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Year 9 Day 291 6:57 Strange Sensor Grid Phenomena?
Novar Kalar

I've noticed some strange things on my screen as I seem to have more sensors than I actually do. In the following screenshot I am in a YT-510 with 8 sensors, take a look at the screenshot and try to figure out why this occurs. I am grateful for any explanation. (I will post more screenshots if need be as this seems to happen alot...at least for me.)



Edited By: Novar Kalar on Year 9 Day 291 7:29

Year 9 Day 291 7:34 Strange Sensor Grid Phenomena?
Azarin Isard

According to this: http://rules.swcombine.com/?Scanning#Sensor_Power

The diameter should be 11. Count it up, and it's 15 in the image. Are the rules dodgy, or does the YT-510 have more sensors than advertised?

Edit: They should have 11, not 9. Thanks to the guy who pointed out I can't count to numbers greater than the amount of fingers I have :P .

Edited By: Azarin Isard on Year 9 Day 291 7:48

Year 9 Day 291 7:35 Strange Sensor Grid Phenomena?
Rezva Ortrii Bresarr

510's have always had a 7 square range, not sure why.


Year 9 Day 291 8:43 Strange Sensor Grid Phenomena?
Novar Kalar

It seems to be a flaw in the coding, because if you actually look at the formula for sensor power on a square, it states the following:

"Power on a square = rounddown(Number of Sensors / (Distance + 1))"


Fill in this formula with a ship with 8 sensors and a distance of 5 (the supposed maximum range) and you get the following sensor power:

"Power on the square = rounddown(8/ (5 + 1))" = "Power on the square = rounddown(1.33) = 1"


Which is correct; however, if you increase the distance to 7 (the actual range) you get the following sensor power:

"Power on the square = rounddown(8/ (7 + 1))" = "Power on the square = rounddown(1) = 1"


Make the distance 8 (which is greater than the actual range) and you get this:

"Power on the square = rounddown(8/ (8 + 1))" = "Power on the square = rounddown(0.88) = 0"


If this formula is used for coding, this means that the maximum range is ACTUALLY 7, not 5.


On a different note, another abnormality in the screenshot is the fact that the sensor range is different on each of the two sides. Take a second look at the screenshot and you will notice that the right side extends farther down than the left, which (as far as I can tell) should not be.

Edited By: Novar Kalar on Year 9 Day 291 8:48

Year 9 Day 291 9:55 Strange Sensor Grid Phenomena?
Mikel von Bianchi

It's a noted flaw in the coding that we are attempting to figure out the best way to proceed on. Not sure if Sin has decided what to do yet.

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