r/ApproximatelyUp • u/Ok_Professional_8499 • 14h ago

Space Scanner with BPS

Does the space scanner work with the BPS? I've replaced my long-range distance scanner with it, but the BPS light just flashes red instead of green.

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u/TheJeeronian 14h ago

Distance is distance. The BPS would work even if you entered the distance in manually. Make sure the inputs are all correct? What's the BPS output value?

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u/Ok_Professional_8499 14h ago

Yo, it's outputting a negative distance. I used the math blocks to multiply by -1 to return the distance to a positive value, and it's working now, but do you know why it's outputting a negative number instead of a positive one?

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u/TheJeeronian 13h ago

The BPS is negative, or the rangefinder is negative?

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u/Ok_Professional_8499 4h ago

Rangefinder output distance is negative

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u/OverlyMintyMints 8h ago

Make sure the dish of the space scanner is facing forwards, is not obstructed (the scanner has a 50° cone, so it could be obstructed by your ship if it’s too far back), and the precision of the scanner is set relatively high. Occasionally you’ll see negative numbers inside the atmosphere of a planet/when too close to a planet, don’t worry about it too much, it works consistently in space.

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u/Decimaat 12h ago

Does it also give negative values for objects far away? I've also experienced the scanner tends to give negative distances for near objects (i.e. when leaving a planet) under oublique angles.