Huh, interesting! Good spot.
Did just that yesterday evening....picked some busy starport, and scanned the sh*t out of everything.
Not only high-wakes, but also the ships...around every 4th ship gave me interesting scanning data (at least, I hope they prove to be interesting at some point).
The 200-limit on data-scans seems a bit to low, though!
Would rather have no limit at all.
Not only high-wakes, but also the ships...around every 4th ship gave me interesting scanning data (at least, I hope they prove to be interesting at some point).
The 200-limit on data-scans seems a bit to low, though!
Would rather have no limit at all.
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You know what would be cool - allow the 200 scan limit to be exceeded, but then start rendering gobbledigook onto arbitrary UI panels and map views, simulating a buffer overflow in the ship computer
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The wake scanning is nice if you're not a missions runner, I temporarily installed a scanner on my freighter, then I realised I am getting the exact same data for free from mission givers.
Not much point fitting a scanner unless you have the spare slots, I'd rather have an extra shield booster in that slot.
Not much point fitting a scanner unless you have the spare slots, I'd rather have an extra shield booster in that slot.
So I can store detailed data on dozens astronomical objects in thousands of star systems with no problem, but I cant store more than 200 ship/wake scan results? Who is making firmware for my ship? Apple?
Haha. Had to laugh here. The limit is there for reasons I guess.
Alas, I fear the reason be "FDev didn't think things through. Again". Would really like to be wrong though.
Hardly - the exploration data storage system is far too fit for purposeSo I can store detailed data on dozens astronomical objects in thousands of star systems with no problem, but I cant store more than 200 ship/wake scan results? Who is making firmware for my ship? Apple?
+1
I got my first wake scanner for the Engineers. Bought it, flew out the station and thought "yeah, let's scan all the things!" Targeted a low energy wake - BLAM BLAM "Under Attack!" and 5 seconds later my ship exploded without know who attacked me or why. I didn't deploy my weapons or scanners in the no fire zone. Could it be because the system was hostile to me due to Powerplay?
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Yeah. And don't bother shooting back, you just get a bounty and system cops after you
So I can store detailed data on dozens astronomical objects in thousands of star systems with no problem, but I cant store more than 200 ship/wake scan results? Who is making firmware for my ship? Apple?
Worse... can't use scan data more than once. Craft something -> lose your only copy. Wth happened to back-ups?
