Active / Passive sensors

[Suicide Junkie]

In the unmodded game, all sensors scan with equivalent power.
Only the research costs, and build costs differ.

Thus, there will clearly be one uber-scanner tech, and you will never bother researching the others unless they are a prerequisite tech for some other component you want.

Some modded games (such as P&N PBW) have the cloaking system set up such that you will need multiple scanners to ensure you see everything.

P&N has gravitic cloak based on the mass of the ship (lighter ship = harder to see with gravitics)
So if you're trying to hide, you'll use a small ship, but then you'll not have enough space on the small ship to add cloaking protection against active and passive scanners!

[Ruatha]

okidoki.
You both answered what I thought.

I just find it a bit odd that after Hyperoptics comes the same tech again as tachyon sensors, in the same tech, ie Sensor tech 3 = hyper optics 3 (Scans lev 4), sensors tech 4 = Tachyon sensors 1 (scans lev 2) (That is not as good as the one before).

But I understand how it is now.

[Taera]

do not forget that its 5k base for Hyper Optics and 50k base for Sensors.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Ruatha:
okidoki.
You both answered what I thought.

I just find it a bit odd that after Hyperoptics comes the same tech again as tachyon sensors, in the same tech, ie Sensor tech 3 = hyper optics 3 (Scans lev 4), sensors tech 4 = Tachyon sensors 1 (scans lev 2) (That is not as good as the one before).

But I understand how it is now.

That's odd. The hyperoptics come after training facilities in advanced military science.

Tachyon sensors come after combat sensors 3.

But which one you have, and when, just depends on what you're researching.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Ruatha:
okidoki.
You both answered what I thought.

I just find it a bit odd that after Hyperoptics comes the same tech again as tachyon sensors, in the same tech, ie Sensor tech 3 = hyper optics 3 (Scans lev 4), sensors tech 4 = Tachyon sensors 1 (scans lev 2) (That is not as good as the one before).

But I understand how it is now.

That is wrong. They do not come from the same tech areas at all. You do not need any sensors tech to get Hyper Optics.