Motion Scanner - Revision history

TBeholder at 00:37, 11 December 2022

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	* In base defense, soldiers hiding in the upper levels of modules near the access lift and hangars can be used to watch alien movement into the base.		* In base defense, soldiers hiding in the upper levels of modules near the access lift and hangars can be used to watch alien movement into the base.
	* If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, a soldier can land on the roof of a building or UFO and use the scanner to watch for movement.		* If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, a soldier can land on the roof of a building or UFO and use the scanner to watch for movement.

			== OpenXcom ==
			In [[OpenXcom]] the "Sneaky AI" option (if enabled) and spotter/sniper AI (if enabled in mod) make all battlefield intelligence you can get even more desirable.

			''OpenXcom Extended'' finally has the most inconvenient side of Motion Scanner fixed: holding [Alt] key points at the tiles where a Motion Scanner during this turn detected blips that weren't player units (in addition to the earlier functionality: show the facing of all visible units). The feature request thread was named "[https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,2391.30.html Motion Scanner without pencil and paper]"; you can see screenshots of the implemented feature on the last page.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Hobbes: categorizing

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categorizing

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			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

FullAuto: /* See Also */

2012-02-14T14:28:48Z

FullAuto: /* Hints and tips */

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Hints and tips

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	That's it really. It's useful if you've got a wall and cannot see what's behind it. Out in the open, it's useless. The further a unit has moved, the larger a blob it will produce. Large units produce bigger blobs with less movement. Sectoids produce smaller blobs then any other unit.		That's it really. It's useful if you've got a wall and cannot see what's behind it. Out in the open, it's useless. The further a unit has moved, the larger a blob it will produce. Large units produce bigger blobs with less movement. Sectoids produce smaller blobs then any other unit.

	== ~~Hints and tips~~ ==		== Tips ==
	*Motion scanners will only pick up units that moved. [[Alien movement patterns#Guards\|Enemies lying in ambush]] will be invisible.		*Motion scanners will only pick up units that moved. [[Alien movement patterns#Guards\|Enemies lying in ambush]] will be invisible.
	*The motion scanner has a very short range, making it useless in open terrain: you will be in a firefight long before anything shows up on the scanner.		*The motion scanner has a very short range, making it useless in open terrain: you will be in a firefight long before anything shows up on the scanner.

NKF: /* Hints and tips */ Removed point has merit if reworded to include elevation

