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See [[Smurfprime's Probing Guide]] for a complete guide on how to probe down a signature.

~~Other miscellaneous tips:~~

===Rearranging Probes===

*Holding SHIFT or ALT modifies all active probes at once. SHIFT moves them all together, ALT makes them zoom in or out around their common center. This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.

*The probe-cubes 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.

* Holding SHIFT or ALT modifies all active probes at once. SHIFT moves them all together, ALT makes them zoom in or out around their common center.

===Probe Placement===

~~This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.~~

Scan Probe Placement (With 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 probes). You can find any site with just 4 probes, assuming you have enough sensor strength. If the site is too weak, you can pile on additional probes and it may work.

* Scan Probe Placement (With 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 probes).

You can find any site with just 4 probes, assuming you have enough sensor strength. If the site is too weak, you can pile on additional probes and it may work.

===Quick Scans===

* Quick Scans ~~(With~~ or without ~~Deep Space Probes)~~.

Can be performed with or without deep space probes.

Deep space probes are primarily useful in very huge system. However, they are very weak, making them less useful than other probes for finding anything but deep-safe-spotted ships in very large systems.

* Sites only seem to spawn in a sphere ~~a few~~ AU around planets.

===Where to Find Sites===

Sites only seem to spawn in a sphere 4 AU around celestials (may only be planets).

If you are scanning large reaches of empty space, you might find mission sites and abandoned drones, but probably not much else.

*The probe-cubes 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.~~

===Solar System Map===

* The Solar System Map can not only be rotated using the Left Mouse Button, but panned using the Right Mouse Button as well.

The Solar System Map can not only be rotated using the Left Mouse Button, but 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.

* Carry exactly twice as many probes you ~~can have active~~ at ~~once~~

When you load your launcher initially, only load the amount of probes you can have active. (For example, if you can have 5 probes active, carry 10 but only load 5.) 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. 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.

===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 can have 5 probes active, carry 10 but only load 5.) 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. 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.

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

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 See [[Smurfprime's Probing Guide]] for a complete guide on how to probe down a signature.
-Other miscellaneous tips:
+===Rearranging Probes===
+*Holding SHIFT or ALT modifies all active probes at once. SHIFT moves them all together, ALT makes them zoom in or out around their common center. This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.
+*The probe-cubes 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.
-* Holding SHIFT or ALT modifies all active probes at once. SHIFT moves them all together, ALT makes them zoom in or out around their common center.
+===Probe Placement===
-This allows for some very fast repositioning of probes.
+Scan Probe Placement (With 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 probes). You can find any site with just 4 probes, assuming you have enough sensor strength.  If the site is too weak, you can pile on additional probes and it may work.
-* Scan Probe Placement (With 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 probes).
-You can find any site with just 4 probes, assuming you have enough sensor strength.  If the site is too weak, you can pile on additional probes and it may work.
+===Quick Scans===
-* Quick Scans (With or without Deep Space Probes).
+Can be performed with or without deep space probes.
 Deep space probes are primarily useful in very huge system.  However, they are very weak, making them less useful than other probes for finding anything but deep-safe-spotted ships in very large systems.
-* Sites only seem to spawn in a sphere a few AU around planets.
+===Where to Find Sites===
+Sites only seem to spawn in a sphere 4 AU around celestials (may only be planets).
 If you are scanning large reaches of empty space, you might find mission sites and abandoned drones, but probably not much else.
-*The probe-cubes 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.
+===Solar System Map===
-* The Solar System Map can not only be rotated using the Left Mouse Button, but panned using the Right Mouse Button as well.
+The Solar System Map can not only be rotated using the Left Mouse Button, but 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.
-* Carry exactly twice as many probes you can have active at once
-When you load your launcher initially, only load the amount of probes you can have active.  (For example, if you can have 5 probes active, carry 10 but only load 5.)  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.  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.
+===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 can have 5 probes active, carry 10 but only load 5.)  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.  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.
 ===Results, and What They Mean===