Modules
Lens
Scanner providers for blocks, entities, fluids, machines, hazards, and progression clues.
Role
ECHO: Lens is the scanner HUD. It helps players read the world by identifying blocks, entities, fluids, machines, hazards, resources, and progression clues.
Lens should turn discovery into a platform interaction. A scan can connect to Index entries, Terminal objectives, HoloMap markers, and Ashfall progression.
What Lens Can Scan
Lens providers can describe:
- Blocks and structures.
- Entities and hostile mobs.
- Fluids and toxic materials.
- Machines and inventories.
- Hazards such as radiation or toxic air.
- Progression gates.
- Hidden clues and discoveries.
Provider Guidance
A good Lens provider returns useful, restrained information. It should not flood the player with debug text. It should answer what the target is, why it matters, whether it is dangerous, and what system can explain it further.
Lens data should be safe to reveal. If something is meant to stay hidden until unlocked, the provider should return a limited or unknown state.
Ashfall Use
Ashfall can use Lens to identify damaged infrastructure, anomaly traces, radiation sources, toxic vents, relic technology, orbital debris, route objects, and hidden Nexus signals.