The Difference Between Triangle and Squares on Scanner?

KombattWombatt · Feb 13, 2015

CMDRS,

I should probably know this by now... whats the significance between squares and triangles on your radar/scanner? Most of the time, CMDRS show up as hollow squares, but every now and then, I see a hollow triangle. I assume this also happens with NPC's, but I haven't noticed. I use a modified HUD coloring, so I don't see the difference between white and green, although I do see red... but I would guess the shape difference would mean something other than friendly and neutral, since color is used to differentiate that.

Cheers,
Wombat

Kerrash · Feb 13, 2015

Triangle contacts have their hard points deployed.
Which means they are 'potentially' more hostile.

Aewarin Jameson · Feb 13, 2015

Square : weapons closed / in
Triangle : weapons out

Flashing - they're shooting / scanning you

Rhonda · Feb 13, 2015

Sometimes you can see triangles in SC. What does that indicate?

LuciusEsox · Feb 13, 2015

Rhonda said:
Sometimes you can see triangles in SC. What does that indicate?

Same thing am pretty sure.. triangle = hardpoints out...

Kyle Brennan · Feb 13, 2015

Rhonda said:
Sometimes you can see triangles in SC. What does that indicate?

True, cant be hardpoints deployed then, unless they have their scanners deployed?

I thought it was triangle for fighters and squares for everything else.

Whiterose · Feb 13, 2015

Its the hexagons you need to be worried about............

Devil's Refugee · Feb 13, 2015

Whiterose said:
Its the hexagons you need to be worried about............

LMAO ! They are coming....

And I wish there was a similar radar for dating...

scorpyon · Feb 13, 2015

Kyle Brennan said:
True, cant be hardpoints deployed then, unless they have their scanners deployed?

I thought it was triangle for fighters and squares for everything else.

FSD Interdictors are hardpoints too

Be careful out there Commanders!

Dr Roly · Feb 13, 2015

Devil's Refugee said:
LMAO ! They are coming....

And I wish there was a similar radar for dating...

If you're dating women - look closely. You can normally tell when her hardpoints are deployed. Just make sure she doesn't catch you looking.

If you're dating men - look closely. You can... ok, I won't go there.

HarlequiNQB · Feb 13, 2015

Kyle Brennan said:
True, cant be hardpoints deployed then, unless they have their scanners deployed?

I thought it was triangle for fighters and squares for everything else.

Triangle in SC is also hard points deployed, but they're limited to discovery scanners and interdictors (at least I think they are).

I sort of miss FE2's mass color coding, but not enough to stress over it

KombattWombatt · Feb 13, 2015

Cheers, thanks guys.

Tigga · Feb 13, 2015

AFAIK there's no reason to deploy hardpoints in SC. I'm guessing it's people with hardpoints deploying on shoot.

IceyJones · Feb 13, 2015

explorers also have ALWAYS hardpoints deployed........
if they scan something

Aewarin Jameson · Feb 13, 2015

Tigga said:
AFAIK there's no reason to deploy hardpoints in SC. I'm guessing it's people with hardpoints deploying on shoot.

When you initiate a system discovery scan, don't your hard points come out too ?

Tigga · Feb 13, 2015

Liqua said:
When you initiate a system discovery scan, don't your hard points come out too ?

I have auto deploy hardpoints off. If they ever deploy without me pressing the "deploy hardpoints" button it would be a bug. I don't really know if I'm showing as a triangle or a square though.

I'm pretty sure there's no reason to press the deploy hardpoints button. Scanner doesn't need it, interdictor doesn't need it.