Power Poles

Power Pole Mk.1
Can handle up to 4 Power Line connections. Connect Power Poles, Power Generators and factory buildings together with Power Lines to create a power grid. The power grid supplies the connected buildings with power.
Unlocked by	Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 3
Class name	Desc_PowerPoleMk1_C
Dimensions
Width	0.8 m
Length	0.8 m
Height	7 m
Area	0.64 m2
Ingre­dients
3 ×  Wire
1 ×  Iron Rod
1 ×  Concrete

Power Pole Mk.2
Can handle up to 7 Power Line connections. Connect Power Poles, Power Generators and factory buildings together with Power Lines to create a power grid. The power grid supplies the connected buildings with power.
Unlocked by	MAM Caterium Research - Power Poles Mk.2
Class name	Desc_PowerPoleMk2_C
Dimensions
Width	0.8 m
Length	0.8 m
Height	8 m
Area	0.64 m2
Ingre­dients
6 ×  Quickwire
2 ×  Iron Rod
2 ×  Concrete

Power Pole Mk.3
Can handle up to 10 Power Line connections. Connect Power Poles, Power Generators and factory buildings together with Power Lines to create a power grid. The power grid supplies the connected buildings with power.
Unlocked by	MAM Caterium Research - Power Poles Mk.3
Class name	Desc_PowerPoleMk3_C
Dimensions
Width	0.8 m
Length	0.8 m
Height	9 m
Area	0.64 m2
Ingre­dients
2 ×  High-Speed Connector
2 ×  Steel Pipe
3 ×  Rubber

Power Poles are small towers that can be used to extend the range of Power Lines and to transfer power from buildings that produce power to buildings that consume it. Power Poles can be placed on the regular ground but will also snap to foundations.

Higher tiers of Power Poles are unlocked in the Caterium Research tree. After a tier of Power Pole is researched, the corresponding Wall Outlet is made available for purchase in the AWESOME Shop.

Each Power Pole can handle an unlimited amount of power passing through it, however, they have a limited number of connections possible based on the tier of the power pole. Power Poles can be linked together with a Power Line for up to 100 meters apart. It is recommended to leave at least one spare connection on each Pole for lines coming from and going to other poles.

Construction

• While constructing Power Lines and the 2nd target is not a building, an additional Power Pole will be automatically placed on the cursor's location, as displayed by the hologram.
  • The mark of the Power Pole is copied (if the first target is a Mk.2 Power Pole, another Mk.2 Power Pole will be placed); building from other targets (such as building connectors or Power Towers) defaults to Mk.1 Power Poles.
  • This hologram will convert to a Wall Outlet if the cursor is aimed at either a wall or the bottom/side of a foundation.
    • Additionally, when placing Wall Outlets, the resulting outlet will be either single or double depending on the first target.
• Power Poles can be upgraded in-place just like Conveyors and Miners.
• Holding Ctrl when building a Power Line off another connector aligns the new Power Pole to the first target

See also

• Power Line
• Power Tower
• Power Switch
• Priority Power Switch
• Wall Outlet

Gallery

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  Power Pole Mk. 1; Height: 7m

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  Power Pole Mk. 2; Height: 8m

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  Power Pole Mk. 3; Height: 9m

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  This image will be displayed when the Power graph is clicked 6 times.

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  Shortly after that, this warning message will appear until you re-open the Power graph.

History

• Patch 0.8.2.5: Fixed a crash for Multiplayer / Dedicated Server Clients that sometimes occurred when trying to snap a Power Pole to a Power Line
• Patch 0.8.2.0
  • Changed power poles and power towers to use gradual rotation (45 degrees on foundations)
  • Holding Ctrl when building a wire off another wire now aligns the new Pole to the original one
  • Building a Power Tower off a wire from a Power Pole now correctly increases the build range for the Power Tower
  • Fixed bug where build effects for wires never got cleaned up
  • Fixed so wire build effect works again
  • Fixed so poles created from wires copy the rotation of the pole you drag from
• Patch 0.8.0.0: Made the automatic power connections when building Power Lines context sensitive, copying the same type of pole the Power Line was initially connected to
• Patch 0.7.1.1: Fixed Multiplayer and Dedicated Server Clients not being able to place Power Poles off a Power Cable in the Blueprint Designer
• Patch 0.6.0.6: Power Pole Wall Outlets now ignore the Power Line they are snapped to, so they can be placed directly behind it
• Patch 0.6.0.5:
  • Power Poles can now snap to and be built on existing Power Lines
  • Power Poles and their related attachments should no longer be considered a base, therefore should not despawn any creatures when built by themselves
• Patch 0.5.0.8
  • Changed Power Poles to have soft clearance
  • Adjusted snapping size for Power Poles and Street Light
• Patch 0.3.4.16: Fixed the Hebrew translations on Power Poles
• Patch 0.3.3.4: Crash fixed when connecting a new Power Pole to a circuit that has mismatching IDs in it. The system now handles mismatching IDs more gracefully, this was most likely caused by buildings being removed using a save game editor
• Patch 0.3.3.0: Introduced new meshes for Power Poles Mk.1, Mk.2, and Mk.3
• Patch 0.3.1.0: Power Poles can now be upgraded in-place the same way as Conveyor Belts
• Patch 0.3: Power Poles placed when building Power Lines now snap to the foundation grid
• Patch 0.1.8: Now show their correct name in their interaction menu
• Patch 0.1.6: Fixed outdated descriptions
• Patch 0.1.5: Increased the maximum amount of connections on Mk.2 (6 → 7) and Mk.3 (8 → 10) Power Poles