Hey all, I recently returned after a fairly long break in the middle of an expedition out to Sagittarius A*. I started collecting data prior to the current iterations of the Discovery Scanner / FSS / DSS (back when the FSS didn't exist, a Honk would reveal all objects, and the DSS worked by pointing at a planet and waiting a few seconds). Is this old scan data still valid? If so, how does the conversion (if any) work when turned in?
Is Old Discovery Scanner and Detailed Surface Scanner Data Still Valid?
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They should be the same? Honking the entire system was replaced with the FSS and using the DSS is still a level 3 scan like before just have to be closer and more involved.
Might be wrong:
Honk is still the same
FSS zoom = Old DSS
New DSS = Mapping of planet
Honk is still the same
FSS zoom = Old DSS
New DSS = Mapping of planet
So if I go back and look at systems I only honked, it shows the planets and their icons but they're called "Unexplored." I can see some basic details like size and mass, but not the type.
Yah, that's how it's always been with just the honk afaik. It reveals the bodies but no details. To get the details you had to point your ship at them with the DSS.
Now you get that detail by focusing on them in the FSS (or by being close enough). Suns are now fully scanned by the honk.
There is now a new level of detail called planet mapping, which is what the DSS does now.
As far as I can remember anyway.
Now you get that detail by focusing on them in the FSS (or by being close enough). Suns are now fully scanned by the honk.
There is now a new level of detail called planet mapping, which is what the DSS does now.
As far as I can remember anyway.
The current honk doesn't reveal bodies on the system map, only makes it possible to find them the in FSS. So the old one provides a tiny bit more information.
Sure, you can still sell your data and get the tags, that should work as before. However, the credits you get will be what you would have gotten at the time you scanned them, and not the current values. Expect a total of about a tenth of what you'd get if you scanned them today.