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Darthewok
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.11.11 15:03:00 - [ 1]
Does anyone have the exact maximum range of the on-board ship scanner?
I remember calculating it to something about 14 AU plus but am looking for the derivation and more accurate figure eg. to 2-3 decimal places is fine?
Thanks |
Jagga Spikes
Minmatar
Spikes Chop Shop |
Posted - 2009.11.11 15:11:00 - [ 2]
best wisdom is your own :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit |
3cxO
Caldari
Aperture Harmonics
K162 |
Posted - 2009.11.11 15:40:00 - [ 3]
 Originally by: Jagga Spikes
best wisdom is your own :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit
Or... google kicks ass |
Darthewok
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.11.11 17:50:00 - [ 4]
Edited by: Darthewok on 11/11/2009 17:50:43
hmm so scanner when used as advance warning of incoming ships is only abt 2 secs for incoming inty or 4 secs for a BC... even less given scanner recalibration lag. |
Belkadan |
Posted - 2009.11.11 18:08:00 - [ 5]
no. It'll generally take longer. You're assuming the ships are travelling at maximum speed from Point A to point B. However, ships in eve take time to accelerate and decelerate. Particularly the arrival at point "b" takes extra time. |
Damien Grammaticus |
Posted - 2009.11.11 18:19:00 - [ 6]
Originally by: Darthewok
Does anyone have the exact maximum range of the on-board ship scanner?
I remember calculating it to something about 14 AU plus but am looking for the derivation and more accurate figure eg. to 2-3 decimal places is fine?
Thanks
2,147,483,647 is the max range. Coincidentally, this is also the maximum value of a signed 32 bit integer, 2^31 - 1. ...OK, maybe not so coincidentally.  |
Darzian |
Posted - 2009.11.13 12:45:00 - [ 7]
Originally by: Damien Grammaticus
Originally by: Darthewok
Does anyone have the exact maximum range of the on-board ship scanner?
I remember calculating it to something about 14 AU plus but am looking for the derivation and more accurate figure eg. to 2-3 decimal places is fine?
Thanks
2,147,483,647 is the max range.
Coincidentally, this is also the maximum value of a signed 32 bit integer, 2^31 - 1.
...OK, maybe not so coincidentally.
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mxzf
Minmatar
Shovel Bros |
Posted - 2009.11.13 13:37:00 - [ 8]
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MarieFrance Tessier |
Posted - 2009.11.13 18:21:00 - [ 9]
What if they are south of you? |
Jin Turbo
Caldari |
Posted - 2009.11.14 00:18:00 - [ 10]
Originally by: MarieFrance Tessier
What if they are south of you?
Which way is south in space? |
Pater Peccavi
Minmatar
Tribal Liberation Force |
Posted - 2009.11.14 03:19:00 - [ 11]
Originally by: Jin Turbo
Originally by: MarieFrance Tessier
What if they are south of you?
Which way is south in space?
The enemy gate is down. |
Suas
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.11.14 07:48:00 - [ 12]
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Elukka |
Posted - 2009.11.15 09:25:00 - [ 13]
Edited by: Elukka on 15/11/2009 09:25:25 Originally by: Darthewok
Edited by: Darthewok on 11/11/2009 17:50:43
hmm so scanner when used as advance warning of incoming ships is only abt 2 secs for incoming inty or 4 secs for a BC... even less given scanner recalibration lag.
If you look at the map while warping, you'll notice that generally most of the time is spent accelerating and decelerating and the ship is barely moving on the map. The deceleration phase takes some time, so you'll be able to see whatever is coming in and hopefully warp out if it's something bad. |
Darthewok
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.11.15 10:09:00 - [ 14]
cool, so scanner can serve as a viable advance warning of incoming enemy ships in wormholes then. |
Geisladiskur |
Posted - 2009.11.15 10:40:00 - [ 15]
Originally by: Darthewok
cool, so scanner can serve as a viable advance warning of incoming enemy ships in wormholes then.
Unless they are cloaked |
Darthewok
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.11.15 10:45:00 - [ 16]
true about the cloaked part. yeah so cloaked ships are totally able to sneak up on prey then. Originally by: Damien Grammaticus
2,147,483,647 is the max range.
That comes to 14.354937 AU So basically any object beyond this number is unscannable from where you are with the regular scanner. |
Ashina Sito
Gallente
Center for Advanced Studies |
Posted - 2009.11.15 19:40:00 - [ 17]
Originally by: Darthewok
Originally by: Damien Grammaticus
2,147,483,647 is the max range.
That comes to 14.354937 AU
So basically any object beyond this number is unscannable from where you are with the regular scanner.
FYI, the current CSM has a "distance flip switch" option put forward for the distance on the Directional Scanner. That way you could show in ether KM or AU. It was one of the things I wanted to put on the table as a CSM but, they beat me too it. |
Damien Grammaticus |
Posted - 2009.11.17 23:07:00 - [ 18]
Originally by: mxzf
Originally by: Damien Grammaticus
Originally by: Darthewok
Does anyone have the exact maximum range of the on-board ship scanner?
I remember calculating it to something about 14 AU plus but am looking for the derivation and more accurate figure eg. to 2-3 decimal places is fine?
Thanks
2,147,483,647 is the max range.
Coincidentally, this is also the maximum value of a signed 32 bit integer, 2^31 - 1.
...OK, maybe not so coincidentally.
Yeah, I noticed that when I first started scanning, but I'm still trying to figure out why you need a signed int for a range, which is by definition positive  .
Like someone said.. "south of you" So you have 3 values, XYZ, to define the position of an object in 3D space. A signed value lets you define this position (in relation to your ship) with 3 32 bit values. Position defined from 0km to 14.3AU from you in any direction in only 12 bytes. Weee! |
Aram Yong
Gallente
University of Caille
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Posted - 2009.11.17 23:46:00 - [ 19]
Useful. Thanks |
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