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Radar & Detection

Radar provides long-range player and aircraft tracking. It is required for coordinated warfare.

Key mods

  • Create Radar — radar blocks, monitors, fire controllers, plane radar
  • Power Grid — integrated circuits (required for all radar components)

Radar components

All radar components need Power Grid integrated circuits. These are crafted from Power Grid components and are separate from CC:Tweaked recipes.

Radar receiver

To craft the radar receiver, you need:

  • 1 Power Grid integrated circuit
  • 1 brass casing
  • 1 precision mechanism

Radar bearing

To craft the radar bearing, you need:

  • 2 integrated circuits
  • 3 precision mechanisms
  • 1 brass casing
  • 1 mechanical bearing

Radar monitor

To craft the radar monitor, you need:

  • 3 integrated circuits
  • 2 brass casings
  • 1 precision mechanism

Fire controller

To craft the fire controller, you need:

  • 1 integrated circuit
  • 3 precision mechanisms
  • 1 brass casing

Plane radar

To craft the plane radar, you need:

  • 3 radar dishes
  • 1 radar receiver
  • 1 brass casing

Radar array layout

A basic radar station has five parts stacked vertically:

  1. Radar bearing (base, rotates)
  2. Radar receiver (signal processing)
  3. Radar dish (signal collection)
  4. Radar monitor (display)
  5. Fire controller (target designation)

Place the radar bearing on the ground. Stack the other parts on top. Connect power to the bearing.

Radar range

Radar range starts at 20 blocks and adds 10 blocks per dish. Maximum range is 1,000 blocks. Radar vertical scan range is 20 blocks.

Worked example

A radar with 5 dishes has a range of 70 blocks (20 + 5×10). A radar with 20 dishes has a range of 220 blocks. Add more dishes to increase range.

Radar monitor UI

Open the radar monitor to see a top-down view of detected entities. The display shows:

  • Player positions (coloured dots)
  • Aircraft positions (coloured dots)
  • Range circles (based on dish count)

Use the monitor to track enemy movements and coordinate battles.

Fire controller integration

The fire controller connects to Create Big Cannons (CBC) artillery. When a target is detected by radar, the fire controller can designate it for artillery strikes.

To use the fire controller:

  1. Build a radar array with a fire controller
  2. Ensure the fire controller has power
  3. Detected targets appear on the radar monitor
  4. Right-click the fire controller to designate a target
  5. CBC artillery within range fires at the designated target

Power Grid integration

Power Grid provides the electrical economy that radar depends on. Power Grid integrated circuits are crafted from Power Grid components.

Component Source
Power Grid integrated_circuit Power Grid crafting

CC:BR does not replace Power Grid

CC:BR (Create: CC Better Recipes) rebalances CC:Tweaked recipes to use Create materials. It does not provide Power Grid integrated circuits or bypass their crafting cost.

Tips

  1. Add more dishes for range. Radar range starts at 20 blocks and adds 10 blocks per dish.
  2. Force-load your radar station. Radar needs continuous power to track targets.
  3. Stockpile integrated circuits. They are the bottleneck for all radar components.
  4. Use radar to coordinate battles. Track enemy aircraft and plan ambushes.