Stranded: Alien Dawn

Stranded: Alien Dawn

Improved Lightning Rod
33 Comments
slimer91 4 Oct @ 4:31am 
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Seipherwood 15 Jan, 2024 @ 4:52am 
Yeah, the normal one has a small circle and the improved one has a HUGE circle for me.
Convert 13 Jan, 2024 @ 9:01pm 
Just did my first play through and my lightning rod only covers 20 meters.
Naked Troll  [author] 28 Dec, 2023 @ 7:32pm 
Hey buds, I need your help here.

I am getting back into this game and been looking through mods properties/code.

However, I noticed a weird thing. For some reason, the vanilla lightning rod in my game covers a 50m area.

Has it been recently changed so the vanilla lightning rod covers 50m area or is it just in my game?

Thanks!
🐺𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓸𝔀🐾 13 Nov, 2023 @ 4:18am 
Yes, it still works.:GravityCat::armchair::kopi:
Milan [BE] 9 Nov, 2023 @ 5:15am 
Well, i can now confirm that it still works with the DLC :cozybethesda:
morph113 8 Nov, 2023 @ 1:19pm 
I don't own the DLC, but I can confirm that the mod works perfectly fine with the latest game update. I don't think having the DLC would make any difference.
Naked Troll  [author] 8 Nov, 2023 @ 4:55am 
I bought the DLC and plan on getting back to the game soon. Right now I can't, though, so if anybody can confirm, please do. Also, I completely forgot everything about modding Stranded Alien Dawn so it may take some time before I can update this.
Milan [BE] 8 Nov, 2023 @ 4:08am 
Does this still work since latest DLC installment? Can anyone confirm?
PumpkinKing72 12 Jul, 2023 @ 12:17pm 
Considering it costs 5x more resources 6x bigger area seems more reasonable to me, otherwise it would be more cost efficient to use the non-modded version and not bother with this mod. In fact it was your 6x comment that convinced me to try it. Thanks @tiamats4esgares and @Naked Troll
tiamats4esgares 9 Jul, 2023 @ 1:38pm 
Erm, that's not 2.5x more. It's a lot more.

The area of a circle is πr^2.

The area of a circle with radius 20m is 400π m.

The area of a circle with radius 50m is 2500π m.

It's over 6 times bigger.
阡陌 25 Jun, 2023 @ 2:19am 
覆盖x2.5更大的区域。x5的资源成本。
  
  正常的避雷针:涵盖了20米
  改进的避雷针:涵盖了50米
Naked Troll  [author] 6 Jun, 2023 @ 5:47am 
Hi lightman,

Absolutely, from my side you can do whatever you want with the mod, man. No credits needed or whatever.
人生到头是小盒 6 Jun, 2023 @ 4:59am 
Hello.
Thank you for this mod. I would like to be allowed to localize your mod text and integrate it into my localized mod and post it to the workshop. Thank you!
Naked Troll  [author] 10 May, 2023 @ 11:47am 
Thanks! Has been about 2 months since I've played this game, I am actually surprised it still works after all the updates lately
Bjørn 10 May, 2023 @ 6:52am 
Yes, this mod is much appreciated :steamthumbsup:
Adderek 10 May, 2023 @ 1:09am 
Much more immersive than vanila version. Thank you. I hated vanila rods raised everywhere.
Saularian 27 Apr, 2023 @ 4:54am 
@Luna plays:

Try [Environmental science - safe research] it will get you all plants for farming ;)
Luna plays 3 Apr, 2023 @ 4:06am 
I wonder if anyone could make all plants and food sources, animals, available to both existing maps? I imagine that would be a favourite mod for everyone.
CloudStalker 12 Mar, 2023 @ 6:40pm 
Thank you very much, this is a life saver, no more building hundred of these!
Kai 12 Mar, 2023 @ 3:44pm 
Or maybe 'portable' lightning rods that is equipped?
Kai 12 Mar, 2023 @ 3:43pm 
I mean more like 'shelves' it lets colonists walk by it.
Kai 12 Mar, 2023 @ 3:43pm 
How about the opposite, a more smaller efficient lightning rod that can be attached to sides of a grid tile instead of the full tile?
0.60x range, but takes much nearly 75% less space.
Panther 11 Mar, 2023 @ 8:39am 
still dont display the picture right but it works great thank you for the mod it keeps from littering my camps with a crazy amount of lightning rods
jchavez52691 10 Mar, 2023 @ 1:54pm 
@Naked Troll Thanks for the reply. I started getting crashes again so I think there is actually something else going on with my save game.
Naked Troll  [author] 10 Mar, 2023 @ 1:51pm 
@jchavez52691 thank you for the feedback. I haven't got any crashes but I will certainly look out if it happens.
jchavez52691 10 Mar, 2023 @ 1:31pm 
Are you getting any reports of crashes being caused by your mod? I had this mod subscribed and in game it sounded like a lightningstorm was about to start and my game would consistently crash at the same time. I removed this mod and the game stopped crashing after that.
Beer_Brigade 10 Mar, 2023 @ 1:25pm 
I feel like 5x is just too high. Maybe like 3.5x or 4x, costs a little bit more while not being prohibitive?
Naked Troll  [author] 10 Mar, 2023 @ 10:59am 
@Brigand231 It adds another detector's radius. For now it is close to impossible to replace existing buildings by using the basic modding tool provided by the devs.

@Beer_Bridage Thanks for the feedback!

First I wanted to make the area 5x bigger and the cost also 5x. For some reason, the biggest area covered by the lightning rod allowed is 2.5x.

Still, I left the cost to be 5x because if it would be 2.5x, then the normal lightning mod would become obsolete - everyone would build the Improved lightning rod instead.

So now you have to choose:

- Would you rather spend 5x resources and cover a bigger area?
- Would you rather build more smaller lightning rods that can make your base look ugly or even block you to build a nice room, in order to save an amount of resources?

Also, let's not forget that we're talking about scrap metal - a completely affordable resource.

In my opinion, the cost is balanced. if you guys think otherwise, I can change the cost to whatever.
Beer_Brigade 10 Mar, 2023 @ 7:14am 
2.5x bigger area byt 5x the cost? How is this beneficial, I'll just throw down more lighting rods and save the resources. 5x is just too high.
Brigand231 9 Mar, 2023 @ 8:26pm 
Awesome, thanks for sharing! Does that replace the existing lightning rod or add an additional item to research and build?
Lakota Pride 9 Mar, 2023 @ 10:09am 
awesome , maybe you can also improve the movement detector's radius somewhat , that be awesome
Phaelo 8 Mar, 2023 @ 6:10pm 
You the G.O.A.T.