Map question from new player

[jct3531]

I've only been playing X4 for a couple of weeks and I am enjoying it very much. I just got a new Omen 30L with an Nvidia RTX 3060 and 27 inch LG Ultragear monitor and the game looks amazing. I am especially enjoying the way planets and stations are rendered. I am wondering if there is a way to examine non-player stations from the map view that will allow me to zoom in and examine the modules with the same amount of detail available from the station configuration menu used for construction. I am new here so I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to post questions like this.

[Ezarkal]

It is the perfect place to ask such questions.

As far as I know, there's no way you can get a "construction screen" view for NPC stations.

What you can do is use "target view" to get a camera centered on them and take a look. Select the station from the cockpit HUD, hit "F3" and use the 2/4/6/8 and +/- from the numpad to play with the camera.

[Duncaroos]

Another way is if you have a specific station in mind, go and scan all the modules with your ship for that station (default keybinding is Shift+2 to turn on scan mode).

When you open the map and you double click on the station, you snap the map view to the station allowing you to rotate it easier in the map. If you look at the property view (global) table and click the drop down for that station, you'll see a list of the modules that you scanned. If you didn't scan a module, the module will pop up as ??? but would still be in a module category (production, build, dock, defence, etc).

[jlehtone]

If you look at the property view (global) table and click the drop down for that station, you'll see a list of the modules that you scanned. If you didn't scan a module, the module will pop up as ??? but would still be in a module category (production, build, dock, defence, etc).

Furthermore, you can select and target a module from the list whether it is scanned or not.
In the map view, when zoomed in, you do see the silhouette of the station/ship. The targeted module has a bit of highlight.
In normal view the target bracket will be on that module.

From map you can get to Logical overview that shows resources/products in stock, crew, etc ... if scanned or if you have high reputation.