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To make it easier for new players to learn how to probe, I've decided to create this little picture guide on how to set up a series of probes to scan down targets.
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IMPORTANT: When handling your probes using the following steps, '''only''' manipulate them using the arrows on the boxes; do '''not''' click the box and drag! As well, if a probe is positioned initially on the horizontal plane, do '''not''' move it on the vertical plane unless you are using CTRL+SHIFT+Drag to move the whole set. The same applies for your vertical probes and moving horizontally. Moving your probes using the wrong arrows, or clicking the box and dragging will throw off your alignment entirely, which will force you to recall and relaunch your probes! If you follow these steps correctly, moving your probes should be as simple as sliding them along a 'rail', tightening and expanding as needed. This should make probing both very quick, very efficient, and very effective.
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== Getting started ==
  
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==Four Probe Setup==
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To do probing you need to have a probe launcher fitted on your ship and load it with eight probes.
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=====1. Deploy two probes.=====
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It is possible to load less than eight probes in a probe launcher but there is no reason to ever do that.
  
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[[File:P4-1.jpg]]
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== Probing ==
  
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[[image:Probe_window.png|440px|thumb|Probe scanner window with labels.]]
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To start probing launch your probes and open both system map and probe scanner window.
  
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=====2. CTRL+SHIFT+Drag them down-leftward.=====
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It is recommended that you undock probe scanner window from system map by clicking the square icon on top right corner of probe scanner window. This allows you to open and close system map and probe scanner independently.
  
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[[File:P4-2.jpg]]
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With the probe scanner open the system map now shows information relevant for probing. The red spheres are signatures that need to be probed with probes, green icons are anomalies or completely probed signatures and the blue spheres are your probes.
  
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You have several controls for your probes.
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* Drag the cube to move whole probe formation.
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** Hold shift to move individual probes.
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** Hold control to adjust probe distance from center point.
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* Alt+scroll, alt+drag or slider in probe scanner window to resize probes
  
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=====3. Deploy two probes.=====
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You can also move your probes to pinpoint formation, spread formation or own saved custom formation in probe scanner window. When scanning signatures only pinpoint formation, formation moving and probe size changes are needed.
  
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[[File:P4-3.jpg]]
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To scan a signature move your probe formation over the signature sphere. Good starting formation is pinpoint formation with size adjusted to cover the whole signature sphere. A trick to initial probe placement is to know that all signatures are  within 4 AU from celestial objects. If there is only one celestial near the signature sphere the signature is near it and you can place your probes there. Now refresh probe scan by slicking the "analyze" button in probe scanner window. Depending on your probe placement and probe stats the marker of the signature changes.  
  
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If only one probe overlapped with the signature the result is a sphere. You know that the signature is inside that sphere in region that overlaps with one probe only. Place your formation there, adjust size and scan again.
  
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=====4. Drag the first two outward from each other to form a triangle.=====
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If two probes overlapped with the signature the result is a circle. The signature is somewhere on the circle where only two probes overlap with each other. Make an educated guess, move your formation, resize and scan again.
  
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[[File:P4-4.jpg]]
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If three probes overlapped with the signature the result is two points connected by a line. The signature is near one of the points. Usualy it is on the point that is further away from your probe formation center. Move your probes, adjust size and scan again.
  
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If four or more probes overlapped with the signature the result is one point. Center your formation on it, reduce probe size and scan again.
  
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Repeat the above steps until the signature is scanned and you can warp to it.
  
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[[File:P4-5.jpg]]
 
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[[File:P4-6.png]]
 
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[[File:P4-7.png]]
 
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==Five Probe Setup==
 
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Although it is possible to do a five probe setup, it is not recommended, due to the fact that it is time consuming and difficult to get the positioning accurate on the fifth probe, so it sits correctly in the middle of the four-sided polygonal triangle. Since it's far easier to do a six, seven or eight probe setup, and since it's so short to train, it's best to train the skills to do the 6+ probe steps instead.
 
