Topic: FOOM Scan1App - Artifact Scanning Tool
About
This is a tool put together to help in the artifact site scanning process. Granted, the game does allow you to be fairly effective at scanning. However, this tool will increase your speed and effectiveness. It will visually display the potential location of sites on the map of the island you are on and calculate a potential location given enough scanning.
Engr [FOOM] and Gut Punch [FOOM] put together a tool to dramatically speed up the acquisition of the sites. The initial idea was Gut Punch's and Alatari [FOOM]. Alatari solved the problem mathematically. Gut solved the problem with a visual interface. Engr took over the design process and put the two together. Alatari provided backgrounds for islands and scanning error data which allowed several of the critial calculations about scan error to be incorporated into the program.
This tool is designed and intended for public consumption to help the people of Nia have an enjoyable game. It will not be an opened source tool unless Engr decides to give up his hard work. The app has no implied warranties or guarantees.
If you have questions or comments please visit the FOOM public channel, DPS Recruit in game, and ask for an officer or one of the creators of the application.
Download
The download comes from Engr's site. Important: Download and extract the program into an empty folder for instillation. People have reported issues with the installer grabbing other setup executable files when they launch the installer. It appears to be an issue with WinZip self extractor using the same temp folder for multiple setup files. I could invest more money in a better installer/updater but the workaround is to simply extract to an empty folder.
MD5 and SHA-1 for the current versions are always on the site. Verify them if you have questions!
Once you get the program, the auto updater will keep you up to date when a new version is released.
Click here to get the tool.
Instillation
The program is a .Net Framework application. It has a full installer and when I release new updates the installer will remove the older version and replace it. If you don't have the .Net 4.0 Framework, a link to Microsoft Updates will appear to grab it. Just follow the installer wizard to complete the instillation. You should get a desktop icon once you are done.
There is also an auto update feature which appears when a new version is released. Feel free to utilize that as well.
Walkthrough
There is a basic walkthrough of the tool on the Scan1App website. A basic knowledge of the Artifact Scanning system in game is not a prerequisite but it would help.