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Radars are your friend for exploring the map. Cheap, and they even have late game value when you’re placing things for base bots.

• danielheath 3y ago
  The energy cost to run more than a few is prohibitive though. I prefer to research cars and then go driving, but that’s a very different sort of gameplay (eg twitchy rapid steering to avoid collisions at speed)
  • mdavidn 3y ago
    Radars do consume a lot of energy at the beginning of a game, but even just one placed early and running continuously will find the ore needed to produce exponentially more power. After that, I no longer think about radar power consumption. I just place them willy-nilly wherever they'll be useful. They're even spaced throughout my factory's interior just so I can see it working on the map from anywhere.
  • infogulch 3y ago
    Are they too energy prohibitive, or do you have too few steam turbines? I think we all know what the right answer is here. ;)
    • m463 3y ago
      Couldn't you just run them off a closed solar setup?