Detailed surface scanner question

Trip

T
Why does the detailed surface scanner sometimes not tell you what sort of planet it is once the scan has completed?
Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't, is there a reason for this I'm missing?
 

Valije

Valije
If they don't have atmosphere you get a couple of bars to guide you in the approach to the planet for landing, in the same way as you were trying to dock in a station. If they have atmosphere you don't have those bars but the planet information.
 

Trip

T
I'm probably not being clear, my bad. I mean when you target an unexplored planet and it starts scanning, then when it completes it says, for example, 'rocky planet'. Then other times it doesn't.
 

Faded Glory

Faded Glory
Trip said:
I'm probably not being clear, my bad. I mean when you target an unexplored planet and it starts scanning, then when it completes it says, for example, 'rocky planet'. Then other times it doesn't.
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While this won't really be helpful, I've never had the DSS not identify a body once it has scanned... Not really sure what to suggest, sounds like a bug to me.
 

Qohen Leth

Qohen Leth
Trip said:
I'm probably not being clear, my bad. I mean when you target an unexplored planet and it starts scanning, then when it completes it says, for example, 'rocky planet'. Then other times it doesn't.
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Yeah, most probably some network wibbley-wobbly thing. DSS never fails as a module.
 

iain666

iain666
You want to get yourself ED Discovery, then you can configure it to display the full planet details in an overlay when the scan completes.

You can even get it to read them to you if you want :)
 

Trip

T
Let me try and illustrate with a recent example, this was a rocky ice world, note the scanner has finished and I have kept this targetted the entire time. Why isn't it telling me its a rocky ice world here, yet in the system map it does?

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Caointean

Caointean
Because it's a landable planet so the target info panel turns to planetary approach mode showing your speed and distance to target rather than the planet info.
 
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