What is the ship scan hotkey?

[FDru]

Is there even one?

[eMYNOCK]

there is no hotkey.

you go into scan mode, use the function menue on your target and select "scan" within 1 km distance.

than it will be scanned.

[Boris]

Shift 2 and Shift 3..and Shift 3 is the activation for the long range scan..after that i have to hold the "Y" key at my gamepad (secondary fire button ) for not less than a second and not more long than the sound is telling.

[FDru]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK (=FU= MadHwK):

you go into scan mode, use the function menue on your target and select "scan" within 1 km distance.

That is the one I'm talking about, which I know how to do... it's just nearly impossible to scan any fast moving target using that ridiculous drop down menu. Especially when using fly at cursor.

[eMYNOCK]

as said.. there is sadly no hotkey to initiate this scan.

but it is managable to scan nearly everything.. even while fly@cursor mode is active.

just needs a lot of practice.

[Old_Wolf]

The best way to scan a ship is to hit the pause/break key when you get lined up and ready to scan. You can right click on the target to initiate the scan then un-pause the game. I recommend that you are already in scan mode before you pause the game.

I was able to figure out how to do it without having to pause by using Voice Attack. I give a voice command to "Scan Ship" and Voice Attack turns on scan mode, moves the mouse cursor to the center of the screen, right-clicks and selects the scan ship option, then turns scan mode back off. Once done, it moves the mouse cursor back to the lower-right corner of the screen. Since I use a HOTAS and Voice Attack, I only use the keyboard/mouse for about 5% of the things I do.

[Paper Tiger]

There *is* a default hotkey, apologies for resurrecting this thread, but i just found it myself, and incase someone comes looking in the future... With scan mode active, and the ship targeted, just press SHIFT+F

[Aeekto]

Originally posted by Cecil_Harvey:

There *is* a default hotkey, apologies for resurrecting this thread, but i just found it myself, and incase someone comes looking in the future... With scan mode active, and the ship targeted, just press SHIFT+F

Back then, when this thread got created and answered (more than a year old) there wasn't one.... they added it since then!

[Sticky]

Im not at my PC isn't Shift F a hotkey for scanning other ships? And Shift 2 for Stations , and Shift 3 for long Range. You can go look for all the hotkeys in settings to find them.

[Aeekto]

Originally posted by Sticky:

Im not at my PC isn't Shift F a hotkey for scanning other ships? And Shift 2 for Stations , and Shift 3 for long Range. You can go look for all the hotkeys in settings to find them.

as already said.... this is a thread more than 1 year old and cecil_harvey nekroed it.
Back then there was no hotkey, but today it is!

[Sticky]

Ok but am I right? 😄

[HoloByteus]

Shift-F, I map it to a mouse button, along with all the common commands. Logitech Gaming Software or something like it solves the hotkey issue.

[Salty Exxer]

Ima re-necro the necro - but you'd think all that should be needed is:
Be in scan mode
Target the ship

Kinda silly to have to specifically initiate it.

[BGratz]

Originally posted by FDru:

it's just nearly impossible to scan any fast moving target using that ridiculous drop down menu.

Try the pause button

but yes its a joke that there is no hotkey

[Puppet #7]

There is a hot key- its listed in this thread, it's shift+f by default and can be rebound with basically any 3rd party key mapper is desired

[Oddible]

It's been brought up a lot. There are a few missing hotkeys like this that would be amazing. Drop satellite for instance. Drop laser tower. Drop mine.