You may need to learn advanced concepts, such as the construction of the skidbladnir, navigation with the skidbladnir, usage of the digital sea map and CDs, before you can fully understand this guide.
¶ The Supersonar
I want to ask you a question. Has this ever happened to you?
If so, then don't worry about a thing. In this guide, we will be teaching you how to use the virtual submarine equivalent of a search engine to locate that missing navskid and in turn, rescue it.
¶ Step 1: Obtaining location
We'll want to start off by loading up the supersonar program. Exit the supercomputer interface, look to your right, and insert the ‘supersonar’ disc, like so:
Next, recall the navskid instructions here: Navskid Building
Now in order to use the supersonar program, you need to find the unique buildcode that was used for the lost navskid. (Purple navskid being navskidp, Yellow navskid being navskidy, etc.) In the example case of this guide, we lost the silver navskid, so we will need the buildcode for navskids.
We can see the code is 87N11S, so, we type in the following commands:
supersonar.87N11S - Replace ‘87N11S' with the unique code for the navskid that was lost on your game, as according to the navskid build section.supersonar.exe - Execute program. (Note: If the Skid's Sonar is damaged, this program may fail. If this happens, return and dock the skid to the garage for repairs.)
Let that run for a moment and you should get this:
Next, you need to synchronize the supersonar data to the digital sea map with the command: smap.syncfrom.supersonar
The end result will look something like this (If you do not see it, try zooming out the sea map):
With this, you have now located the Navskid. Next up:
¶ Step 2: Rescue Operation
Head to the location (the brighter bigger blue dot) via the skid as shown on the seamap. When you get close, a big blue ring will show up.
The lost navskid will be inside the ring somewhere. You will know you're close to the navskid as more blue rings may show up, which will get narrower the closer you go to their center. Once you reach the absolute center of those, you will have found the lost Navskid.
¶ Conclusion:
Congratulations on retrieving the navskid from the digital abyss.
¶ Afternote / Pro-Tips:
When a navskid is separated from the skid during the battle, you don't have to wait for it to get out of view to retrieve it. As long as it doesn't cross the outer purple ring, you can simply move the skid towards it and pick it back up. That is, if you can be fast enough to end the fight and reach it in time.