Am dumb, pls help

[Ray_Anderson909]

I got the game thinking it'd be a sort of slow-burn horror kind of experience, but I was not prepared for the Math.
I'm not great with math, but I know my way around a calculator. My problem is that, once I've scanned an anomaly, and found the frequency, I know I'm supposed to get the antenna pointing at the right coordinates. Unfortunately, the only direction I have as to what the right coordinates are is a whole bunch of numbers and the vague instruction to do some calculations. I think there's something regarding the average of the highest and lowest numbers for each coordinate, but the numbers change faster than I could possibly calculate that, and certainly way faster than the antennas move.
What the heck am I supposed to do?

[Buzzard]

Each signal has a specific location. The Coord Detector will get random-ish locations around that point +/- the "Coordinate Detection" value on the display that's directly in front when you're seated. At best, with lots of upgrades, and a well charged base, you can get that down to about 10. At worst... that number gets absurdly high, making it absurdly difficult to get close.

The in-game listed method basically gets the min/max values of the numbers the detector spits out and does an average of the two, which will sorta get you close-ish. ...most of the time. It's good enough for getting your antennas started in the right general direction while you nail down better coordinates.

With a Coordinate Detection value of 20, and a signal location of 100, 50, we'd be seeing the coordinate detector spewing Azimuth values between 80 and 120, and Elevation from 30 to 70. If you get a good idea of where the upper or lower boundary is on a set of numbers from the detector, you can do some rough adding/subtracting to get pretty close.

There's also some hard limits on the numbers coming out of the detector. Azimuth values are hard capped from 0 to 359.9999, and Elevation runs from 10 to 90. No numbers will ever fall out of that range, and that will skew results from a signal that is near any of those range limits. Again, if you can get an idea of where the boundary is on the other side, you can get pretty close.

There's a little 'Signal Strength' meter, which will start showing some green when you get to around 1 degree +/- the signal's location. Azimuth and Elevation strength bars are independent of each other, allowing you do do a small move and see if the meter goes up or down. When you get both bars fully green, you're absolutely ON that signal, and can download the signal with minimal power applied to the antennas. (Power management is a big part of this game, even with maxed upgrades)

[nitnoid2002]

Generally, what I've found so far, is that you go out to the solar array and open the box next to the transformer. "Clean" the system. Then go back to the building and around back, make sure the generator is turned on. Charge up during daylight then hunt signals at night so you have full charge. If something appears not to be working or the antenna isn't moving, go check those two outside things I describe above.

Assuming you've done all that, and have a fully charged system, once you lock onto the signal and frequency, punch in an "average" elevation and try to get the azimuth within the upper and lower ranges you see. Toggle the "radar" screen and use the values to the right.

Once you have those values punched in, you have to click on the "Rotate Antenna" button, which has a green light on and it will turn red. This was the part I was missing. Nowhere did it tell me I had to click that button. Anyway, your antenna will start moving toward the coordinates you input.

And here is the game breaking news. If you are unlucky and your antenna is pretty far off from the signal, by the time your antenna gets even close to where it needs to be, you will lose signal and have to start over again. I've tried searching for a signal that is somewhat close to where my antenna is positioned. If its too far off, I start over again.

I have played for several hours and still have not been able to lock onto a signal. I understand realism is a factor in this sim, but its just too hard and not worth my time anymore. There needs to be a tutorial instead of just a prompt to hit F11 when you do something right.