How to scan Guardian Thingy

[Elfias]

Hi, please can someone please help me with guardian module unlock, Im on site right now trying to scan orb but its not possible.
I found this but its not much of help

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/a8vh42

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/a8vh42/help_scanning_the_guardian_orb/


I have Datalink on second fire button, trying it from turret, from normal view it just wont scan it.

I have to say that this whole is probably one of my worst gaming experience, very frustrating.
Thanks for any adviced.

 

[Jaggid Edje]

If you did the whole puzzle thing to get the orb to show up, once it shows up you shoot it. Then it opens up and is scannable.

 

[Elfias]

I just spent like 200 ammo shoting at it, should there be some effect or so? Like animation?

 

[Speedcuffs]

Once the 'ball' pops up, wait a few seconds, then select it like a target, then hold down scanner.

 

[Jaggid Edje]

Yah, what he said. It takes just a few seconds (and sounds like my shooting it was unecessary and all that was needed was time... )

here's the guide I followed when I first did a guardian module, it was helpful.
This is the basic guide I used to familiarize myself with the process before going after my first guardian tech and it was good at getting me going at it:

Walkthrough: Guardian Module Blueprints

Note: I've written a guide for Guardian Vessel (Fighter) Blueprints here; Guardian Weapon blueprints here. Greetings, Commander! Let's talk about the Guardian Module Blueprints (now called Guardian Module Blueprint Segments). Perhaps you're interested in the Guardian FSD booster for...

forums.frontier.co.uk

Also, is your scanner working on other things? Some people had reported issues with the SRV scanner after the April patch and it was, apparantly, a keybind issue.

 

[Factabulous]

If you did the whole puzzle thing to get the orb to show up, once it shows up you shoot it. Then it opens up and is scannable.

You don't shoot it.

Op - did you target the orb? And what happens when you try and scan it? it takes a few seconds to scan, you should hear it scanning, and see the usual data link visuals - probably easiest in turret mode.

 

[Jaggid Edje]

You don't shoot it.

I assure you, I really do. I thought I had to because it was not scannable right away but once I shot it, it was. @Speedcuffs has made me understand "time" is all that was needed... hahaha

 

[Elfias]

Thanks for fast answer, spent another 500 rounds on it...can it be buged? I activated all pylons, went to orb which elevated above and now its just rotating there with me around shooting at it, maybe if I shot theres more smoke coming from that hole but so far no good.

 

[Elfias]

You don't shoot it.

Op - did you target the orb? And what happens when you try and scan it? it takes a few seconds to scan, you should hear it scanning, and see the usual data link visuals - probably easiest in turret mode.

I don't see any progress on that scan indicator, actualy it seems like theres not even that indicator. Damn maybe its me doing it wrongly, I mean since there are more scaners I struggle with scaning anything. Im in turret mode, 1st button is gun, 2nd is datascan, maybe I need composite scan?

 

[Elfias]

Omg finaly. This wasn't pleasant experience at all.

So I had to go to firegroups and assign scan to LMB and unassign gun. Somehow when scanner was on RMB it wasn't working.

Thanks everyone for help, you are very kind sirs. I was just about to throw my PC out of window

 

[Lazuras Poe]

Yeah the Data link scanner can be borked at times depending on fire group and key assignment.

If it makes you feel any better, the first time I did the guardians, I frustrated the hell out of myself 'cos I couldnt get the orb to come up, driving back and for the over the X, jumping up and down on it, shooting at it, shooting at everything else in sight, bashing my keyboard, yanking my joystick...

... then I realised I hadn't dropped the relic on it.

I stopped playing for a week.

 

[gooddoc]

I think I recall even a couple of years back having issues with my datascanner in the SRV. It wouldn't scan when bound in it's OWN fire group, would work fine when bound in the same group as the turret fire button but as fire button 2.

 

[Rat Catcher]

I think I recall even a couple of years back having issues with my datascanner in the SRV. It wouldn't scan when bound in it's OWN fire group, would work fine when bound in the same group as the turret fire button but as fire button 2.

That same thing still happens now, but not all of the time, but it is frustrating!

 

[Factabulous]

That same thing still happens now, but not all of the time, but it is frustrating!

Good point - I always have one Firegroup - Weapons in Primary, Scanners in secondary. Surprised they allow multiple groups on the SRV as it seems to cause issues (and annoying that each new SRV you need to re-add the C/S scanner into a group)

 

[RexKraemer]

Yah, what he said. It takes just a few seconds (and sounds like my shooting it was unecessary and all that was needed was time... )

here's the guide I followed when I first did a guardian module, it was helpful.
This is the basic guide I used to familiarize myself with the process before going after my first guardian tech and it was good at getting me going at it:

Walkthrough: Guardian Module Blueprints

Note: I've written a guide for Guardian Vessel (Fighter) Blueprints here; Guardian Weapon blueprints here. Greetings, Commander! Let's talk about the Guardian Module Blueprints (now called Guardian Module Blueprint Segments). Perhaps you're interested in the Guardian FSD booster for...

forums.frontier.co.uk

Also, is your scanner working on other things? Some people had reported issues with the SRV scanner after the April patch and it was, apparantly, a keybind issue.

This.

With the vote on Interstellar Initiatives I started the Guardian Site exploration and scanning and I want to say: it is really no fun at all. The task is so easy and boring and requires no skills, but takes so much time, pure grind (to say the word), I am very dissappointed.

 

[VR micmacmoc]

I had the annoying data link scanner not working bug all day today, really annoying. I assume this is one of the bugs that will be fixed in the next few months? I had to assign a load of different bindings and go through them until it worked.
Thanks for this guide folks, really good.

 

[Drelthar]

It amazes me this is a problem for anyone to work out. I went to these places without any spoilers and figured it out pretty intuitively. That guides are required for some stuns me.

Glad you figured it out in the end OP.

 

[Klarg]

Yeah the Data link scanner can be borked at times depending on fire group and key assignment.

If it makes you feel any better, the first time I did the guardians, I frustrated the hell out of myself 'cos I couldnt get the orb to come up, driving back and for the over the X, jumping up and down on it, shooting at it, shooting at everything else in sight, bashing my keyboard, yanking my joystick...

... then I realised I hadn't dropped the relic on it.

I stopped playing for a week.

The first time I did it I was unspoiled and spent a very long time working it out. I faltered at the end and spent ages trying to work it out until another SRV showed up told me I needed a relic. Oh, how I laughed :-|

 

[IndigoWyrd]

I was expecting to hear how the OP had done this, then relogged only to discover it really doesn't work that way.... glad it was just the wonky fire groups things. Yeah, that's been a thing for a while now. So is trying to scan things in Combat mode rather than Analysis Mode...

 

[Seizewell Warrior]

Bit of a bump, but the Data Link Scanner totally bugged and not working for me.

Really frustrating after finally making it round the obelisks and getting caught up in the obstructions, in the nick of time. Played around with firegroups and key bindings but nothing.

Fix your wretched game FDev, this ain't fun.