It would be nice to have an option of scan all the gates instantly during the playthru.
A new update is on the way soon that will let users trigger the gate scan whenever they want (as long as scanning gates is allowed, which means either after completing all of the Galatian Academy quests or using a mod that lets you skip the story), along with a few other features. If you meant scanning all gates, including ones in systems with no markets, that's already an option, just check the settings.json file!
I've just completed the Academy quest arc. and the scan buttons havn't shown up in my bar options yet.
I know for a fact that the mod is working, because if I skip the story on a new game the buttons are present.
Is there any way to trigger the buttons through console? or am I just SOL?
As in, the abilities aren't there in the list of things you can add to the ability hotbar at all? That's definitely not intended, they should appear regardless of how the game is started, since they are checked for and added if not preset every time a game is loaded. I'll look into it. You can use the following runcode through console to add them:
If you start a game, and the abilities are not available to you, use the runcode command in this spoiler to add them (requires the Console Commands mod).
RunCode Global.getSector().getCharacterData().addAbility("stg_GateScanner"); Global.getSector().getCharacterData().addAbility("stg_HypershuntScanner"); Global.getSector().getCharacterData().addAbility("stg_CryosleeperScanner");
EDIT: I've tested it again with no story skip enabled, the abilities were available on my hotbar from the very start, and the gate scan became available as soon as I finished the Galatia quests. So it's just the usual bug where sometimes abilities don't get added (I have no clue why). Use the runcode I provided to fix the issue. If anyone else has the same question, I also added it to the main post.