Radar Tower

Radar Tower
Radar Towers scan their surrounding area to display additional information on the Map. The information revealed on the Map includes: - Resource Node locations - Terrain data - Flora & fauna information - Notable signal readings
Unlocked by	MAM Quartz Research - Radar Technology
Class name	Desc_RadarTower_C
Building
Power usage	30 MW
Dimensions
Width	10 m
Length	10 m
Height	118 m
Area	100 m2
Ingre­dients
30 ×  Heavy Modular Frame
30 ×  Crystal Oscillator
10 ×  Circuit Board
100 ×  Cable

The Radar Tower is a building used to reveal the map, as well as to display points of interest in the revealed area. It is the tallest building in the game after the Space Elevator.

Obtaining

Unlocking

 Radar Tower is unlocked via the Quartz Research chain in the MAM using:

50

50

100

Usage

The Radar Tower has a 1km range. Once powered, it will immediately clear fog of war on the map. As long as it remains powered, it will also display:

• Exact locations of Resource Nodes and resource wells
  • This includes their purity, however, groups of nodes appear as single nodes having "temp" purity
• Creatures which can be found in the area
  • This includes specific biome and strength variants
• The amount of collectibles in the area: Power Slugs, Somersloops, Mercer Spheres, and Hard Drives within Crash Sites

If the Radar Tower loses power, the fog of war will remain cleared, but none of the other information will show.

Radar Towers can be renamed in the UI, and display the same information as when hovered over on the map.

Trivia

• The Radar Tower, the HUB and the Space Elevator all have a collision box height of 118 meters.
• It features a ladder separated into multiple sections. Using the ladders, pioneers can climb up to 76 meters high.
  • It has been revealed on stream that the ladder of the tower was made by Jace and was a prototype that made it to the game and will be replaced eventually.
• It is the only building to feature multiple Indicator Lights, 3 total. All of them display the same state at the same time.

See also

• Lookout Tower

Gallery

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  Left: Radar Tower. Right: Lookout Tower.

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  Radar Tower built on the highest rock spire at Rocky Desert, situated 488 meters above sea level.

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  Circular areas revealed by Radar Towers: one on the Rock Spire, another at Oil Islands near the sea level. Their coverage is different.

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  Example of fully covering the map with radar towers as of Update 6. Credit to u/Aelyae. Source: https://redd.it/xrq2dv

History

• Patch 0.8.2.6: Potentially fixed a crash related to the Radar Tower
• Patch 0.6.0.5
  • Radar Tower map now has a zoom slider
  • You can now right click found signals in the Radar Tower to open them in the Codex
  • Fixed Resources not being shown for Multiplayer Clients and Dedicated servers Clients when the Map or Radar Tower was opened
• Patch 0.6.0.4: Adjusted Radar Tower description to match new functionality
• Patch 0.6.0.2: Fixed Resources not being shown to Multiplayer Clients or Dedicated Server Clients when opening Radar Tower
• Patch 0.6.0.0:
  • Changed Radar Tower functionality
    • Shows Resource Node locations in radius on the map and if they are in use or not
    • Indicates which exploration rewards and wildlife can be found in the radius of the tower
    • Reveals the area in its radius immediately now
    • Radius has been decreased
      • Radius is fixed at 1km. It does not increase over time, and does not increase with elevation.
  • Undocumented Change: Changed 20 Beacon cost to 10 Circuit Board
• Patch 0.1.10: Added proper collision to the Radar Tower
• Patch 0.1.7: Polished Radar Tower menu
• Patch 0.1.6: Implemented Radar Tower email
• Patch 2018-10-11: Introduced