Scanner upgrades

[Ace]

What do they do specifically? I see them all the time but have no idea what they actually do

[=PB=]

when you middle click on salvage or an asteroid, it tells you how much is in it at a certain distance. When you middle click on an enemy ship, the closer you get, the more info you get. The scanner upgrades increase the distances you get info like dps.

[Mad_House]

I kind of wish higher level scanners told what items are onboard a ship, and what chance you have to retrieve them...

[GBeats]

there are (i think) 3 types of scanner upgrades

-Sector range extender (extends the range within the sector)
-galaxy range extender (extends the range of the long range scanner on the map)
-galaxy locater thingie (extends the long range scanner for finding hidden sectors/masses)

never really used them much but the last one is nice to have... you get that free of the first explorer that finds you when you leave the sector for the first time

[=PB=]

Originally posted by GBeats:

there are (i think) 3 types of scanner upgrades

-Sector range extender (extends the range within the sector)
-galaxy range extender (extends the range of the long range scanner on the map)
-galaxy locater thingie (extends the long range scanner for finding hidden sectors/masses)

never really used them much but the last one is nice to have... you get that free of the first explorer that finds you when you leave the sector for the first time

You usually won't be using any equipment less than exceptional, and exceptional tier map-scanners as I call them will always have both deep scan and normal. Mine, for example, has something like +6 deep scan and +12 normal scan.

[Insane_Bolt]

I'm still not sure of the differences. Someone please clarify for me:

Scanner range, Radar range, Deep Scan range.

[Spicey]

Deep scan will light up the galaxy map with areas containing large mass like asteroid fields and wreckage. They'll appear yellow

[BOYCOTT]

what exactly triggers the "valuable items in this sector" message? just the relevant tier ore enough? or something more?

[SkollUlfr]

Originally posted by Too-DAMN-Much:

what exactly triggers the "valuable items in this sector" message? just the relevant tier ore enough? or something more?

stashes, station wrecks, claimable asteroids, beacons.
the only problem is that the inside sector scanners have ranges smaller than the size of some of my ships.

[Vahnkiljoy]

For some reason scanner range is an unshown stat, BASE scanning range is, and I wish I were wrong 5k, so scanning ranges just increase that. I don't even know why scan range isn't a SHOWN stat.

[=PB=]

Originally posted by SkollUlfr:

the only problem is that the inside sector scanners have ranges smaller than the size of some of my ships.

get an exotic or higher tiered one, it will light it up anywhere in the sector.