Survey scanner help.

[Ryan]

I'm having problems with the survey scanner mission. It says reach the gas cloud and begin construction but I don't see a gas cloud, all I see is a blue like laser shooting out of the ground and I don't have a clue what I'm supposed to construct. Please can somebody help.

[LazOfSteel]

that sounds liek a custom tag.

the way it works is:

turn on analysis visor.

switch over to survey mode. btw: you have to have purchase the survey mode tech from the multi tool merchant in the nexus and installed it or else you will not get the option to switch over to it.

your vision will switch from the usually blue hue to a red hue and a reticul that tells you whether you should go left, right or center and how far it is.

once you walk to the node it will mark it. you can tag it so you can see it outside of the visor.

place your industrial devices here.

additional: the node locations are far appart and only one can be found. the nearest one is th eone that it directs you to and it will be any of the 3 types. electrical, gas, or mineral. mineral seems to be the most common. so you basically have to run around in big ship jumps and try to fine the right node type you are looking for.

good luck surveying!

[Ryan]

When I survey scan and then press E to confirm hotspot, gas shoots out of the ground and then a custom marker is placed there. I think I must have a key binding conflict. Do you know a way to fix it please? Thanks for your help.

[Pain]

if you are in survey mode, you can't place a marker. Just look at the symbol and press and hold E to tag it after scanning.

[Azure Fang]

The "blue laser" is just a custom marker and has literally nothing to do with the survey scanner tutorial. If gas was selected for your tut, do as follows:

1. Build the Survey Scanner upgrade into your multi-tool if you haven't already.
   
2. While in normal scan mode, switch to Survey mode. The default key for this action is "Q".
   
3. Once in Survey mode, the scanner's color filter will change and three icons will appear at the bottom. If the icon lit is not the gas cloud, get in your ship and fly ~1000u away in any direction, then repeat from step 2.
   
4. Once your scanner has picked up a gas deposit in the vicinity, you're going to start playing a "hot or cold game". While remaining in Survey mode, spin in place until both indicators on the left and right of the scanning reticle are pulsing; this means you're facing the general direction of the deposit.
   
5. Start walking on your current heading. If either side indicator stops pulsing, turn in the direction of the pulsing indicator until they both are pulsing again and keep walking. You know you're getting closer if the distance indicator decreases as you walk and the pinging tone increases in speed and octave.
   
6. Once you're under 20u distance, you'll have to make constant adjustments in heading. Once you're under 4u, the scanner will start scanning the location. Let is complete and the gas deposit will be identified and can be tagged while in Survey mode.
   
7. If the deposit is inside an existing base's build zone, build a gas siphon near the tag and you're done. If it's outside of a base's build zone, you'll have to build a new base before you can build a siphon. If you need the siphon's blueprint, you can buy it on the Anomaly after you buy the Mineral Extractor.

[Ryan]

Sorted now. Thank you all for your help its much appreciated.