Revive The BDS, And Make It Part Of The FSS

[Ralph Vargr]

That's right. Not the ADS. The 500 light-second Basic Discovery Scanner should be folded into the FSS and not cost module usage.

Now that all systems are being strip-mined by players using the FSS, it's only fair to assume that the FSS could easily work out to the BDS's range. Even 100 light-seconds is almost auto-scanned, currently.

 

[Para Handy]

As you say, there is already a built-in passive detection to the disco scanner. It is set to about 30ls I think so maybe what you suggest could be achieved by them increasing that to 500ls?

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

As you say, there is already a built-in passive detection to the disco scanner. It is set to about 30ls I think so maybe what you suggest could be achieved by them increasing that to 500ls?

Passive detection and resolution to 20 Ls is part of the FSS, not the DSS.

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

That's right. Not the ADS. The 500 light-second Basic Discovery Scanner should be folded into the FSS and not cost module usage.

Now that all systems are being strip-mined by players using the FSS, it's only fair to assume that the FSS could easily work out to the BDS's range. Even 100 light-seconds is almost auto-scanned, currently.

Go with the IDS instead, since the invisible old-DSS already has 1,000 Ls range for resolving gas giants.

 

[Para Handy]

Passive detection and resolution to 20 Ls is part of the FSS, not the DSS.

The FSS is a feature of your ship's built-in discovery scanner - I made no mention of the Detailed Surface Scanner (note the absence of the word discovery in those three).

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

The FSS is a feature of your ship's built-in discovery scanner - I made no mention of the Detailed Surface Scanner (note the absence of the word discovery in those three).

Fair point.
It's still 20 Ls though

 

[Nihila Vex]

That's right. Not the ADS. The 500 light-second Basic Discovery Scanner should be folded into the FSS and not cost module usage.

Now that all systems are being strip-mined by players using the FSS, it's only fair to assume that the FSS could easily work out to the BDS's range. Even 100 light-seconds is almost auto-scanned, currently.

ALL systems?

 

[Jukelo]

I'm 10k ly from the bubble atm, and in the last 9k I have come across 5 explored systems, so I'm afraid the basis on which the OP is built sounds a bit shaky to me.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

As you say, there is already a built-in passive detection to the disco scanner. It is set to about 30ls I think so maybe what you suggest could be achieved by them increasing that to 500ls?

Correct. Any value greater would be correctly panned. 100 light-seconds works as well.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

ALL systems?

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2.8 % of your response is correct.

Now that players are using the FSS, every system they encounter tends to get strip-mined, not every system that there is.

 

[Tarman]

2.8 % of your response is correct.

Now that players are using the FSS, every system they encounter tends to get strip-mined, not every system that there is.

I remember when there were a bunch of players back in the day who complained that previously explored systems WEREN'T fully scanned.

"Stupid cherry pickers! Do the whole system you slackers!"


EDIT: If we have anymoar acronyms for scanthings, Ima start up some alphabet soup.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

I remember when there were a bunch of players back in the day who complained that previously explored systems WEREN'T fully scanned.

"Stupid cherry pickers! Do the whole system you slackers!"


EDIT: If we have anymoar acronyms for scanthings, Ima start up some alphabet soup.

Did a thread on the old forum about this, and got steamrollered.

 

[varonica]

I remember when there were a bunch of players back in the day who complained that previously explored systems WEREN'T fully scanned.

"Stupid cherry pickers! Do the whole system you slackers!"


EDIT: If we have anymoar acronyms for scanthings, Ima start up some alphabet soup.

They don't even now, I see plenty of panets scanned but not probulated, so they can follow me around and probulate all the bodies I ignore for not being interesting enough, you know those icy balls of nothing around brown dwarfs.

 

[Tarman]

They don't even now, I see plenty of panets scanned but not probulated, so they can follow me around and probulate all the bodies I ignore for not being interesting enough, you know those icy balls of nothing around brown dwarfs.

Repped (L+1'd ?) for the new word "probulate".

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

Personally that would be a no.

I don't mind some optional modules that can work with the FSS though.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

They don't even now, I see plenty of panets scanned but not probulated, so they can follow me around and probulate all the bodies I ignore for not being interesting enough, you know those icy balls of nothing around brown dwarfs.

I'd be one of those. I only probe the planet I intend to land on. I don't see the point in probing planets that I can't land on. The only reason for that is tags and credits and neither are high up on my list.

I'm hoping that the 2020 update is atmospherics so I have more choice of what to land on and explore.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

An RNG population?