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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wErCHjNTsRA Alebrelle Kuatu's Probe Scanning Video] for an up to date video on the topic.

~~{{expansion past | An earlier version of~~ the ~~game grouped these types under~~ the "~~Scrap~~" ~~category~~, and ~~they~~ '~~'were'' possible~~ to probe. ~~| width=50%}}~~

===Quick and Dirty How-To ===

(Read [[Probing In Simple Steps]] for a more detailed guide with tips and troubleshooting)

*Look at the system scanner and determine if there are any Cosmic Signatures to be found.

*Drop your probes. Scan, and use the filter to limit your results to what you want to find.

*Once you get a result, position probes to cover that result. This may be as easy as moving them around a little, or covering a sphere. Either way, keep in mind results from wide scans are ''very'' inaccurate sometimes.

*With luck, you will get "one dot" result. If you get circles, or more spheres, your initial guess was off and you need to reposition and try again.

*Once you get it down to one result, close probes in, bring them to the same plane as the result, drop scan radius, and re-scan.

*Repeat the process of dropping range, positioning arrows on the result circle, and rescanning until you get your result. If you hit the minimum probe range and still can't get 100%, try repositioning your probes more closely to the signature (holding ALT and sliding the probes closer to the target works wonders). There are some sites that you may not be able to probe -- to get them, try to increase your "probe scan strength". You can use Sisters launcher & probes, rig your ship, buy hardwired scanning implants, scannign arrays and/or train higher levels of the relevant skills.

===Rearranging Probes===

~~Controls for rearranging probes have recently changed in the Odyssey expansion~~

*By default all probes will move as one constellation unless you hold SHIFT, ALT or CONTROL which modifie how probes are moved. Holding SHIFT moves a single probe instead of all at once, ALT makes them resize and control moves them radially around center point, useful for pinpointing those sites which are hard to get 100% on. This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.

*By default all probes will move as one constellation unless you hold SHIFT or ~~ALT~~ which ~~modifies~~ how probes are moved. Holding SHIFT moves a single probe instead of all at once, ALT makes them ~~zoom in or out~~ around ~~their common~~ center, useful for pinpointing those sites which are hard to get 100% on. This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.

*The probe-cube can be clicked and dragged. If you grab the top or bottom, they slide on a horizontal plane, if you grab the sides of the cube, they slide on a vertical plane. This is why every so often you grab the cube and it slides away to somewhere weird- you accidentally grabbed the side of the cube instead of the top.

To reset the formation press either of the two preconfigured probe-patterns to reset both scan-range and position. This does not however reset probe constellation position in space.

===Where to Find Sites===

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===Solar System Map===

The Solar System Map can be rotated using the Left Mouse Button, and panned using the Right Mouse Button as well.

Clicking an object (celestial body, station, probe, etc.) changes the pivot point when rotating with the Left Mouse Button. Hint: Double clicking on the probe cube sets the probe cube to be the rotation pivot point, and re-centers the view to probe cube.

Clicking an object (celestial body, station, probe, signature etc.) changes the pivot point when rotating with the Left Mouse Button. Hint: Double clicking on the probe cube sets the probe cube to be the rotation pivot point, and re-centers the view to probe cube.

===Loading Probes===

Carry exactly twice as many probes as you use at a time. When you load your launcher initially, only load the amount of probes you can have active. (For example, if you have 8 probes active, carry 16 but only load 8.) As soon as you've launched your maximum number of probes and are busy placing them, the launcher will automatically load the next stack -- exactly the amount you need for the next system (be aware, activating a cloaking device while the reload timer is ticking down will cancel the reload due to being cloaked). That way, the launcher will always be ready without you ever having to manually load it~~. All you have to do is remember to recall them before moving to the next system~~.

Carry exactly twice as many probes as you use at a time. When you load your launcher initially, only load the amount of probes you can have active. (For example, if you have 8 probes active, carry 16 but only load 8.) As soon as you've launched your maximum number of probes and are busy placing them, the launcher will automatically load the next stack -- exactly the amount you need for the next system (be aware, activating a cloaking device while the reload timer is ticking down will cancel the reload due to being cloaked). That way, the launcher will always be ready without you ever having to manually load it.

===Results, and What They Mean===

*Sphere: The result is somewhere in the sphere. One probe only has a hit and approximate range. You ''can'' get multiple probes with independent hits, it can be messy. This is the least accurate hit.

*Circle: Two probes have approximate distances. More accurate, and likely to yield better hits with more probes. Target anomaly ~~has been narrowed down to a plane - a slice of~~ the ~~previous sphere~~.

