I don't get this

Commander Commander

Commander Commander
Hello fellow commanders!

Here is a quote regarding a specific icon populating the cockpit sensor display, from a publication that very few have ever seen; The Elite Dangerous user manual.

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

That is the official gospell on this, and everywhere I look that is the explanation. But how can that be? In super cruise you can not deploy hardpoints, so what does the pointed rectangle for contacts actually indicate?
 

ebbrell

ebbrell
Ih yes, I asked same question 2 years ago. I spotted same thing, yes the triangle in SC is them having the current weapon group with framshift interdi tor in.

Run ,, run ,, keep them in front of you, you can only be interdicted from behind
 

Lucius-Darcia

Lucius-Darcia
Commander Commander said:
Hello fellow commanders!

Here is a quote regarding a specific icon populating the cockpit sensor display, from a publication that very few have ever seen; The Elite Dangerous user manual.

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

That is the official gospell on this, and everywhere I look that is the explanation. But how can that be? In super cruise you can not deploy hardpoints, so what does the pointed rectangle for contacts actually indicate?
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Most people have the option "deploy hardpoints when using trigger" set as ON.
So when they use the discovery scanner in supercruise, they pull the trigger and hardpoints get deployed. Of course not the weapons, but if you set this toggle as OFF you will see, that you can use for example the wake scanner only with deployed hardpoints during supercruise.

So yes, there is a difference in deploying or stowing hardpoints in supercruise. But people themselves usually don't pay attention to their appearance for others.
 

NecasekO

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I didn't do extensive testing, but I believe it is possible to deploy / stow hardpoints in supercruise the same way as in normal space, except the game doesn't tell you whether your hardpoints are deployed or not.

And as most players use the default setting of "trigger deploys hardpoints", using anything that is bound to a fire group trigger (interdictor, discovery scanner, wake scanner) will deploy hardpoints and from that point on their ship shows as triangle.
 

Iskariot

Iskariot
Commander Commander said:
Hello fellow commanders!

Here is a quote regarding a specific icon populating the cockpit sensor display, from a publication that very few have ever seen; The Elite Dangerous user manual.

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

That is the official gospell on this, and everywhere I look that is the explanation. But how can that be? In super cruise you can not deploy hardpoints, so what does the pointed rectangle for contacts actually indicate?
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Good info.
II have been playing ED forever, but never knew this. A bit weird. I should have noticed.
 
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