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Pressing the circular button at the top right of the directional scanner window opens a map of the local solar system. Your ship will be highlighted by a red area showing the extent of the d-scan at its current settings. The d-scan map can be resized and moved, and the same map window is used by the probe scanner. | Pressing the circular button at the top right of the directional scanner window opens a map of the local solar system. Your ship will be highlighted by a red area showing the extent of the d-scan at its current settings. The d-scan map can be resized and moved, and the same map window is used by the probe scanner. | ||
Dragging on the map with the mouse will give you a different look at the system, but this will not change the orientation of the scanner. | Dragging on the map with the mouse will give you a different look at the system, but this will not change the orientation of the scanner. | ||
[[File:Qs 04dscanprac.jpg|right|thumb|Use the radial menu inside the Map to aim the scanner.]] | [[File:Qs 04dscanprac.jpg|right|thumb|Use the radial menu inside the Map to aim the scanner.]] | ||
This will bring up the Radial Menu, and when you select the "scanner" icon at the bottom of that menu, the scanner will move to point at the object. (''Doing this will not affect the orientation or movement of your ship; just the scanner will move''.) | You can easily aim the directional scanner by left-clicking on an object in the Map. This will bring up the Radial Menu, and when you select the "scanner" icon at the bottom of that menu, the scanner will move to point at the object. (''Doing this will not affect the orientation or movement of your ship; just the scanner will move''.) | ||
[[File:Qs DscanMapIcons.jpg|right|350px|D-scan map icons]] | [[File:Qs DscanMapIcons.jpg|right|350px|D-scan map icons]] | ||
At the top left of the map are a set of icons that access various preference settings. | At the top left of the map are a set of icons that access various preference settings. | ||