select a body, look in its direction and be close enough(depending how big the target is), once the 3 criteria are met, it should start scanning.
Just do it on a star if you havent done it yet. Then try a nearby planet, you may have to get closer for the scan to begin.
You have to wait until it's done and then the scan will count.
And if noone has scanned it before(and sold the data) you'll get your 'discovered by' tag on those surface-scanned bodies when you sell the data plus a bonus for the discovery(And no mater if someone did a scan before you if they havent sold anything yet). Just dont die before you return 'home'.
You need a B/I/ADS to be able to select bodies. But this wont count as discoveries if you dont surface-scan anything.
The DSS(Detailed Surface Scaner) is an upgrade on your internal Surface Scanner(which is integrated, not a module).
With the DSS (or the integrated SS) you need to select a body, look in its direction and be close enough(depending how big the target is), once the 3 criteria are met, it should start scanning.
Just do it on a star if you havent done it yet. Then try a nearby planet, you may have to get closer for the scan to begin.
You have to wait until it's done and then the scan will count.
And if noone has scanned it before(and sold the data) you'll get your 'discovered by' tag on those surface-scanned bodies when you sell the data plus a bonus for the discovery(And no mater if someone did a scan before you if they havent sold anything yet). Just dont die before you return 'home'.
You need a B/I/ADS to be able to select bodies. But this wont count as discoveries if you dont surface-scan anything.
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