Discovery Scanner "HONK"
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I think of the honk from the alien ship in Battleship
I'm actually kind of for this
You're letting off a gigantic pulse that reflects back all the stellar objects in the system. This must be a hyperspace thing for it to make sense (in Elite: Legacy it's mentioned that there are several kinds of comms - laser for direct ship to ship, and hyperspace for superluminal distances, so a hyperspace ping seems to fit in with that).
That cannot be good for the station's systems if you let one off nearby. And it would be kind of hilarious to suddenly get attacked for doing it... I'd certainly find it funny.
Though the inevitable tidal wave of complaints will probably mean it's never implemented, heheh.
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I'm actually kind of for this
You're letting off a gigantic pulse that reflects back all the stellar objects in the system. This must be a hyperspace thing for it to make sense (in Elite: Legacy it's mentioned that there are several kinds of comms - laser for direct ship to ship, and hyperspace for superluminal distances, so a hyperspace ping seems to fit in with that).
That cannot be good for the station's systems if you let one off nearby. And it would be kind of hilarious to suddenly get attacked for doing it... I'd certainly find it funny.
Though the inevitable tidal wave of complaints will probably mean it's never implemented, heheh.
It's a good point you have there though - since it does take time to fire the DS, it can't really be done 'by accident'.
Elite being the way it is - a station would likely blast you to bits for setting one off so close to them.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=101224
This is a good time to dig up this old thread, have a look at the video
This is a good time to dig up this old thread, have a look at the video
I love the Honk so much I have it as my ring tone. Gets me some strange looks from people but so far no-one has admitted to knowing what it is... I guess ED is not played by many scousers!
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Yeah i find it just a little too loud.. 'Thought it was just me though as I am a sensitive flower.
Can anyone teach me how to hack into the audio files and replace it with "Oola"
That will only work in Sol, around Mars....
Could replace it with a microwave oven sound effect.
*ding!*
"Scan's done."
*ding!*
"Scan's done."
this was a stupid addition to the game that adds nothing except hate for it.
I think it more sounds like BRAAAAAAAAAWWWWW!
Can anyone teach me how to hack into the audio files and replace it with "Oola"
Like as in a breathy Ooh La la? Or what were you thinking of?
I could do without the honk too though to be honest - it's a comedy soundeffect that should have been replaced on release. I'd like it if there was some kind of scanner flash on using the discovery scanners, like the broadcast active ping disrupted the scanner sensors, and a related big flash in SC visible to other ships for the whole discovery scanner range.
Can we have a decal with "Honk if you're a discoverer" now, please?
