Searching for materials: geoscanning

In Pereptuum, there are two types of valuable raw materials: plants and underground materials. Plants are easy to identify, since you can see them without any tool, but the situation with hidden materials is a bit more complicated.

Fortunately, a technology is developed enough to map underground areas with the so-called geoscanners.

After you've purchased a geoscanner, you need to fit it onto one of your robots. (For such jobs, industrial robots are strongly recommended, because of their bonuses.) Geoscanners operate with special geoscanner charges. There are three types of charges, the area-based, the tile-based and the universal geoscanner charges.

A common feature of area and tile-based geoscanner charges is that you need to use different charges for each kind of material.

Note that the result you get will not be presented as the highest quality, there is a default distortion, a noise level that you can lower by installing the appropriate extensions.

Area-based geoscanner charge

These charges are designed to reveal minerals in a large square-shaped area. The result of the scan is a percentage, which tells the total occurence of the material in the examined area, but the exact location remains unknown. Let's say you receive a result of 50% titan ore in the examined area. That can either mean that every second tile is fully filled with titan, or every single tile holds exactly 50%. As you see the given result can be deceptive, so aim for a more accurate mineral map by using tile-based charges.

Tile-based geoscanner charge

Tile-based charges examine a smaller area, but these charges give the exact amount of the material on each tile.

Universal geoscanner charge

The charge is capable of exploring all kinds of raw materials, but only below the single, selected tile.

The process of scanning on the terrain is fairly easy. Click on the geoscanner to start the scanning cycle and stop your robot in the center of the area you want to reveal. Wait for the cycle to end, then the result should appear in your cargo hold.

To display the result on your map, just right-click on the icon, then choose the upload option.

The advised process of geoscanning is to estimate the occurance in a specific area by using area-based charge, and if you find a relatively large rate, you should try to make a more detailed search for materials by using tile-based charges.

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