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I asked in the bob's mods section if it would be possible to create a vehicle module radar (so I can put radars on my trains). He responded with saying that it's not currently supported by the main game, and that I should make a request in this forum, and as such here is my request.

Original request for bobsmods at viewtopic.php?f=51&t=41430

It's not really needed on a player, because the player has a small one built in. But it would be useful to be able to install radars on your trains.

Yeah, that's what I thought as well. Effectively you would get a train that updated your "world view" (map) whenever it passed an area. It would allow you to easier discover biter movement outside your base.

That being said, when I think about it, being able to increase the range of the personal radar too would be pretty cool. Though I probably wouldn't "waste" the grid slots on it

Indeed, I agree with that. No reason why it can't be a module for Personal armor, it's just not as useful as putting it on a train.

Perhaps a train-able radar would be more palatable if it wasn't expected to update 'wirelessly', the way the current ones do?

It can be considered that Radars are sending data to a central collating repository via their electrical grid connections, though this analogy breaks down for solar-served radars.

If a radar on a train is required to 'upload' its data via some connection at a train stop, and similarly there was created a central 'radar coordinator', perhaps this idea would become more useful.

Doesn't the Big Brother mod have vehicle-following radars as it's final upgrade?

Could we get some feedback on this?

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