Does radar on space station do smth?

[Dreepa]

Just a quick question: Is it of any use to set up a radar on the space station? Does it have any functionality up there?

[Boothy]

Nope, nothing as far as I can see.

I had some on board (for transfer to a new planet before setting up local production), so dropped one down on the platform just to see what happened.

Nothing happened other than the power draw of course.

[__player_ab__]

Hello, that's not quite true. You can use radar for spreading signal of Circuit network from Space platform hub at platform. Peer-to-peer: radar - radar. Hope its help somebody

[CasualGamer]

Originally posted by __player_ab__:

Hello, that's not quite true. You can use radar for spreading signal of Circuit network from Space platform hub at platform. Peer-to-peer: radar - radar. Hope its help somebody

Can you expand on this?

[Chris!!]

Originally posted by CasualGamer:

Originally posted by __player_ab__:

Hello, that's not quite true. You can use radar for spreading signal of Circuit network from Space platform hub at platform. Peer-to-peer: radar - radar. Hope its help somebody

Can you expand on this?

Basically if you use circuit networks (you know the red and green wires), you can use radars like senders and receivers to 'teleport' signals across the platform.

[__player_ab__]

You can connect space platform hub with green or red wire to radar and radar will spread signal to another radar at same platform. if you connect second radar with wire you may use that signal. its helpfull for transmiting signal at long way at same space platform (space ship)

[DerMiez]

Originally posted by __player_ab__:

You can connect space platform hub with green or red wire to radar and radar will spread signal to another radar at same platform. if you connect second radar with wire you may use that signal. its helpfull for transmiting signal at long way at same space platform (space ship)

It seems, that this works on planets too. Never realized that.

[CasualGamer]

Thank You. I understand. I'm unsure if I can actually build a platform so dense that I wouldn't be able to plunk medium electric poles around.

Learning that this works on planet surfaces is a game changer for me.

[knighttemplar1960]

Originally posted by CasualGamer:

Thank You. I understand. I'm unsure if I can actually build a platform so dense that I wouldn't be able to plunk medium electric poles around.

Learning that this works on planet surfaces is a game changer for me.

You don't need poles. You can run wires along belts. Since wires are now free, radars on platforms have very limited use.

[Liro Raériyo]

this thread taught me that i can use radars for limitless range circuit network utility, that alone is NOT useless in the slightest!