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We have a dev blog coming out soon, but I will just write a quick reply here.

The two formation buttons in the scanner window are aimed more at the novice explorer. We know they are not the most 100% efficient formations you can make (because more than two efficient formations exist, for varying reasons at scanning things)

The interactivity with the formation can be tweaked with shift and alt.
Now, in Odyssey there are three key ways to launch probes.
By clicking Spread formation or Pinpoint formation buttons (which launch in the formation also, centered on the sun)
Or by clicking the module/probe launcher itself.

The probe launcher launches the probes in the last known position of the system, and in the last known formation you left them in. It will not suddenly switch to the Spread/Pinpoint, unless they were last in that position.

So for example.
If you want a specific formation, what you can do is this:

Say I just want four probes in a standard square formation, nothing special.
I will launch my probes.
Either de-activate or recall four.
(These two steps are far quicker, than simply hitting the module 4 times. And far less inconvenient)
Move my probes into formation
Scan something.

Now, I have an option. I can recall the four probes that are out. Jump system, and launch the four probes again. When I launch through the launcher, they will appear in the same formation they were just in. They will not suddenly snap to the spread or pinpoint.

Oh, and just as I wrote this up. http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/team-super-friends-do-odyssey/

Note how the screenshot of the new scanning window devblog is especially made NOT to show how bad it is to have unused empty column space + unresizable columns :p

With Shift and Alt it takes very little time to arrange them in a more efficient pattern. More so for ships here, for Signatures it is quite efficient for the majority of users.

And they are not optimal as we still want players to learn how to create their own formations, but we are giving them a start in recognizing what kind of formations are in use.

Also, if you read above at my last post - you will notice that the last formation can be saved, so your adjustments will not disappear if you want to keep them.

I'll look into what is on Singularity, it shouldn't require you to jump system. Thanks for having a look at it, hopefully you can see a little glimpse of the future with it.

Just tried this out Alvatore DiMarco and it works for me.
What I did:
Dropped 8 probes, arrange them in a square formation.
Scanned
Recalled Probes (tried both clicked the button, and also right clicking probes and chosing recall)
Launched the 8 probes again after they were all recalled.
They launched back into the square formation.

If you are experiencing the formation not saving, please file a bug report in game with your exact steps you're taking so I can take a look :)
(Hit F12, Report Bug, Fill in the details, its pretty quick)

After this patch, not getting any sigs or anoms from the initial scan, or after turning the overlay on. Was that broken again?
I can see 4 anoms and 2 sigs in the spaceview, but the scanner list is empty.

edit: after probing, the sites don't appear either.

2nd edit: logging out and back in, and the sites were populated. not sure if this is a WH feature or not.

I noticed all signatures now show as 0% after entering the system but still can be probed out. Does that mean the dsp will have a comeback?

Ignoring anoms is broken.

Is this not coming in Odyssey, or did you forget to write it in the devblog?

Just wondering because this is by far the best feature of the scanning changes, and alone awesome enough to rescue the whole thing.

Perfect usability improvement!

The 0% for every signature is perfectly fine and understandable. The system scanner is weaker than probes, so showing 20% upon system entry automatically and then getting 2,73% for the same signatgure after first detecting it with probe was... a little bit weird :)

I welcome this change. You know there are some, but you do not have the DSP cherry-picking functionality, perfectly fine. GJ CCP, everything seems more complex and thought out now closer and closer to realease (and I mean profession sites as well).

Its in the blog, just with a little confusion added:

" The system remembers your last probe setup before they were automatically recalled so they can be quickly deployed again in the same pattern (by activating the launcher). No more forsaken probes in space!"

What is the confusion is it remembers the last probe setup irrelevant of how they were recalled. At least I think that's right. CCP, care to confirm? Having the auto recall feature description mixed in with the probe setup save feature is a little confusing..... Also lets say I manually do a 4 probe setup, recall it, place 8 probes in the launcher and click the launcher. Do I get 4 probes in space and 4 in the launcher?