Topic: Terraforming Beacons.

When using a terraforming beacon, if you drop it too close to something an error message of "within 1000 M of something" this value is wrong it should be 225 meters.

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

Umm I don't think we ever set any limit to 225 meters...

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

Well they been screwed up since Gamma Launch fyi if the range was suppossed to be 1K Meters

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

ville, get off the bottle and stfu!

5 (edited by Burial 2013-03-21 20:35:46)

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

I've noticed the range to be around 220-240m too. I thought you are aware of this bug. Wouldn't 1000m be too much though?

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

I'll check what's up.

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

I mean it's fine now, just the error message being change would be nice.

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

wait whats going on.... If you DEVs are going to change the terraforming distance from buildings can you let us know ? right now the actual min distance that you can drop a TF probe is 190m.

If you DEVs are going to change this can you give us more notice than a day or so?

True Pros make a Podcast to influence the Devs minds, 
The rest of you guys are Hacks tongue

PS. I got my Highways & stopped playing b4 they came in & have never used them! ...... Irony much ? tongue

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

Noone said it's going to be changed, the bug is apparently a wrong error message.

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

DEV Zoom wrote:

Noone said it's going to be changed, the bug is apparently a wrong error message.

+1! <3

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

DEV Zoom wrote:

Noone said it's going to be changed, the bug is apparently a wrong error message.


Oh thank the maker

True Pros make a Podcast to influence the Devs minds, 
The rest of you guys are Hacks tongue

PS. I got my Highways & stopped playing b4 they came in & have never used them! ...... Irony much ? tongue

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

DEV Zoom wrote:

Noone said it's going to be changed, the bug is apparently a wrong error message.


What's the correct distance? And is it from a terminal or buildings?

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

We are talking about structures other than terminals.

14 (edited by Ludlow Bursar 2013-03-22 09:17:22)

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

Having tested this over the last 9 months I concluded that minimum distance is equal to the beacon's optimal + falloff from a building's occupied area (note occupied area, not footprint).

Therefore the minimum distance from a building will depend on the the building.

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

About 225 to 240.

Re: Terraforming Beacons.

This is now set to a fixed 250m, updated the error accordingly.