*Circle: Two probes have approximate distances. More accurate, and likely to yield better hits with more probes. Target anomaly is located near the cirle.

*Two Dots: Three probes have distances, which narrows it down to between two possible locations. Likely to be more or less accurate, but beware of deviation. Target anomaly has been narrowed down ~~from the slice of the sphere~~ to being ~~somewhere on a straight line between~~ the ~~two points~~.

*Two Dots: Three probes have distances, which narrows it down to between two possible locations. Likely to be more or less accurate, but beware of deviation. Target anomaly has been narrowed down to being near one of the dots.

*One Dot: Four probes can see the result. Once scan strength reaches 100%, the result will be warpable.

*One Dot: Four or more probes can see the result. Once scan strength reaches 100%, the result will be warpable.

~~===Quick and Dirty How-To ===~~

~~(Read [[Exploration#Probing_Down_an_Exploration_Site|Exploration]] for a more detailed guide with tips and troubleshooting)~~

*Look at the system scanner and determine if there are any Cosmic Signatures to be found. (Before Odyssey expansion you had to drop probes and scan before you could determine if a system had any Cosmic Signatures in it.)

*Drop your probes. Scan, and use the filter to limit your results to what you want to find.

*Once you get a result, position probes to cover that result. This may be as easy as moving them around a little, or covering a sphere. Either way, keep in mind results from wide scans are ''very'' inaccurate sometimes.

*With luck, you will get "one dot" result. If you get circles, or more spheres, your initial guess was off and you need to reposition and try again. One way to easily cover a sphere-result, is to put 4 probes around the edges at enough range to cover the entire sphere. If this is impractical, overlap the sphere as much as possible and try to narrow it down to a circle-result.

*Once you get it down to one result, close probes in, bring them to the same plane as the result, drop scan radius, and re-scan.

*Repeat the process of dropping range, positioning arrows on the result circle, and rescanning until you get your result. If you hit the minimum probe range and still can't get 100%, try repositioning your probes more closely to the signature (holding ALT and sliding the probes closer to the target works wonders). There are some sites that you may not be able to probe -- to get them, try to increase your "probe scan strength". You can use Sisters launcher & probes, rig your ship, buy hardwired scanning implants, and/or train higher levels of the relevant skills.