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That said, if you insist on going with this setup, or you're absolutely stuck with a tricky signature, you can do these slightly tweaked steps, based on the above four probe setup:
 
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1. Deploy two probes.
 
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2. CTRL+SHIFT+Drag them down-leftward.
 
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3. Deploy three probes.
 
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4. Drag the first two outward from each other to form a triangle
 
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5. Drag the third probe to the top-right of the triangle, leaving two probes in the center. (Do '''not''' manually drag the two probes to the middle like the four-probe instructions described; this will make it extremely hard to line up later on when condensing!). Adjust the first two probes via expansion to align with the top probe you just dragged.
 
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6. Drag one of the two center probe vertically, leaving the second center probe in the middle.
 
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7. Drag the center probe slightly upward, to center it between the top point, and the three bottom points.
 
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8. Set the scan resolution size to fit.
 
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9. Drag the probes in/out, and expand/contract the resolution size as needed, CTRL+SHIFT to move the entire group at once.
 
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...And ''that's'' why it's far easier to go with six or more probes!
 
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[[File:P6-1.png]]
 
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[[File:P6-2.png]]
 
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[[File:P6-3.png]]
 
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[[File:P6-4.png]]
 
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[[File:P6-5.png]]
 
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=====Same as Six Probe, Except deploy eight probes, spread out six as per above, and leave two centered on top of each other.=====
 
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IMPORTANT: Do '''not''' move the seventh and eighth probe under any circumstances; it should only ever move when using CTRL+SHIFT+Drag. These are your center point, and moving them will throw off your alignment entirely, which will force you to recall and relaunch your probes.
 
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[[File:P8-1.png]]
 
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=====Close-up=====
 
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[[File:P8-2.png]]
 
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==Links==
 
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*A very good video guide on scanning with 5 probes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heYfTA00Idg
 
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*Seamus's guide to scanning with 7 probes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTf4ZYPAX1s
 
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*[[Scanning & Probing]]
 
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*[[Smurfprime's Probing Guide]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 14:50, 14 March 2017

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Getting started

To do probing you need to have a probe launcher fitted on your ship and load it with eight probes. It is possible to load less than eight probes in a probe launcher but there is no reason to ever do that.

Probing

Probe scanner window with labels.

To start probing launch your probes and open both system map and probe scanner window.

It is recommended that you undock probe scanner window from system map by clicking the square icon on top right corner of probe scanner window. This allows you to open and close system map and probe scanner independently.

With the probe scanner open the system map now shows information relevant for probing. The red spheres are signatures that need to be probed with probes, green icons are anomalies or completely probed signatures and the blue spheres are your probes.

You have several controls for your probes.

  • Drag the cube to move whole probe formation.
    • Hold shift to move individual probes.
    • Hold control to adjust probe distance from center point.
  • Alt+scroll, alt+drag or slider in probe scanner window to resize probes

You can also move your probes to pinpoint formation, spread formation or own saved custom formation in probe scanner window. When scanning signatures only pinpoint formation, formation moving and probe size changes are needed.

To scan a signature move your probe formation over the signature sphere. Good starting formation is pinpoint formation with size adjusted to cover the whole signature sphere. A trick to initial probe placement is to know that all signatures are within 4 AU from celestial objects. If there is only one celestial near the signature sphere the signature is near it and you can place your probes there. Now refresh probe scan by slicking the "analyze" button in probe scanner window. Depending on your probe placement and probe stats the marker of the signature changes.

If only one probe overlapped with the signature the result is a sphere. You know that the signature is inside that sphere in region that overlaps with one probe only. Place your formation there, adjust size and scan again.

If two probes overlapped with the signature the result is a circle. The signature is somewhere on the circle where only two probes overlap with each other. Make an educated guess, move your formation, resize and scan again.

If three probes overlapped with the signature the result is two points connected by a line. The signature is near one of the points. Usualy it is on the point that is further away from your probe formation center. Move your probes, adjust size and scan again.

If four or more probes overlapped with the signature the result is one point. Center your formation on it, reduce probe size and scan again.

Repeat the above steps until the signature is scanned and you can warp to it.

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