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| == Adding Probes to your Presets ==
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| Currently, if you want to see scanner probes on your directional scan, you have to uncheck the '''Use active overview settings'''
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| Now, it's possible to add scan probes to your overview. This will allow you to keep the '''Use active overview settings''' box checked on your directional scanner and still see probes when they're within D-scan range. This is extremely useful, as it'll allow you to quickly and easily work out whether someone is trying to scan you down.
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| This method will require you to exit EVE and open up your exported overview settings in a text editor, but trust me - it's worth it.
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| 1. Click the '''white triangle''' and select '''Export overview settings'''.
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| 2. Leave everything checked and type in a filename, eg. '''Overview Oct 2010.'''
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| 3. Now, either quit EVE or change to windowed mode.
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| 4. If you are on a '''Windows-based workstation''', navigate to: <br>
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| '''C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\EVE\Overview\''' <br>
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| or, for newer Windows versions: <br>
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| '''C:\Users\<username>\Documents\EVE\Overview\''' <br>
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| For '''OSX-based workstations (Macs)''', navigate to: <br>
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| '''<username>/Library/Preferences/EVE Online Preferences/p_drive/My Documents/EVE/Overview/'''
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| 5. Once you have navigated to the correct folder, you should find an XML file named whatever you entered in step 2. Open the XML in your favourite text editor (eg. Wordpad, NotePad, TextEdit).
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| 6. If you scroll down a bit, you will see profiles for all your different presets, each of which should look something like this:
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| <pre><profile name="6 - missions">
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| <groups>
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| <group id="324"/>
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| <group id="419"/>
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| <group id="27"/>
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| <group id="898"/>
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| <group id="29"/>
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| <group id="547"/>
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| etc.</pre>
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| 7. Scroll down until you find the '''1 - PvP preset'''. You can use your text editor's search function to find this. Note that if you want to have a setting that ONLY displays probes (and nothing else), make an overview setting in Eve that doesn't display anything, then proceed with step 8.
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| 8. Scroll to the bottom of the group IDs for your 1 - PvP preset. At the bottom of the list, just above where it says '''</groups>''', add the following three lines:
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| <pre> <group id="479"/>
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| <group id="492"/>
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| <group id="548"/>
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| </pre>
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| 9. Make sure the spacing is correct and lined up with the rest of the group ID entries.
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| 10. Now, find the '''1a - PvP + Drones, ''' '''2 - PvP Travel '''and '''6 - Wormhole '''presets in the document and add the same three entries to the bottom of the group IDs for both. If you run '''missions''', you may want to add the entries to that preset as well, as low sec mission runners will often find themselves wanting to know if they're being scanned down.
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| 11. After you've done that, save the document. Go back into EVE.
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| 12. Click the '''white triangle''' and select '''Import overview settings'''. When EVE asks you if you want to replace your current settings with the new one, say yes to all.
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| You've now added probes to your PvP, wormhole and mission overviews. When using any one of these overview presets, check that you've got the '''Use active overview settings''' box checked, and bang - you should be able to see probes both on your overview and on your directional scanner.
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| If you see Combat Scanner Probes on your directional scan and they're not yours, you'll know that someone is trying to scan you down. If you see Core Scanner Probes, someone may be trying to scan down any anomaly or signature you're in - this will only apply in certain cases. Still, if you see probes, be careful. Note that they'll only show up on your overview if they're on grid with you, which will pretty much only happen if someone's put them out and hasn't used them yet.
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| With the editing, remember that you are manipulating XML, here, so the distinction between <groups/> and </groups> is important. The <groups/> tag, with the slash at the end, indicates that the "groups" set is empty. However, a <groups> tag followed later on by a </groups> tag (with the slash at the beginning of the word) indicates that the "groups" set is not empty. Confusing <groups/> and </groups> will cause the XML to be invalid, and EVE Online will simply say "File not valid" when you try to import the Overview settings.<br>
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| == Setting Up Bracket Presets == | | == Setting Up Bracket Presets == |
