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JurijD
February 4th, 2004, 11:04 AM
If a storm (or nebula) has "This storm is opaque to most scanners" in its abilities that means that enemy ships canīt see your ships in there and cannot engage in combat, right?

So what are "most scanners"? Or put in another way: what kind of scanner does one need to see inside these storm and nebulae?


thanks.

[ February 04, 2004, 09:05: Message edited by: JurijD ]
Pablo
February 4th, 2004, 11:22 AM
IIRC, all level 3 scanners can see through all the storms except the red nebulae. I might be wrong though.
JurijD
February 4th, 2004, 12:08 PM
Can anyone confirm this?

what is so special about a "red nebula"? Is it a bug or something else? what is a red nebula anyway? Just a regula one in red color http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif or what:) ?
oleg
February 4th, 2004, 12:34 PM
The level of sensor cloak is defined in systemtype.txt. It happaens that the system with red nebulae picture was assigned the highest cloak level. You can mod it of course.
Atrocities
February 4th, 2004, 12:36 PM
The red is also a good nebual image for those who want to make Hyperspace map mods. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif A high cloak level is desired.
Asmala
February 4th, 2004, 04:29 PM
I stock game level 2 scanners (e.g. Hyper Optics II) can see through all sector storms and through all system nebulaes except green nebulae (need level 3 scanner) and red nebulae (can't see through).
Slick
February 4th, 2004, 04:30 PM
These and othe details are outlined in section 9.6 of the Newbie FAQ.

Slick.
Asmala
February 4th, 2004, 05:32 PM
Originally posted by Slick:
These and othe details are outlined in section 9.6 of the Newbie FAQ.

Slick. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It's a new addition I haven't noticed. Great job! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif