How hard would it be to create something like a directional radio (name only, you wouldn't actually need to point it anywhere)? I'm thinking paired objects that you set to one of a few dozen channels to link them up, one sits in the base and the other in an outpost. Set the pair to the same channel and the one in the outpost sends it's red + green network info to the one in the base. Electric cost shouldn't be high, radio carries well - a few kw per 500 chunks or something? But they'd probably attract attacks like the radar does (they hear the beeping in their heads). I know you can run wires out via poles but that shit gets old real fast with far off outposts. If we can build rockets, why not packet radios?
As a 2nd stage, extra research could let the base set send stuff back and change the outpost networks. The first version would be one way, read only.
Also is there a mod or could one be made to read electricity production and demand into the circuit network? Then we could rig up a warning when demand hits a set percentage of production.
Outpost radio links
Re: Outpost radio links
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I also update mods, some of them even work.
Recently I did a mod tutorial.