Electric Transmission Tower


Adds an electric transmission tower with extremely long wire connection distance and a large footprint. Optionally buildable on water.

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10 days ago
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Circuit network Power
Owner:
Malidictus
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N/A
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License:
MIT
Created:
11 days ago
Latest Version:
1.0.1 (10 days ago)
Factorio version:
2.0
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326 users

Harness advanced electronics and reinforced materials to build larger electric transmission towers. These colossal structures can support extremely long, heavy wires spanning great distances. Ideal for power transmission across empty land or (optionally) open water, Electric Transmission Towers can replace daisy-chains of smaller Electric Poles.

What's in this mod:

  • Power Transmission Tower. It has a (default) wire distance of 64, an electric supply area of 0 and a footprint of 4x3. costs 20 Steel Plates, 20 Refined concrete, 10 Processing units 10 Batteries and 10 seconds to make, per tower.
  • Long-Distance Electric Distribution technology. It unlocks the Power Transmission Tower recipe. Requires researching Concrete, Processing Units, Batteries and Electric Energy Distribution 2. Costs Automatic, Logistics, Chemical and Production Science Packs to research, 120 of each at 45 seconds.
  • Mod Settings options for tweaking wire distance (32 - 256 range), as well as building Power Transmission Towers on water.

Disclaimer

This is the first time I've created my own art assets from scratch. I'm not an artist, so the bulk of my time went into figuring out animation layers, shadows, wire alignment, collision boxes, collision masks, explosion animations, etc. This is also why the tower has only one orientation and does not rotate. Any feedback on the visuals would be greatly appreciated - positive or otherwise.