Power Tower

Power Tower
Power Towers are used to span Power Lines across great distances. An additional power connector is provided at the bottom of the Power Tower for connecting with other buildings, such as Power Poles.
Unlocked by	Tier 4 - Expanded Power Infrastructure
Class name	Desc_PowerTower_C
Ingre­dients
10 ×  Concrete
20 ×  Wire
20 ×  Steel Beam

Power Tower Platform
Power Towers are used to span Power Lines across great distances. An additional power connector is provided at the bottom of the Power Tower for connecting with other buildings, such as Power Poles. Note: This Power Tower version comes with a ladder and platform, for improved utility.
Unlocked by	Tier 4 - Expanded Power Infrastructure
Class name	Desc_PowerTowerPlatform_C
Ingre­dients
10 ×  Concrete
20 ×  Wire
20 ×  Steel Beam

The Power Tower and Power Tower Platform are power grid structures suited for running Power Lines over longer distances.

Construction

Power Towers have two power connectors. The top connector is visually represented by two Power Lines, but behaves and costs as much as one. It allows three Power Line connections to other Power Towers over an extended distance of 300 meters, which costs 12  Cables. Clicking on the top connector drags out another Power Tower.

The bottom connector allows four connections to other Power Poles or other buildings. Clicking on the bottom connector drags out a standard Mk.1 Power Pole.

While drawing out a Power Line from the top connector, the building range is increased to 300 m. However, the range is not extended when aiming at a distant Power Tower. Thus, when connecting Power Towers, first select the closer tower and then the remote one.

Like Foundations, Power Towers can use gradual rotation when placing by using Ctrl.

Upgrading

Power Towers can be upgraded in-place to the Power Tower Platform and vice versa, similar to Conveyor Belts and Power Poles, meaning that they do not have to be dismantled to switch between variants.

Usage

As mentioned, the extended range is useful for easily constructing long Power Lines. While Railways also transmit power, they are unlocked two tiers later, and your destination might not be worth connecting by rail (such as a remote power plant or Miner).

Both types of Power Towers are functionally identical, the Platform variant however has an additional ladder and platform near the upper connectors, which makes them ideal for ziplining.

Walkways and Catwalks can be snapped to Platform Power Towers, akin to Lookout Towers.

See also

• Power Pole

History

• Patch 0.8.2.7: Potential fix for Power Tower mixing up which connections to connect previous wires when upgrading them
• 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
  • Refactored wire splitting so it works with Power Towers
  • Fixed bug where build effects for wires never got cleaned up
  • Fixed so wire build effect works again
• Patch 0.8.0.0: Introduced