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'''''Sensors''''' is the general term for systems allowing a vessel to detect other objects in space.

= Usage in Vegastrike =
== What does it do ==
'''Sensors''' detect and recognize other objects as well as provide [[Terminology:Missile|missile]] targetting. Military sensors also may have [[Terminology:ITTS]] capability, in which case they only provide targetting data - to actually aim a weapon automatically, its hardpoint must have [[Terminology:Autotracking|autotracking]] system installed.

Currently, recognized possible types of sensor functionality for units in <code>unit.csv</code> are:
NONE: Spherical projection - all tracks look the same way
TRUE: Spherical projection, Friend-or-Foe
THREAT: Spherical projection, Friend-or-Foe, Threat Assessment
BUBBLE_THREAT: Spherical projection with bubble blips, Friend-or-Foe, Threat Assessment, Object Recognition
PLANE: Vertical cylindric projection, Friend-or-Foe
PLANE_THREAT: Vertical cylindric projection, Friend-or-Foe, Threat Assessment, Object Recognition

== Displayed Projections ==
There are several different display modes, currently fixed for given sensor hardware:
* Spherical (Wing Commander style) - two circles, for fore and aft hemispheres. Allows easy orientation on a chosen track, but doesn't show distance at all.
* Bubble - the same, but tracks are displayed as circles, blown more or less to represent objects' velocity. [[Terminology:Rlaan]] sensors are designed like this.
* Plane (Elite style) - cylindrical projection, showing the place of a track in the unit's "horizontal" plane (thus making ranges obvious) and "height" from it.

== Advanced functions ==
Track color-coding by Threat Assessment has priority over Object Recognition, and that over Friend-or-Foe. I.e. if all 3 are present, all missiles are colored the same way, and all planets are colored the same way, no matter to whom they belong.

=== Friend-or-Foe ===
Friend-or-Foe is a basic target assessment capability which discerns (and color-codes):

{| border="1" style="border:1px solid gray;"|
|rowspan="2"| Capital Ship Ship
|style="background:black;color:green"| friend
|style="background:black;color:red"| enemy
|style="background:black;color:yellow"| neutral
|-
|
|style="border:1px solid gray;"| or has lock
|style="border:1px solid gray;"| this includes unarmed enemies if Threat Assessment is present
|-
| Cargo Container
|style="background:black;color:#993300" colspan="3"| Cargo
|-
| anything else
|style="background:black;color:gray" colspan="3"| normal
|}

=== Object Recognition ===
Object Recognition shows tracks color-coded by object type:
{| border="1" style="border:4px solid gray;"|
| Star Nebula
|style="background:black;color:white" colspan="2"| star
|-
| Planet Dead Planet
|style="background:black;color:#ffff99" colspan="2"| planet
|-
|rowspan="2"| Base
|style="background:black;color:white"| base
|style="background:black;color:red"| enemy
|-
|
| if it has lock
|-
| Jump Point
|style="background:black;color:#00cccc" colspan="2"| jump
|-
| anything else
|style="background:black;color:gray" colspan="2"| normal
|}

=== Threat Assessment ===
Threat Assessment shows tracks color-coded for missiles and blinking for objects that has lock on the player's ship - the greater its perceived threat, the faster is blinking:
{| border="1" style="border:4px solid gray;"|
| Missile
|style="background:black;color:#440088" | missile
|}
Threat level:
{| border="1" style="border:1px solid gray;"|
| Missile
|'''High'''
| colspan="3"|
|-
| Capital Ship
|
| '''Medium''' if hostile
| '''Low''' otherwise
|
|-
| Ship
|
| '''Medium''' if has turrets
| '''Low''' otherwise
| '''None''' if unarmed
|}

= See also =
* [[Terminology:Electronic_Counter_Measures]]
* [[Category:Upgrades:Sensors]]

[[Category:Database|Sensors]] [[Category:Terminology|Sensors]] [[Category:VS Tech|Sensors]]

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 == Basic Functionality ==
-Range determines how far the sensor can detect and identify (currently it's the same) ships. Celestial bodies and other "significant objects" (such as bases and jump points), as well as capital ships, are exclusion and can be detected and identified beyond this limit, from any place in the same system.
+Range determines how far the sensor can detect and identify (currently it's the same) ships. Celestial bodies and other "significant objects" (such as bases and jump points), as well as capital ships (ships bigger than <code>[[Manual:Config:Advanced:Variables#radars|physics/capship_size]]</code>), are exclusion and can be detected and identified beyond this limit, from any place in the same system.
 === Displayed Projections ===