2011-01-13T08:02:20Z

Hints and tips: Removed point has merit if reworded to include elevation

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	== Hints and tips ==		== Hints and tips ==
	*The motion scanner has a very short range, making it useless in open terrain: you will be in a firefight long before anything shows up on the scanner. It is most useful during [[UFO Ground Assault\|UFO assaults]] and [[UFO Crash Recovery\|recoveries]]; park a trooper beside the UFO to see where the aliens are inside. If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, put your scanning trooper on the roof. (A crashed Medium or Large Scout may have a hole in the roof -- stick to the sides in that case.)
	*Motion scanners will only pick up units that moved. [[Alien movement patterns#Guards\|Enemies lying in ambush]] will be invisible.		*Motion scanners will only pick up units that moved. [[Alien movement patterns#Guards\|Enemies lying in ambush]] will be invisible.
	*Use the motion scanner at the beginning of your turn, ~~or at least~~ before any friendly units have moved (apart from ~~the soldier who is operating~~ the scanner). This will reduce confusing "clutter" on the screen, caused by the movement of friendly units.		*The motion scanner has a very short range, making it useless in open terrain: you will be in a firefight long before anything shows up on the scanner.
	*To help in interpreting the scan, it may help to face the operator towards North first, so that the motion scan will have the same orientation as the Overview Map does.		* It is most useful during [[UFO Ground Assault\|UFO assaults]] and [[UFO Crash Recovery\|recoveries]]; park a trooper beside the UFO to see where the aliens are inside.
			* The scanners is useful when disembarking from the transport after waiting at least one turn.
			*Use the motion scanner at the beginning of your turn, before any friendly units have moved apart from the scanner operator. This will reduce confusing "clutter" on the screen, caused by the movement of friendly units.
	*Although the scanner is calibrated radially, in rings, it is also possible to read grid coordinates off the scanner. This helps greatly in exactly pinpointing enemy blips (and eliminating friendly blips). If you project at right angles from the horizontal and vertical red range indicators, to the blip, you can determine that it is e.g. "3 ahead, 5 left".		*Although the scanner is calibrated radially, in rings, it is also possible to read grid coordinates off the scanner. This helps greatly in exactly pinpointing enemy blips (and eliminating friendly blips). If you project at right angles from the horizontal and vertical red range indicators, to the blip, you can determine that it is e.g. "3 ahead, 5 left".
	*For complicated or critical situations, it may help to sketch the scan result on paper (or graph paper). Once you dismiss the scan screen, you need to expend TUs again in order to see the scan (even if nothing has changed and no one has moved). So if you can't keep the key information in your short term memory, write it down.		*For complicated or critical situations, it may help to sketch the scan result on paper (or graph paper). Once you dismiss the scan screen, you need to expend TUs again in order to see the scan (even if nothing has changed and no one has moved). So if you can't keep the key information in your short term memory, write it down.
	*Since you can learn the exact positions of unseen enemies, you can attack their positions with grenades or other explosives, even though you have no line of sight. You will need to listen for the death cry of the alien to know if and when you have killed it.		*Since you can learn the exact positions of unseen enemies, you can attack their positions with grenades or other explosives, even though you have no line of sight. You will need to listen for the death cry of the alien to know if and when you have killed it.
	*Or, you can attack towards their position with direct fire weapons, destroying the intervening cover and hopefully revealing the enemy into line of sight, to permit an aimed attack.		*Or, you can attack towards their position with direct fire weapons, destroying the intervening cover and hopefully revealing the enemy into line of sight, to permit an aimed attack.
			* In multi-story buildings and UFOs, soldiers on the ground level can use the scanner to check the upper levels for movement before moving any soldiers upstairs.
			* In base defense, soldiers hiding in the upper levels of modules near the access lift and hangars can be used to watch alien movement into the base.
			* If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, a soldier can land on the roof of a building or UFO and use the scanner to watch for movement.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

Ethereal Cereal: /* Hints and tips */ There's little advantage to using a scanner when you're inside an empty building/module -- and if it isn't empty, you'll get shot.

2011-01-13T01:39:23Z

Hints and tips: There's little advantage to using a scanner when you're inside an empty building/module -- and if it isn't empty, you'll get shot.

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	*For complicated or critical situations, it may help to sketch the scan result on paper (or graph paper). Once you dismiss the scan screen, you need to expend TUs again in order to see the scan (even if nothing has changed and no one has moved). So if you can't keep the key information in your short term memory, write it down.		*For complicated or critical situations, it may help to sketch the scan result on paper (or graph paper). Once you dismiss the scan screen, you need to expend TUs again in order to see the scan (even if nothing has changed and no one has moved). So if you can't keep the key information in your short term memory, write it down.
	*Since you can learn the exact positions of unseen enemies, you can attack their positions with grenades or other explosives, even though you have no line of sight. You will need to listen for the death cry of the alien to know if and when you have killed it.		*Since you can learn the exact positions of unseen enemies, you can attack their positions with grenades or other explosives, even though you have no line of sight. You will need to listen for the death cry of the alien to know if and when you have killed it.
	*Or, you can attack towards their position with direct fire weapons, destroying the intervening cover and hopefully revealing the enemy into line of sight, to permit an aimed attack.		*Or, you can attack towards their position with direct fire weapons, destroying the intervening cover and hopefully revealing the enemy into line of sight, to permit an aimed attack.
	*The same applies for buildings in Farm terrain or on [[Terror Mission]]s, and the upper galleries during [[Base Defense]] - but using stairs instead of a Flying Suit.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

Ethereal Cereal: /* Hints and tips */ emphasize its greatest use: assaulting the UFO

