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All hand weapons have a designated shooting range displayed, but try as I might I can not find the same relevant information for any kinds of turrets.
Searching In-game, on the forum and on the wiki leads to no answers.
(Edit: Change log has a reference to gun turrets
"Gun turret range extended from 15 to 17.")

The questions remains:

• How far can a gun turret shoot?
• How far can a laser turret shoot?

Additionally:
Where should this info be made available? In-game or wiki?
My vote goes to in-game info.

I agree that this information should be available in game (maybe with a circle that could be show when placing/holding a key).

Anyway, from lua files I found that

HeilTec wrote:How far can a gun turret shoot?

range is 17 squares

HeilTec wrote:How far can a laser turret shoot?

range is 25 squares

I think if you mouse over the turret, it tells you the range.

OBAMA MCLAMA wrote:I think if you mouse over the turret, it tells you the range.

would be nice but no: in inventory screen it only shows shooting speed for gun turret and energy consumption for laser turret.
when placed, lot of info are displayed (# of kills, damage per shot, etc) but no range

And even if it did, a number alone isn't very useful in this case.

When in doubt search the code. Ofcourse. Thanks for the info arl85.

A graphical area coloring while placing or cursor over turrets would be brilliant for a minimal defense design effort.
Perhaps different colors for each type of turret.

What I like is that laser turrets are heat seeking

well, all i can say is.. play enough death worlds, and you will know the range just by looking.

Another thing to note is, the biters tend to go for defenses first. Placing little turretposts around your base may be more effective than walling it off so early on.

Additionally:
Where should this info be made available? In-game or wiki?
My vote goes to in-game info.

This is no question: This info in-game has quite low priority to logic reasons. So the only way to provide this NOW is to put it into the wiki.

ssilk wrote:

Additionally:
Where should this info be made available? In-game or wiki?
My vote goes to in-game info.

This is no question: This info in-game has quite low priority to logic reasons. So the only way to provide this NOW is to put it into the wiki.

Done.