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 == What does it do ==
 '''Sensors''' detect and recognize other objects as well as provide [[Terminology:Missile|missile]] targetting.
-Military sensors also may have [[Terminology:ITTS]] capability; in this case they only provide targetting data - to actually have a weapon aimed automatically, its hardpoint must have [[Terminology:Autotracking|autotracking]] system installed.
+Military sensors also may have [[Terminology:ITTS|ITTS]] capability; in this case they only provide targetting data - to actually have a weapon aimed automatically, its hardpoint must have [[Terminology:Autotracking|autotracking]] system installed.
 Tracks of the objects harder to pinpoint than usual - such as ships with active [[Terminology:Electronic_Counter_Measures|ECM systems]] and nebulae - has noticeable jitter.
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 == Available Sensor Types ==
 {{Button:Ship_stats}}
-Sensor stats include range, visibility cone (usually, set to full sphere), [[Terminology:Missile|missile]] locking cone, [[Terminology:Autotracking|autotracking]] cone, presence of [[Terminology:ITTS]] support and type (which determines the displayed projection and presence of advanced functionality).
+Sensor stats include range, visibility cone (usually, set to full sphere), [[Terminology:Missile|missile]] locking cone, [[Terminology:Autotracking|autotracking]] cone, presence of [[Terminology:ITTS|ITTS]] support and type (which determines the displayed projection and presence of advanced functionality).
 Currently, possible (i.e. recognized for units and upgrades in <code>unit.csv</code>) sensor types are:

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 = Usage in Vegastrike =
+'''Sensors''' are present as [[Upgrades:Sensors|upgrades]] available for purchase on some bases; some ships and other units (such as bases or missiles) may also have built-in sensor systems.
 == What does it do ==
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 == Available Sensor Types ==
-Currently, possible types of sensor functionality (i.e. recognized for units and upgrades in <code>unit.csv</code>) are:
+{{Button:Ship_stats}}
 {| border="1" style="border:1px solid gray;"|
 | Type
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 | no
 | no
-| all tracks look the same way
+| All tracks look the same way, so it's somewhat useful only as long as there aren't too many identical dots.
 |-
 | 1 (TRUE)
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 | yes
 | yes
-| good for short-range fighting
+| Good for short-range fighting and gathering, though not so good for sorting out too many targets.
 |-
 |}
-== Displayed Projections ==
+=== Displayed Projections ===
-There are several different display modes, currently fixed for given sensor hardware:
+Currently there are three different display modes, and they are fixed for given sensor hardware:
 * Spherical (Wing Commander style) - two circles, for fore and aft hemispheres. Allows easy orientation on a chosen track, but doesn't show distance at all.
 * Bubble - the same, but tracks are displayed as circles, blown more or less to represent objects' velocity. [[Terminology:Rlaan]] sensors are designed like this.
 * Plane (Elite style) - cylindrical projection, showing the place of a track in the unit's "horizontal" plane (thus making ranges obvious) and "height" from it.
-== Advanced functions ==
+== Advanced Functionality ==
-Track color-coding by Threat Assessment has priority over Object Recognition, and that over Friend-or-Foe. I.e. if all 3 are present, all missiles are colored the same way, and all planets are colored the same way, no matter to whom they belong.
+Color-coding of tracks by Threat Assessment has priority over Object Recognition, and that over Friend-or-Foe. I.e. if all 3 are present, all missiles are colored the same way, and all planets are colored the same way, no matter to whom they belong.
 === Friend-or-Foe ===
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 = See also =
 * [[Terminology:Electronic_Counter_Measures]]
-* [[Upgrades:Sensors]]
+* [[Upgrades:Sensors]] {{Button:Upgrades}}
 [[Category:Database|Sensors]] [[Category:Terminology|Sensors]] [[Category:VS Tech|Sensors]]

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 | '''Low''' <BR/> otherwise
 | '''None''' <BR/> if unarmed
 |}

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 '''Sensors''' detect and recognize other objects as well as provide [[Terminology:Missile|missile]] targetting. Military sensors also may have [[Terminology:ITTS]] capability, in which case they only provide targetting data - to actually aim a weapon automatically, its hardpoint must have [[Terminology:Autotracking|autotracking]] system installed.
-Currently, recognized possible types of sensor functionality for units in <code>unit.csv</code> are:
+Tracks of the objects harder to pinpoint than usual - such as ships with active [[Terminology:Electronic_Counter_Measures|ECM systems]] and nebulae - has noticeable jitter.
-NONE: Spherical projection - all tracks look the same way
-TRUE: Spherical projection, Friend-or-Foe
+== Available Sensor Types ==
-THREAT: Spherical projection, Friend-or-Foe, Threat Assessment
+Currently, supported possible types of sensor functionality (recognized for units and upgrades in <code>unit.csv</code>) are:
-BUBBLE_THREAT: Spherical projection with bubble blips, Friend-or-Foe, Threat Assessment, Object Recognition
+{| border="1" style="border:1px solid gray;"|
-PLANE: Vertical cylindric projection, Friend-or-Foe
+| Type
-PLANE_THREAT: Vertical cylindric projection, Friend-or-Foe, Threat Assessment, Object Recognition
+| Projection
 == Displayed Projections ==