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==Features== | ==Features== | ||
The d-scanner is an extremely powerful intelligence tool in PvP in all areas of space for soloists and fleet scouts alike. In fleets it is common for intel reports to be made by pasting the scanner results into an online parser (''such as [https://adashboard.info/intel Adashboard]''). These can give a Fleet Commander intelligence on enemy fleet compositions to help decide whether an engagement is worth pursuing. Directional scanning is also widely used in mining and exploring to give early warning of hostile ships and/or combat probes. Good scanning can provide the vital seconds needed to escape an incoming attack. | The d-scanner is an extremely powerful intelligence tool in PvP in all areas of space for soloists and fleet scouts alike. In fleets it is common for intel reports to be made by pasting the scanner results into an online parser (''such as [https://adashboard.info/intel Adashboard]''). These can give a Fleet Commander intelligence on enemy fleet compositions to help decide whether an engagement is worth pursuing. Directional scanning is also widely used in mining and exploring to give early warning of hostile ships and/or combat probes. Good scanning can provide the vital seconds needed to escape an incoming attack. | ||
The directional scanner can find: | |||
* Most ships | |||
* Moons and planets | |||
* Asteroid belts | |||
* Other celestial objects | |||
The directional scanner has a number of limitations: | The directional scanner has a number of limitations: | ||
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* It will never give you the warp coordinates for an object - all it can do is tell you that an object is there. | * It will never give you the warp coordinates for an object - all it can do is tell you that an object is there. | ||
* It does not work on cloaked ships, such as Covert Ops (e.g., roaming scouts and cyno ships), Black Ops, or Force Recons. Nor can it tell you about docked players. | * It does not work on cloaked ships, such as Covert Ops (e.g., roaming scouts and cyno ships), Black Ops, or Force Recons. Nor can it tell you about docked players. | ||
==Basic Layout== | |||
The directional scanner ("d-scanner") can be accessed by pressing Alt+D.You can also bring it up by clicking the "radar" button, above the autopilot button but below the cargohold button on the left-hand side of your HUD, and when the window with the three scanners opens, choose the directional scanner.[[File:Qs openDscan.jpg|thumb|left|Open the directional scanner from the scanners pop-up.]][[File:Qs Dscan14-360.jpg|right]] | The directional scanner ("d-scanner") can be accessed by pressing Alt+D.You can also bring it up by clicking the "radar" button, above the autopilot button but below the cargohold button on the left-hand side of your HUD, and when the window with the three scanners opens, choose the directional scanner.[[File:Qs openDscan.jpg|thumb|left|Open the directional scanner from the scanners pop-up.]][[File:Qs Dscan14-360.jpg|right]] | ||