Planetary Interaction: Difference between revisions

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The colored bar will allow you to modify the contrast of the heat map - as very rich or very poor resources may completely white out or appear invisible if your contrast is off. There are two triangles on the contrast bar. The left one will set the minimum resource abundance you want on the map (if you move it right poorer areas will disappear), and the right one will determine how rich a resource have to be to show as white (if you move it left poorer resources will show more distinctly). Ideally you'll want a balance where you can clearly see where the richer parts of the planet are. Remember that the colors are relative to the contrast bar setting - two white spots for the same resource on different planets with different contrast bar settings are ''not'' equal!

You can leave a resource highlighted as you shift to the "Build" tab so you can more easily place an extractor on a rich spot (the white spot on this screenshot). To remove the heat overlay click the "NO FILTER" bar.<br style="clear: both" />

You can leave a resource highlighted as you shift to the "Build" tab so you can more easily place an extractor on a rich spot (the white spot on this screenshot). To remove the heat overlay click the "NO FILTER" bar.

'''Big note:''' Scan accuracy varies heavily by range to the system. While scanning at your max range may give you an idea of a planets usefulness (two rich resources near each other) without traveling there, be sure to rescan when you're in the system for best accuracy. In-system vs. in-orbit makes no difference.<br style="clear: both" />

== Planetary Buildings ==

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 The colored bar will allow you to modify the contrast of the heat map - as very rich or very poor resources may completely white out or appear invisible if your contrast is off. There are two triangles on the contrast bar. The left one will set the minimum resource abundance you want on the map (if you move it right poorer areas will disappear), and the right one will determine how rich a resource have to be to show as white (if you move it left poorer resources will show more distinctly). Ideally you'll want a balance where you can clearly see where the richer parts of the planet are. Remember that the colors are relative to the contrast bar setting - two white spots for the same resource on different planets with different contrast bar settings are ''not'' equal!
-You can leave a resource highlighted as you shift to the "Build" tab so you can more easily place an extractor on a rich spot (the white spot on this screenshot). To remove the heat overlay click the "NO FILTER" bar.<br style="clear: both" />
+You can leave a resource highlighted as you shift to the "Build" tab so you can more easily place an extractor on a rich spot (the white spot on this screenshot). To remove the heat overlay click the "NO FILTER" bar.
+'''Big note:''' Scan accuracy varies heavily by range to the system. While scanning at your max range may give you an idea of a planets usefulness (two rich resources near each other) without traveling there, be sure to rescan when you're in the system for best accuracy. In-system vs. in-orbit makes no difference.<br style="clear: both" />
 == Planetary Buildings ==