Small Antenna for Large Grids
Since small ship antennas were changed o 50km range and are only 1x1x2, there should be a smaller version of the component available for large grids. The overall space taken up by the large version is 750 times larger for the exact same performance. I think the large grid antenna should have its maximum range increased greatly and the Beacon should be improved to allow broadcasting (or a new 1x1x2 block be added to large grids) so making drones or guided missiles doesn't require the use of a hinge or rotor to cheat a small grid antenna into a smaller space.
I'm currently trying to build a guided missile launcher on board on of my carriers, but of the total 1x3x8 space I have available, more than half of it would need to be taken up by an antenna alone and I'm not able to reload it automatically with projectors if I use a small subgrid. Even where space is more available, it's usually a pretty big impairment to the aesthetic of a sleek ship design needing a gigantic antenna jutting out of it, and a lot of ships don't have the internal space to spare for the thing. I'm a big fan of the antenna dish (and even the regular antenna on stations and certain designs) but only having such massive options feels like an oversight when you can get the exact same performance out of a rotor and small antenna that fits in a 1x1x2 space anyway.
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Edit: I noticed that small antennas were pushed back to 5km range (unless they were never even changed or it's mod interference, I might just be dumb) but if the small antenna for large grids were at this 5km range and current antennas stay at 50km then that would work just fine.
Edit: I noticed that small antennas were pushed back to 5km range (unless they were never even changed or it's mod interference, I might just be dumb) but if the small antenna for large grids were at this 5km range and current antennas stay at 50km then that would work just fine.
I totally agree, large grid antennas are huge, it's a pain to find a place for them on small ships.
I'd just make a large grid copy of the small grid, it would be so easy.
I totally agree, large grid antennas are huge, it's a pain to find a place for them on small ships.
I'd just make a large grid copy of the small grid, it would be so easy.
Large Small Antenna
Large Small Antenna
Would be great if this was in the base game
Would be great if this was in the base game
I think they should just break out the antennas to two variants: long range and short range. The just make small grid and large grid versions that are exactly the same graphically, with all the same models for the build stages, using the same dimensions.
Then give each one an appropriate range and build recipe. I think it's pretty low hanging fruit for Keen to do that. If they wanted to add a couple of visual tweaks to each new model so that they feel like they earned it... fine. But having to mount a giant flagpole on a tiny ship just to communicate at 500 meters... the range of a handheld walkie-talkie... I was surprised this wasn't in today's Most Wanted.
I think they should just break out the antennas to two variants: long range and short range. The just make small grid and large grid versions that are exactly the same graphically, with all the same models for the build stages, using the same dimensions.
Then give each one an appropriate range and build recipe. I think it's pretty low hanging fruit for Keen to do that. If they wanted to add a couple of visual tweaks to each new model so that they feel like they earned it... fine. But having to mount a giant flagpole on a tiny ship just to communicate at 500 meters... the range of a handheld walkie-talkie... I was surprised this wasn't in today's Most Wanted.
Make it so, Number One.
Make it so, Number One.
We did get a small landing gear wit the Magnetic Plate letshopewe now also can get small antenna short range antenna.
The on we now have is just to large to add to many ships.
We did get a small landing gear wit the Magnetic Plate letshopewe now also can get small antenna short range antenna.
The on we now have is just to large to add to many ships.
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