2011-01-13T01:33:48Z

Hints and tips: emphasize its greatest use: assaulting the UFO

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	== Hints and tips ==		== Hints and tips ==
			*The motion scanner has a very short range, making it useless in open terrain: you will be in a firefight long before anything shows up on the scanner. It is most useful during [[UFO Ground Assault\|UFO assaults]] and [[UFO Crash Recovery\|recoveries]]; park a trooper beside the UFO to see where the aliens are inside. If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, put your scanning trooper on the roof. (A crashed Medium or Large Scout may have a hole in the roof -- stick to the sides in that case.)
			*Motion scanners will only pick up units that moved. [[Alien movement patterns#Guards\|Enemies lying in ambush]] will be invisible.
	*Use the motion scanner at the beginning of your turn, or at least before any friendly units have moved (apart from the soldier who is operating the scanner). This will reduce confusing "clutter" on the screen, caused by the movement of friendly units.		*Use the motion scanner at the beginning of your turn, or at least before any friendly units have moved (apart from the soldier who is operating the scanner). This will reduce confusing "clutter" on the screen, caused by the movement of friendly units.
	*To help in interpreting the scan, it may help to face the operator towards North first, so that the motion scan will have the same orientation as the Overview Map does.		*To help in interpreting the scan, it may help to face the operator towards North first, so that the motion scan will have the same orientation as the Overview Map does.
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	*Since you can learn the exact positions of unseen enemies, you can attack their positions with grenades or other explosives, even though you have no line of sight. You will need to listen for the death cry of the alien to know if and when you have killed it.		*Since you can learn the exact positions of unseen enemies, you can attack their positions with grenades or other explosives, even though you have no line of sight. You will need to listen for the death cry of the alien to know if and when you have killed it.
	*Or, you can attack towards their position with direct fire weapons, destroying the intervening cover and hopefully revealing the enemy into line of sight, to permit an aimed attack.		*Or, you can attack towards their position with direct fire weapons, destroying the intervening cover and hopefully revealing the enemy into line of sight, to permit an aimed attack.
	*If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, a soldier on the roof of the UFO with a Motion Scanner can pinpoint aliens moving around inside the craft.
	*The same applies for buildings in Farm terrain or on [[Terror Mission]]s, and the upper galleries during [[Base Defense]] - but using stairs instead of a Flying Suit.		*The same applies for buildings in Farm terrain or on [[Terror Mission]]s, and the upper galleries during [[Base Defense]] - but using stairs instead of a Flying Suit.

	~~Motion Scanners will only pick up units that moved. Enemies lying in ambush will be invisible.~~

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

Ethereal Cereal: You just know they had a certain movie in mind when they designed this thing...

2011-01-13T00:23:34Z

You just know they had a certain movie in mind when they designed this thing...

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			[[Image:Xenomorphs.png\|thumb\|right\|320px\|"Nine meters. Seven. Six."<br />"That can't be! That's inside the room!"]]
	This sophisticated device uses a variety of detectors and advanced computer algorithms to identify moving enemy units. However, it requires some practice to use effectively.		This sophisticated device uses a variety of detectors and advanced computer algorithms to identify moving enemy units. However, it requires some practice to use effectively.

Cesium at 18:29, 15 January 2010

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Bomb Bloke at 05:45, 18 December 2009

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	This sophisticated device uses a variety of detectors and advanced computer algorithms to identify moving enemy units. However, it requires some practice to use effectively.		This sophisticated device uses a variety of detectors and advanced computer algorithms to identify moving enemy units. However, it requires some practice to use effectively.

			This item appears in ''[[X-COM\|UFO: Enemy Unknown]]''. For the ''[[TFTD\|Terror from the Deep]]'' equivalent, refer to the [[Particle Disturbance Sensor]].

	== Stats ==		== Stats ==
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	{{Equipment (UFO Defense) Navbar}}		{{Equipment (UFO Defense) Navbar}}
	[[Category:Equipment]]		[[Category:Equipment (EU)]]
	[[Category:Research]]		[[Category:Research]]

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	* If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, a soldier can land on the roof of a building or UFO and use the scanner to watch for movement.		* If [[Flying Suit]]s are available, a soldier can land on the roof of a building or UFO and use the scanner to watch for movement.

	== See ~~Also~~ ==		== See also ==
	*[[DETBLOB.DAT]]		*[[DETBLOB.DAT]]
	*[[Data Canister: Motion Scanner]]		*[[Data Canister: Motion Scanner]]


	{{Equipment (UFO Defense) Navbar}}		{{Equipment (UFO Defense) Navbar}}
	[[Category:Equipment (EU)]]		[[Category:Equipment (EU)]]
	[[Category:Research (EU)]]		[[Category:Research (EU)]]