Directional scanning: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Qs Dscan14-360map.jpg|left|thumb|Map with d-scanner set to maximum range and angle.]]

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 accompanied by a red area showing the extent of the d-scan at its current settings. The d-scan map window 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 where the scanner is pointing.

Dragging inside the map with the mouse will rotate your view of the system, but this will not change where the scanner is pointing.

[[File:Qs 04dscanprac.jpg|right|thumb|Use the radial menu inside the Map to aim the scanner.]]

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. (''You can change the way dragging and aiming works: see [[#Angle and Camera|Angle and Camera]] for details.'')

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 [[File:Qs Dscan14-360map.jpg|left|thumb|Map with d-scanner set to maximum range and angle.]]
 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 accompanied by a red area showing the extent of the d-scan at its current settings. The d-scan map window 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 where the scanner is pointing.
+Dragging inside the map with the mouse will rotate your view of the system, but this will not change where the scanner is pointing.
 [[File:Qs 04dscanprac.jpg|right|thumb|Use the radial menu inside the Map to aim the scanner.]]
 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. (''You can change the way dragging and aiming works: see [[#Angle and Camera|Angle and Camera]] for details.'')