Scan Jammers Dont Work

[Exsilium Games]

I have 217 wt of contriband on a ship with 1320 cargo, 480 of which is shielded. My detection chance is 58%. Ive added more jammers and it doesnt change anything. ive removed everything from my cargo except the contraband and still no change. Is this supposed to work this way.

[Mystra4]

You may also need a Scan Jammer on your ship, to uh... jam their scans.

[Exsilium Games]

Originally posted by Mystra4:

You may also need a Scan Jammer on your ship, to uh... jam their scans.

I updated my post as it had accidentally posted before i was done editing.

[Exsilium Games]

do you have to activate the jammers?

[Ommamar]

Originally posted by Mystra4:

You may also need a Scan Jammer on your ship, to uh... jam their scans.

I had no idea such a things existed and you are probably right, logically though if I am someone who scans for contraband and come across someone with something that interferes with that process. I would definitely assume they had contraband then confiscate their things on general suspicion.

[💀 Deadward 💀]

Shielded doesn't mean an automatic 100% chance to avoid detection below the weight threshold. If you've put the third tier jammer on, the only other way I know of to increase the avoidance higher is through the Smuggling perk in the social tree.

[Idridus]

I don't think they stack. There's 3 different tiers of jammers.

[ShaftZilla86]

You can also take the deception skill (iirc) that should increase your chance of avoiding detection.

[CurrySpirals]

I’ve lost the beeps, I lost the sweeps, and I’ve lost the creeps.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Exsilium Games:

I have 217 wt of contriband on a ship with 1320 cargo, 480 of which is shielded. My detection chance is 58%. Ive added more jammers and it doesnt change anything. ive removed everything from my cargo except the contraband and still no change. Is this supposed to work this way.

Shielded cargo only has a 3-37% or {something like that} chance depending on tier of blocking cargo, scan jammer only gives 50% chance, meaning the best cargo and scan jammer gives a 87% chance to avoid detection it is never 100%. You always risk getting caught. Take ranks in deception and when they hail you lie your butt off.

[Exsilium Games]

Originally posted by 💀 Deadward 💀:

Shielded doesn't mean an automatic 100% chance to avoid detection below the weight threshold. If you've put the third tier jammer on, the only other way I know of to increase the avoidance higher is through the Smuggling perk in the social tree.

Didnt know there were advanced jammers or a perk. Thx.

[Exsilium Games]

Originally posted by ApocNizmith:

Originally posted by Exsilium Games:

I have 217 wt of contriband on a ship with 1320 cargo, 480 of which is shielded. My detection chance is 58%. Ive added more jammers and it doesnt change anything. ive removed everything from my cargo except the contraband and still no change. Is this supposed to work this way.

Shielded cargo only has a 3-37% or {something like that} chance depending on tier of blocking cargo, scan jammer only gives 50% chance, meaning the best cargo and scan jammer gives a 87% chance to avoid detection it is never 100%. You always risk getting caught. Take ranks in deception and when they hail you lie your butt off.

so pull a Han Solo. Got it.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by ApocNizmith:

Originally posted by Exsilium Games:

I have 217 wt of contriband on a ship with 1320 cargo, 480 of which is shielded. My detection chance is 58%. Ive added more jammers and it doesnt change anything. ive removed everything from my cargo except the contraband and still no change. Is this supposed to work this way.

Shielded cargo only has a 3-37% or {something like that} chance depending on tier of blocking cargo, scan jammer only gives 50% chance, meaning the best cargo and scan jammer gives a 87% chance to avoid detection it is never 100%. You always risk getting caught. Take ranks in deception and when they hail you lie your butt off.

So just wanted to confirm this; having 2 50% scan jammers installed doesn't add up to 100% reduced detection chance? The 2nd is just taking up space and mass?

And while I'm here: Also just installed shielded cargo bays, 2 x 160 t, so 320 total, with 1470 total cargo space. If I smuggle one Aurora, weight 0.1 kg, there is still a chance it will be detected? 87% 'blocked'?

[ImHelping]

Remember when they gave us a tutorial mission about elite dangerous style low power emissions stealth? And how that is entirely useless forever because the game just spawns you directly into pirate gunfire or cop scanners anyway? Even if you set everything to nothing except 1 notch of grav power first.

Realism in gaming: Never actually exists, if it did we could use the convenient parts of realism instead of just patting ourselves on the back for more random dice rolls and UI click spam for basic tasks.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by jasonkilanski:

Max jamming is 90%, which you get with two 50% jammers. Adding more than two still gave me 90%.

Damn, I just removed one of the jammers since I read above here that having more than 1 is no point...?

I'll do some experimenting. I also saw a reddit thread where (like above here) they said that having multiple tiers scanners installed will only give you the benefit of the smallest one.

For example, if you have a 20% and a 50% jammer installed, only the 20% will count, and the 50% is ignored...

I have a feeling there are some bugs with these atm.

[roach112683]

Originally posted by ShaftZilla86:

You can also take the deception skill (iirc) that should increase your chance of avoiding detection.

I had 1/4 deception, shielded hold, AND T3 jammer. I had 90% chance to evade and I still failed the scan.