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== Planets == | == Planets == | ||
''For more details, see [[Planets]]'' | [[File:PlanetOfficeStar.png|right|All these planets are Yours]]''For more details, see [[Planets]]'' | ||
Planets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and accordingly provides differing materials. Each planet provides five resources, but a few unique resources only exist on a single planet. The unique resources include ''fill in the blanks here'' | Planets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and accordingly provides differing materials. Each planet provides five resources, but a few unique resources only exist on a single planet. The unique resources include ''fill in the blanks here'' | ||
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To actually look for a planet you can use several different ways. You can fly to them and actually click the planet, or be lazy and just select the planets from your overview. Either way you'll want to "View in planet mode" and get yourself a nice up-close view | To actually look for a planet you can use several different ways. You can fly to them and actually click the planet, or be lazy and just select the planets from your overview. Either way you'll want to "View in planet mode" and get yourself a nice up-close view | ||
You can also select planets from several other different views, such as via your MapBrowser. The planet must be within your [[Skills:Science#Remote Sensing|Remote Sensing]] skill range for you to be able to perform a Scan operation on its resources. If it is not within range, then you will be given an error such as: "At your Remote Sensing skill level you can only scan planets closer than #ly this planet is at #ly" | [[File:PlanetModeIcon.png|left|View in Planet Mode]]You can also select planets from several other different views, such as via your MapBrowser. The planet must be within your [[Skills:Science#Remote Sensing|Remote Sensing]] skill range for you to be able to perform a Scan operation on its resources. If it is not within range, then you will be given an error such as: "At your Remote Sensing skill level you can only scan planets closer than #ly this planet is at #ly" | ||
If you move out of scan range of a planet, then your current scan data remains from Planet Mode, but you cannot perform any new scans. Scan data is retained through state changes but is lost on logoff. | If you move out of scan range of a planet, then your current scan data remains from Planet Mode, but you cannot perform any new scans. Scan data is retained through state changes but is lost on logoff. | ||
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From outside your Remote Sensing range, you can only: | From outside your Remote Sensing range, you can only: | ||
* Enter Planet Mode, allowing you to view the relative abundances of resources on that planet (and gaze at its visual appeal) | * Enter Planet Mode, allowing you to view the relative abundances of resources on that planet (and gaze at its visual appeal) | ||
* Manage a planet you have already colonized | * Manage a planet you have already colonized<br style="clear: both" /> | ||
== Resources and Products == | == Resources and Products == | ||
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=== Planet Scanning === | === Planet Scanning === | ||
After you've familiarized yourself a bit with planets and resources, you'll probably want to extract one from the other. Finding a planet that is simply abundant in a resource you want is only the first step. Now you need to find out where on the planet you'll want to place your stuff. To get started, get yourself into Planet Mode and make sure you're on the "Scan" tab. You should see the five available resources, a "NO FILTER" bar, and a colorful "heat" bar. | [[File:PI-UnalteredHeatMap.jpg|right|Heat Map]]After you've familiarized yourself a bit with planets and resources, you'll probably want to extract one from the other. Finding a planet that is simply abundant in a resource you want is only the first step. Now you need to find out where on the planet you'll want to place your stuff. To get started, get yourself into Planet Mode and make sure you're on the "Scan" tab. You should see the five available resources, a "NO FILTER" bar, and a colorful "heat" bar.<br style="clear: both" /> | ||
[[File:PI- | [[File:PI-AlteredHeatMap.jpg|right|Contrast Bar]]Click any one resource and you'll get a heat map showing where on the planet that resource is abundant. 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.<br style="clear: both" /> | ||
[[File:PI-PlacingExtractorOnHotspot.jpg|right|Place a structure]]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. To remove the heat overlay click the "NO FILTER" bar.<br style="clear: both" /> | |||
=== Deposit Surveying === | === Deposit Surveying === | ||