Question on Phone Taps

[Apex]

Is there any way I can schedule the guards to only use the phone taps when the prisoners are on free time / yard? I dont like having multiple guards unavailable whilst not listening to anything going on.

[Sheap]

I don't think so. I tried cutting the power to the phone tap, but the guards still just stood there.

[Apex]

Yeah I tried that also, still trying different things currently to see what I can do

[Ricky'Rooster'Thunderpants]

i don,t know exactly wich upgrade it is, but the chief can research something that will make you arrange the deployment by time. Have free guards equals to the number of phone taps during the period your inmates will use the phones.

[murgh]

Originally posted by Sheap:

I don't think so. I tried cutting the power to the phone tap, but the guards still just stood there.

When the phone taps are powered off, the job for them could stay active for some more time - you can cancel the jobs when opening the Objects menu, and then rightclick the job in front of the tap.


In my latest prison I take care of this via a door timer and temporary staff.
The guards get called one hour before the phone taps are activated, and are dismissed at the end of the visitation time automatically.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=730177304

[Trixi]

you can do.

1. build a door timer and set the timer to the times the guards should use the tap.

note: guards have to walk there before the use it

2. build a power switch at the electric cable, that leads to the phone taps

3. connect the door timer to the power switch

[Apex]

I've read a bit about the door timer, can you explain in a bit more detail if possible on how to set it up? I've tried myself and dont really get how to make that function work, they still just sit there :/. Thanks for the responses from everyone also