HELP. with scanner ID PLEASE

CHristina · Mar 8, 2015

Can someone point me to a link, That shows me what all the blibbs and blobs mean on the scanner .. there is nothing in the manual?
( WHY NOT?).
I get the colours yellow -neutral-green =friendly - red =runaway.

BUt all these changes since Pbeta.. and I have no idea what they all mean now. solid and clear/"boardered" yellow squares and triangles, white ones too.. and how do you manage the scanner in super cruise? I see ships Zipping across from one side to the other in a second! and planets appear to grow the shrink but are still right next to me?..just getting a bit crowded on that scanner.

kaaldesh · Mar 8, 2015

The appearance and colour of a contact marker contains a flickering marker indicates that the contact has such a weak signature that it is not properly resolved. Unresolved contacts cannot be targeted, and there is not yet any further information available. To resolve a contact,fly towards it.

A square contact indicates that its weapon hard points are retracted, while a trianglular contact indicates that its weapon hard points are deployed.

A hollow marker indicates that the contact is a human commander, a fellow member of the Pilots Federation, while a solid colour marker indicates it is not.

Large asteroids are shown as a simple outline.

• Hostile contacts are coloured red.

• Neutral contacts are coloured orange.

• Allied contacts are coloured green.

• Contacts representing structures and anomalies are coloured white.

• A contact that flashes white signifies that it is currently attacking your vessel

http://hosting.zaonce.net/elite/website/assets/ELITE-DANGEROUS-GAME-MANUAL.pdf

pg 14

I made this in case others would like a visual. Though, I'm not sure if CMDRS can even be green at the moment

Gavski · Mar 9, 2015

there is nothing in the manual?
( WHY NOT?).

A square contact indicates that its weapon hard points are retracted, while a trianglular
contact indicates that its weapon hard points are deployed.
A hollow marker indicates that the contact is a human commander, a fellow member of the
Pilots Federation, while a solid colour marker indicates it is not. Large asteroids are shown as
a simple outline.
• Hostile contacts are coloured red.
• Neutral contacts are coloured orange.
• Allied contacts are coloured green.
• Contacts representing structures and anomalies are coloured white.
• A contact that flashes white signifies that it is currently attacking your vessel.

P.15 of the manual.

Also try adjusting the scanner range; it can help make things look clearer, leaving only closer objects visible.

DaveL · Mar 9, 2015

i may have smillar question that i havent found answer to..

What is this thing under scanner? it moves to different positions but i havent figured its purpose..

Cody · Mar 9, 2015

The scanner range setting, I think.

Jack Shaftoe · Mar 9, 2015

Cody said:
The scanner range setting, I think.

Yes, that's the zoom slider. You can set the keybinds to adjust it under the Options menu. I used to mess with it, but it auto-zooms itself pretty well, so now I just leave it alone.

clivewil · Mar 9, 2015

Jack Shaftoe said:
but it auto-zooms itself pretty well, so now I just leave it alone.

same here. if i have trouble resolving a target further out, simply de-selecting the current target will make it switch to the highest range

CHristina · Mar 9, 2015

SO what are the purple squares..( I have not adjusted the colour to the HUD, I'm using the standard 'in game' version.)?

and sometimes have brackets around them ,regardless of colour.

starjump · Mar 9, 2015

CHristina said:
SO what are the purple squares..( I have not adjusted the colour to the HUD, I'm using the standard 'in game' version.)?

and sometimes have brackets around them ,regardless of colour.

Purple? You nibbled on the funny stuff?

Second post by kaaldesh is what i see. Maybe i missed the purple ones.

khaitom · Mar 9, 2015

The purple ones are attacking you. The brackets indicate which one you have selected as a target.