Scanner Symbols

[harag]

Hi all

New to Premium Beta and loving the game so far and learning the different bits, recently learned about the little blue bar on the speed indicator... so what next Ah the scanner I have a couple of questions, would appreciate the help if possible.

1. The scale bar (pgup/pgdn) what is the scale of the scanner on min & max? what distance?

2. The icons on the scanner, what do they mean - I see the same ship flashing green square, yellow triangle etc and flickering like mad, what does all this mean?

Any pointers to vids, guides is welcomed.

Thanks
Cmdr Harag

 

[Aleksej]

1. I do not know the range of the scanner.

2.

Red - Enemy
Yellow - Neutral
Green - Friendly

Square - hardpoints retracted
Triangle - hardpoints deployed

Filled - NPC
Unfilled - PC

 

[MuthaF Jamal]

1. scalable
U can change (increase/decrease) range of scanner (check controls options)
U can also change the apparent scale of scanner's objects distances (logarithmic by default, linear alternatively)

[edit] just to expand upon already provided info:
- white is also additionally for navigational beacons

 

[drbosnovich]

1. I do not know the range of the scanner.

2.

Reddy-greeny-orange - Enemy
Reddy-greeny-orange - Neutral
Reddy-greeny-orange - Friendly

Blob - hardpoints retracted
Blob - hardpoints deployed

Filled - NPC
Unfilled - PC

This is what I see.

 

[Slawkenbergius]

Also:-

White block = Cargo canisters/Missile

Don't get the two of them mixed up!

 

[Bobbydylan]

This is what I see.

What resolution you running at? 800x640?

 

[Petroph]

What resolution you running at? 800x640?

I lol'd when reading that.

 

[drbosnovich]

What resolution you running at? 800x640?

1920; but through dodgy eyeballs.

I never understand how game developers persist in making reddy-orangy-greeny huds; given a significant proportion of the gamer playerbase is colourblind.

 

[Luniticisi]

Just on a side not the indicators that are flickering and moving about are contacts that are just out of range, kind of a "around there somewhere" marker

 

[Carcharodon]

Flashing white: shooting at you

I thought this was just shooting in general. I'm pretty sure I've seen flashing red/white NPCs shooting at other NPCs.

 

[Harrimon Hoxx]

Also:-

White block = Cargo canisters/Missile

Don't get the two of them mixed up!

Isn't the cannister grey rather than white or is my monitor not quite keyed in?

 

[Thygrrr]

1920; but through dodgy eyeballs.

I never understand how game developers persist in making reddy-orangy-greeny huds; given a significant proportion of the gamer playerbase is colourblind.

Yeah I have trouble telling the green apart from the yellow/orange.

 

[Ben Ryder]

I saw a white unfilled triangle more than once. No flickering and not engaged in combat. Bug or some other status?

 

[Commandr Sam]

I saw a white unfilled triangle more than once. No flickering and not engaged in combat. Bug or some other status?

Heat sink?

 

[harag]

1. I do not know the range of the scanner.
2.
Red - Enemy
Yellow - Neutral
Green - Friendly

Square - hardpoints retracted
Triangle - hardpoints deployed

Filled - NPC
Unfilled - PC

Many thanks for the quick responses much appreciated. the above should help a lot now. Still no word on the distance of the scanner though.