Scanner Room

[ddp98]

I can't seem to build a scanner room unless it's floating above my sea base. It's red if I try to build it where it would be attached. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Suzaku]

The scanner room needs a bit more space than it looks. Make sure you're building it far enough away from the base so it can make the hallway connecting it, make sure there's enough space below it so it doesn't collide with anything, and make sure there's nothing on/near the wall that it is connecting to.

[admiral1018]

The placement can be a bit tricky. The scanner needs to be placed about an I-tube's distance away from the structure you're attaching it to AND it needs to be rotated to face the right direction.

In this image, this scanner room is the right distance away, but it is not facing the multipurpose room and needs to be rotated:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2491663041

Once rotated, you'll see the automatic extension like this and have properly placed the scanner room.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2491663190

The pic shows attaching a scanner room a multipurpose room, but you can also attach one to an I-tube, T-tube, or X-tube. You can even build one as a standalone unit and just add a hatch to enter it.

[ddp98]

Good info. Thanks for the help.

[Greybeard]

@admiral
Eventually I got it too :) Tx for the pix

[dreamrider]

If you would like to make it even a bit more challenging...

Try positioning a Scanner Room as the 1st base unit, exactly on 0, 0, facing exactly East.

So that the eventual moonpools of the not-built-yet base will properly align with their short sides toward the base, and the right depth under the pool surface to function properly for both Seamoth and PRAWN.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2615789975
That was an evening of "play" I will never get back again.

1st follow-on stage:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2618049251

Completed, after finally getting blueprints for Moonpool and MPR:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2622218615