Struggling to Scan White Dwarves

jasonbirder

J
Title says it all...when i lock a White Dwarf and aproach (even at relatively lwo speeds) I get dropped out of Supercruise with the dreaded "Emergancy Stop" message at about c 2.7 ls (I've tried it in a couple of systems now...

Yet thats not close enough for my DSS to trigger and start scanning....

Is this a new thing (I've definitely scanned even Neutrons and Black Holes in the past... or am I missing something insanely obvious...

Cheers!
 

Redfox

Redfox
Nothing's changed with WDs.

Some things worth double-checking: Do you have a DSS equipped? Is it powered? Is the WD already scanned?
 

osser

osser
Yep somethings not right. You shouldn't be approaching WD's at all. Zero throttle on countdown target WD aim and scan. scan over do a 180 and get away.
Never ever move towards a WD. They will dump you really fast.
 

Major Klutz

Major Klutz
You should be able to scan the WD from at least a few light seconds away. No need to approach.
Scanner won't activate if you already have the data for it. Either you already scanned it or it's a populated system and the data is already public knowledge.

If it says "unexplored" you don't have the data. If it shows the name, you already have the data.
If it says unexplored, and you still aren't scanning from a safe distance, check your power settings to be sure your sensors AND your DSS are on and not damaged.
 
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jasonbirder

J
Ashamed though I am to admit it...Error was as they say...between Chair and Monitor...
I looked back at my screenshot and I'd already scanned it in the past...god only knows what I've been doing out here before way off the beaten track...must have been when i was first starting out Elite last year!!! Crissi over...oh and thanks for your help!!!
 

Maia Posidana

Maia Posidana
Redfox said:
Nothing's changed with WDs.

Some things worth double-checking: Do you have a DSS equipped? Is it powered? Is the WD already scanned?
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If the object has been scanned before has no effect at all on your ability to scan it, or it's scan distance or time, unless it is an object that you yourself have previously scanned.
 

Cpt Shadow Wolfe

Cpt Shadow Wolfe
There is also a 'glitch' that occurs occasionally, when I jump into a system and 'honk', sometimes the honk doesn't take for some reason, and even though I can see an object and move towards it to scan with the DSS, it doesn't scan, because the honk failed for some reason, the ship doesn't know the object is there, so if I notice that I'm getting too close and the scan doesn't start like it should, then I just rehonk and then the scan will work. Doesn't happen often, but have seen it a few times.
 
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