==Links==

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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wErCHjNTsRA Alebrelle Kuatu's Probe Scanning Video] for an up to date video on the topic.
-{{expansion past | An earlier version of the game grouped these types under the "Scrap" category, and they ''were'' possible to probe. | width=50%}}
+===Quick and Dirty How-To ===
+(Read [[Probing In Simple Steps]] for a more detailed guide with tips and troubleshooting)
+*Look at the system scanner and determine if there are any Cosmic Signatures to be found.
+*Drop your probes. Scan, and use the filter to limit your results to what you want to find.
+*Once you get a result, position probes to cover that result.  This may be as easy as moving them around a little, or covering a sphere.  Either way, keep in mind results from wide scans are ''very'' inaccurate sometimes.
+*With luck, you will get "one dot" result.  If you get circles, or more spheres, your initial guess was off and you need to reposition and try again.
+*Once you get it down to one result, close probes in, bring them to the same plane as the result, drop scan radius, and re-scan.
+*Repeat the process of dropping range, positioning arrows on the result circle, and rescanning until you get your result.  If you hit the minimum probe range and still can't get 100%, try repositioning your probes more closely to the signature (holding ALT and sliding the probes closer to the target works wonders).  There are some sites that you may not be able to probe -- to get them, try to increase your "probe scan strength". You can use Sisters launcher & probes, rig your ship, buy hardwired scanning implants, scannign arrays and/or train higher levels of the relevant skills.
 ===Rearranging Probes===
-Controls for rearranging probes have recently changed in the Odyssey expansion
+*By default all probes will move as one constellation unless you hold SHIFT, ALT or CONTROL which modifie how probes are moved. Holding SHIFT moves a single probe instead of all at once, ALT makes them resize and control moves them radially around center point, useful for pinpointing those sites which are hard to get 100% on. This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.
-*By default all probes will move as one constellation unless you hold SHIFT or ALT which modifies how probes are moved. Holding SHIFT moves a single probe instead of all at once, ALT makes them zoom in or out around their common center, useful for pinpointing those sites which are hard to get 100% on. This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.
 *The probe-cube can be clicked and dragged.  If you grab the top or bottom, they slide on a horizontal plane, if you grab the sides of the cube, they slide on a vertical plane. This is why every so often you grab the cube and it slides away to somewhere weird- you accidentally grabbed the side of the cube instead of the top.
 To reset the formation press either of the two preconfigured probe-patterns to reset both scan-range and position. This does not however reset probe constellation position in space.
 ===Where to Find Sites===
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 ===Solar System Map===
 The Solar System Map can be rotated using the Left Mouse Button, and panned using the Right Mouse Button as well.
-Clicking an object (celestial body, station, probe, etc.) changes the pivot point when rotating with the Left Mouse Button. Hint: Double clicking on the probe cube sets the probe cube to be the rotation pivot point, and re-centers the view to probe cube.
+Clicking an object (celestial body, station, probe, signature etc.) changes the pivot point when rotating with the Left Mouse Button. Hint: Double clicking on the probe cube sets the probe cube to be the rotation pivot point, and re-centers the view to probe cube.
 ===Loading Probes===
-Carry exactly twice as many probes as you use at a time. When you load your launcher initially, only load the amount of probes you can have active.  (For example, if you have 8 probes active, carry 16 but only load 8.)  As soon as you've launched your maximum number of probes and are busy placing them, the launcher will automatically load the next stack -- exactly the amount you need for the next system (be aware, activating a cloaking device while the reload timer is ticking down will cancel the reload due to being cloaked).  That way, the launcher will always be ready without you ever having to manually load it.  All you have to do is remember to recall them before moving to the next system.
+Carry exactly twice as many probes as you use at a time. When you load your launcher initially, only load the amount of probes you can have active.  (For example, if you have 8 probes active, carry 16 but only load 8.)  As soon as you've launched your maximum number of probes and are busy placing them, the launcher will automatically load the next stack -- exactly the amount you need for the next system (be aware, activating a cloaking device while the reload timer is ticking down will cancel the reload due to being cloaked).  That way, the launcher will always be ready without you ever having to manually load it.
 ===Results, and What They Mean===
 *Sphere:  The result is somewhere in the sphere.  One probe only has a hit and approximate range.  You ''can'' get multiple probes with independent hits, it can be messy.  This is the least accurate hit.
-*Circle:  Two probes have approximate distances.  More accurate, and likely to yield better hits with more probes. Target anomaly has been narrowed down to a plane - a slice of the previous sphere.
+*Circle:  Two probes have approximate distances.  More accurate, and likely to yield better hits with more probes. Target anomaly is located near the cirle.
-*Two Dots:  Three probes have distances, which narrows it down to between two possible locations.  Likely to be more or less accurate, but beware of deviation. Target anomaly has been narrowed down from the slice of the sphere to being somewhere on a straight line between the two points.
+*Two Dots:  Three probes have distances, which narrows it down to between two possible locations.  Likely to be more or less accurate, but beware of deviation. Target anomaly has been narrowed down to being near one of the dots.
-*One Dot:  Four probes can see the result.  Once scan strength reaches 100%, the result will be warpable.
+*One Dot:  Four or more probes can see the result.  Once scan strength reaches 100%, the result will be warpable.
-===Quick and Dirty How-To ===
-(Read [[Exploration#Probing_Down_an_Exploration_Site|Exploration]] for a more detailed guide with tips and troubleshooting)
-*Look at the system scanner and determine if there are any Cosmic Signatures to be found.  (Before Odyssey expansion you had to drop probes and scan before you could determine if a system had any Cosmic Signatures in it.)
-*Drop your probes. Scan, and use the filter to limit your results to what you want to find.
-*Once you get a result, position probes to cover that result.  This may be as easy as moving them around a little, or covering a sphere.  Either way, keep in mind results from wide scans are ''very'' inaccurate sometimes.
-*With luck, you will get "one dot" result.  If you get circles, or more spheres, your initial guess was off and you need to reposition and try again.  One way to easily cover a sphere-result, is to put 4 probes around the edges at enough range to cover the entire sphere.  If this is impractical, overlap the sphere as much as possible and try to narrow it down to a circle-result.
-*Once you get it down to one result, close probes in, bring them to the same plane as the result, drop scan radius, and re-scan.
-*Repeat the process of dropping range, positioning arrows on the result circle, and rescanning until you get your result.  If you hit the minimum probe range and still can't get 100%, try repositioning your probes more closely to the signature (holding ALT and sliding the probes closer to the target works wonders).  There are some sites that you may not be able to probe -- to get them, try to increase your "probe scan strength". You can use Sisters launcher & probes, rig your ship, buy hardwired scanning implants, and/or train higher levels of the relevant skills.
 ==Links==