Directional Scanner: Difference between revisions

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The distance of your scan is typed in manually. You can set it between 1 km and approximately 14.355 AU. However you can only specify this range in km, and therefore a conversion is required. 150 million km is about the same as 1 AU (the actual conversion is 149,597,871 km:1 AU). To quickly perform a max-range scan, you can fill the range field with multiple 9s until you can no longer put any more in, and it will default to the max range.

A slider bar is available to choose the scan angle from preset values at several key stages between 360 degrees and 5 degrees. Together, the angle and range parameters define a cone shaped scan area, with the apex being your ship (or a sphere/hemisphere if the angle is set to 360 degrees/180 degrees~~, respectively~~, with your ship being at the sphere's center) and the axis of the cone being a vector shooting from your ship away from you, and toward the direction which the camera is pointed at (see [[#Directional Scan and the Camera|below]]).

A slider bar is available to choose the scan angle from preset values at several key stages between 360 degrees and 5 degrees. Together, the angle and range parameters define a cone shaped scan area, with the apex being your ship (or a sphere/hemisphere if the angle is set to 360 degrees/180 degrees, with your ship being at the sphere's center) and the axis of the cone being a vector shooting from your ship away from you, and toward the direction which the camera is pointed at (see [[#Directional Scan and the Camera|below]]).

A more intuitive representation of the scan area can be brought up by pressing F11 out in space. In the bottom section of the new window that pops up, a green triangle represents the current scan area, and the grey area is your field of view.

A more intuitive representation of the scan area can be brought up by pressing F11 out in space. In the bottom section of the new window that pops up, a green triangle represents the current scan area, and the grey area is your field of view. This map, however, is a flat plane, and one should remember directional scan is performed in 3D.

===Overview Filter===

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 The distance of your scan is typed in manually. You can set it between 1 km and approximately 14.355 AU. However you can only specify this range in km, and therefore a conversion is required. 150 million km is about the same as 1 AU (the actual conversion is 149,597,871 km:1 AU). To quickly perform a max-range scan, you can fill the range field with multiple 9s until you can no longer put any more in, and it will default to the max range.
-A slider bar is available to choose the scan angle from preset values at several key stages between 360 degrees and 5 degrees. Together, the angle and range parameters define a cone shaped scan area, with the apex being your ship (or a sphere/hemisphere if the angle is set to 360 degrees/180 degrees, respectively, with your ship being at the sphere's center) and the axis of the cone being a vector shooting from your ship away from you, and toward the direction which the camera is pointed at (see [[#Directional Scan and the Camera|below]]).
+A slider bar is available to choose the scan angle from preset values at several key stages between 360 degrees and 5 degrees. Together, the angle and range parameters define a cone shaped scan area, with the apex being your ship (or a sphere/hemisphere if the angle is set to 360 degrees/180 degrees, with your ship being at the sphere's center) and the axis of the cone being a vector shooting from your ship away from you, and toward the direction which the camera is pointed at (see [[#Directional Scan and the Camera|below]]).
-A more intuitive representation of the scan area can be brought up by pressing F11 out in space. In the bottom section of the new window that pops up, a green triangle represents the current scan area, and the grey area is your field of view.
+A more intuitive representation of the scan area can be brought up by pressing F11 out in space. In the bottom section of the new window that pops up, a green triangle represents the current scan area, and the grey area is your field of view. This map, however, is a flat plane, and one should remember directional scan is performed in 3D.
 ===Overview Filter===