Physical location of nodes in mutual signal range Options

[FriendoftheDork]

That's the extended test version.



I was thinking more along the lines of "Without moving, locate all books" kind of deal. A looky-loo around the room cataloging locations, but not a serious investigation (see above). Noticing the book sticking out from behind the potted plant (passive node) is more difficult than finding the ones on the shelves (active nodes), but easier than seeing the book under the couch (hidden node) when making a single scan.



I agree that there needs to be some kind of action taken to locate (physically) the nodes, though for the most part you're interested in one, if any, of their physical locations.

I was talking about the extended version.

Passive mode is as easy to find as active mode, it just doesn't accept all incoming data.

[Draco18s]

Passive mode is as easy to find as active mode, it just doesn't accept all incoming data.

Fair. I was just making an analogy. Forgot that passive nodes are actually the reverse of the normal term of "passive" (eg passive radar looks for signals, but doesn't send any out, a passive node sends lots of data out, but accepts very little in).

[FriendoftheDork]

Fair. I was just making an analogy. Forgot that passive nodes are actually the reverse of the normal term of "passive" (eg passive radar looks for signals, but doesn't send any out, a passive node sends lots of data out, but accepts very little in).

Ok.

Well it seems like until the developers can butt in here and give us some definite answer to what they intended we'll just have to run things as we see fit. Having hackers being able to locate and track nodes even in combat means they can have a valuable use in combat even when there are no drones or 'ware to hack. Giving the team the ability to pinpoint enemies on an overlaid GPS map sent to their comlinks like some FPS'es out there can make a good difference.