Show coverage of adjacent turrets during placement

Warwolt · Post by **Warwolt** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:12 pm

TL;DR

Show the green coverage circle of all adjacent turrets in view when placing a turret down, so that hole in the defense can be more easily plugged and quality of life for the players increased.

What ?

Why ?

This should be fairly easy to implement, and would result in a greater quality of life for players since it reduces the amount of trial and error involved in getting good turret coverage for your base. This is similar to the way visual support is given to the player when placing objects near a train station, which is an appreciated feature already implemented.

Lav · Post by **Lav** » Wed May 31, 2017 5:45 am

+1. So much +1.

That's from someone who places Gun Turrets a lot. Like, 100% border coverage kind of a lot.

bobingabout · Post by **bobingabout** » Wed May 31, 2017 7:47 am

It works for Electric poles, and the Logistics/Construction networks, why shouldn't it also work for turrets?

I like the idea.

Post by **Koub** » Wed May 31, 2017 7:47 am

So much +1

BLuehasia · Post by **BLuehasia** » Wed May 31, 2017 2:21 pm

AileTheAlien · Post by **AileTheAlien** » Wed May 31, 2017 6:46 pm

Ranakastrasz · Post by **Ranakastrasz** » Wed May 31, 2017 7:56 pm

WANT
DO WANT

This would be sooo useful.

Closest you can get is to make two turrets at the wanted distance, which you know is right, blueprint it, and use the over-lap to get the same distance each time, but its not ideal.

Every turret in the placed turret's range plus said turret's range (cap at 65 or whatever the effective cap is) should show its range.

BlackKnight · Post by **BlackKnight** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:37 am

Yes, this would be really useful. Please add
+1

EarnestErnest · Post by **EarnestErnest** » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:04 pm

+10

At least gives us some API for modding it, since there's none..

cmon man!

FuryoftheStars · Post by **FuryoftheStars** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:16 am

Yes, this would be really nice to have!

Amarula · Post by **Amarula** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:52 am

Brilliant!
+1

benwillard · Post by **benwillard** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:54 pm

+1 It looks like a bug that it doesn't.

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