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Discovery Scanner Not Working? - code9999 - 02-08-2011
Recently purchased a discovery scanner from Bethlehem Station in Penn. After doing some in-system exploring, it seems that the amazing 10,000m scanner range is somehow not engaging. In other words, I still only register NPC ships at the standard 2500m range. The scanner is in fact equipped, my current ship being the Arrow Interceptor. Is my ship not compatible with the discovery scanner? Is this a bug? Are (non-player) ships always only visible at 2500m? The description of the scanner itself seems to say the exact opposite...
Thanks for your help.
- Skyie
Discovery Scanner Not Working? - Enoch - 02-08-2011
Quote:Are (non-player) ships always only visible at 2500m?Yes.
The only thing the Discovery Scanner will do is helping you to spot objects (stations, jump holes) at a longer distance.
Discovery Scanner Not Working? - Charo - 02-08-2011
Discovery scanner is pretty much worthless, as it scans at about the same range as a cargo scanner. I suggest getting an Advanced Cargo Scanner, much more useful.
Discovery Scanner Not Working? - code9999 - 02-08-2011
@Enoch: Well that sucks.
Think I'll keep the Discovery scanner for now, though. It'll help mapping systems. But I'll definitely get an Adv. Cargo scanner later.
Thanks.
Discovery Scanner Not Working? - Coin - 02-08-2011
' Wrote:Yes.
The only thing the Discovery Scanner will do is helping you to spot objects (stations, jump holes) at a longer distance.
' Wrote:Discovery scanner is pretty much worthless, as it scans at about the same range as a cargo scanner. I suggest getting an Advanced Cargo Scanner, much more useful.
there are only three practical scanners on disco:
1. disco scanner. useless for scanning people, but they help you map places nicely
2. adv cargo scanner. useless for mapping, but a nice 4k range for scanning
3. bs scanner. never tried mapping a system with it, but a whopping 12k scanning range
Discovery Scanner Not Working? - MarvinCZ - 02-08-2011
The range at which NPC ships and player ships appear in MP are hardcoded constants. They are independent of your equipment.
Discovery Scanner Not Working? - aerelm - 02-10-2011
Actually...
No matter what scanner you use, objects (Bases, Jumpholes, Gates, etc.) appear on your map at 10k, which makes any scanner other than Adv. Cargo pretty useless.
(Yes, objects appear on map at same range no matter if you're using the Basic Scanner or Discovery Scanner. The only part that varies is the range you can scan player ships from.)