[TC] Video function on advanced satellites and use of camera drones
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[TC] Video function on advanced satellites and use of camera drones
I read a lot of comments and guides and so, but I still can't find the way I can use this thing nor how it works. Does it work OOS, what exactly does it do etc. Also I can't figure out how camera drones work, how do I get them to show me sth. Please help.
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Camera drones have no purpose. Don't bother with them.
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There is a button on sector map next to +/- that looks like old school projector. That's the advanced satellite "video" modeAstronoid wrote:All right, thanks! I won't try my whole keyboard out again, hopelessly trying to find a key it responds to.
And yeah that combined with switching axis is pretty much awesome for complex building. Otherwise you are doing it blind.“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein
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Now I learn this... after laying down 30 something factories...hisazul wrote:There is a button on sector map next to +/- that looks like old school projector. That's the advanced satellite "video" modeAstronoid wrote:All right, thanks! I won't try my whole keyboard out again, hopelessly trying to find a key it responds to.
S'Alright though - this time I just laid them on a big enough grid I knew they wouldn't be touching each other. Nice effect, actually. I imagine once I get it five or six levels deep it will be rather 'Borg'ish.
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Hehe, I always made my complexes (5x30+ stations and a 120+) by putting down one station, and then positioning the others on that one (num5 I think), then pushing them away on either axis. It can work pretty well, if you get the hang of it, but I guess it's easier if you see 3D in the map too.
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Once you connect two factories together with a CCK, they become one unit and hence no collisions. Using this fact, I've taken to building all my factories in a complex right on top of each other and quickly connecting them to the complex with a CCK. Identical factories overlap perfectly and look like a single unit. But adding different kinds of factories this way turns a spindly looking factory into something much more complex and industrial looking. It also has the added benefit of reducing the tubing down to a bare minimum and incorporating those tubes into the overall structure.
Rather cool looking, too, IMO.
Rather cool looking, too, IMO.
Have a great idea for the current or a future game? You can post it in the [L3+] Ideas forum.
X4 is a journey, not a destination. Have fun on your travels.
X4 is a journey, not a destination. Have fun on your travels.
OMG, why didn't I think about this earlier?! I knew they don't collide once they're connected, but it never came to my mind that what if I put them in one place. It was somehow not natural, so I didn't bother thinking about it. I'll try it, this suggestion has my mood raised for some complexing, thanks Nanook! And all the others!
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