Power Transmitter Targeting Display

A super easy method to show what unit a transmitter is powering.

The Problem

It is very hard to know what unit a power transmitter is sending power to once you have set one up, and you have lots of transmitters.

Solution

All you need to do is drag the transmitter target register into the building's "store" register. This will send any items in the building into the unit, so I recommend making dedicated transmitter buildings that don't use their storage. The 1x1 Medium slot building is the cheapest medium slot available.




Now, you should be able to see the line tracing the transmitter to the unit it is powering. If you cannot, cycle through the register display modes, the default key being TAB.

[Zarek]

I've been using this, but now I regret 2M buildings.

[ILovechess100]

Even better, set your power transmitters as template to point the store register to the power transmission register (opposite direction of what your arrow is), then to set who to transmit to you select your power transmitter building, then cntr+right mouse click on the unit to transmit to making the assignment (or reassignment). This is way easier than dragging the arrow from transmitter register to unit and still achieves the same target line overlay.

[InfernoSpark]

Another approach - Shift-RightClick on target - and canera will center on target (this works with target - bots, bugs, radar signals, etc.)