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|image = Tube television.png
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| image = Tube television.png
|description = A cathode ray tube display for showing moving pictures with sound. Even on the rimworlds, there is often an old transmitter running something at least marginally interesting.
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| description = A cathode ray tube display for showing moving pictures with sound. Even on the rimworlds, there is often an old transmitter running something at least marginally interesting.
|type  = Buildings
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| type  = Buildings
|type2 = Recreation
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| type2 = Recreation
|placeable = Yes
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| placeable = Yes
|size = 1 ˣ 1
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| size = 1 ˣ 1
|hp = 100
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| hp = 100
|power = -200
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| power = -200
|marketvalue = 315
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| marketvalue = 315
|beauty = 0
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| beauty = 0
|mass base = 28
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| mass base = 14
|work to make = 10000
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| work to make = 10000
|resource 1 = Steel
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| resource 1 = Steel
|resource 1 amount = 80
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| resource 1 amount = 80
|resource 2 = Component
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| resource 2 = Component
|resource 2 amount = 4
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| resource 2 amount = 4
 
| skill 1 = Construction
 
| skill 1 = Construction
 
| skill 1 level = 7
 
| skill 1 level = 7
|cover = 0.4
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| cover = 0.4
|flammability = 1
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| flammability = 1.0
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| recreation power = 1.2
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| recreation type = Television watching
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| page verified for version = 1.2.2900
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| thingCategories = BuildingsJoy
 
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A '''tube television''' is a television that can be built by [[colonist]]s with a construction skill of 7 or higher. Effective in a 3x5 area in front of the object, spaced 1 tile away from it. Seats must face the TV.
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A '''tube television''' is a [[recreation]] item that provides "{{P|Recreation Type}}" recreation to [[colonist]]s in an area in front of it, with a power of {{#expr:100*{{P|Recreation Power}}}}%. It is functionally similar to other types of [[television]].
  
The tube television has an entertainment strength factor of 120%.
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==Acquisition==
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Tube televisions can be constructed once the [[Research#Tube television|Tube television]] research is completed. Constructing one requires {{Required Resources}}s, {{ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work and a [[construction]] skill of 7.
  
In terms of entertainment strength and effective area, the tube television is easily beaten by the [[flatscreen television]] and the [[megascreen television]].
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They can also be acquired through [[trade]].
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==Analysis==
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The tube television is effective in a 3x5 area in front of the object, spaced 1 tile away from it. Seats must face the TV.
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The tube television has an entertainment strength factor of 120%. In terms of entertainment strength and effective area, the tube television is easily beaten by the [[flatscreen television]] and the [[megascreen television]].
  
 
Tube televisions placed facing [[hospital bed]]s can allow recovering pawns to watch TV for [[recreation]]al purposes. This can be very useful, as the only other option that bed-bound pawns have requires another colonist to talk to them, and joy-less colonists suffer terrible mood penalties.
 
Tube televisions placed facing [[hospital bed]]s can allow recovering pawns to watch TV for [[recreation]]al purposes. This can be very useful, as the only other option that bed-bound pawns have requires another colonist to talk to them, and joy-less colonists suffer terrible mood penalties.
  
Constructing it requires the [[Research#Tube television|Tube television]] research to be completed.
 
 
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== Version History ==
 
== Version History ==
 
* [[Version/0.10.785|0.10.785]] - Added as '''Television''' with the addition of Joy
 
* [[Version/0.10.785|0.10.785]] - Added as '''Television''' with the addition of Joy
  
 
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[[Category:Buildings]]
 
[[Category:Buildings]]
 
[[Category:Recreation]]
 
[[Category:Recreation]]

Revision as of 04:41, 14 April 2021

Tube television

Tube television

A cathode ray tube display for showing moving pictures with sound. Even on the rimworlds, there is often an old transmitter running something at least marginally interesting.

Base Stats

Type
BuildingsRecreation
Market Value
315 Silver
Mass
14 kg
Beauty
0
HP
100
Flammability
100%

Building

Size
1 × 1
Placeable
Yes
Cover Effectiveness
40%
Power
-200 W
Recreation
120% Television watching

Creation

Skill Required
Construction 7
Work To Make
10,000 ticks (2.78 mins)
Resources to make
Steel 80 + Component 4
Technical
thingCategories
BuildingsJoy


A tube television is a recreation item that provides "Television watching" recreation to colonists in an area in front of it, with a power of 120%. It is functionally similar to other types of television.

Acquisition

Tube televisions can be constructed once the Tube television research is completed. Constructing one requires Steel 80 Steel, Component 4 Componentss, 10,000 ticks (2.78 mins) of work and a construction skill of 7.

They can also be acquired through trade.

Analysis

The tube television is effective in a 3x5 area in front of the object, spaced 1 tile away from it. Seats must face the TV.

The tube television has an entertainment strength factor of 120%. In terms of entertainment strength and effective area, the tube television is easily beaten by the flatscreen television and the megascreen television.

Tube televisions placed facing hospital beds can allow recovering pawns to watch TV for recreational purposes. This can be very useful, as the only other option that bed-bound pawns have requires another colonist to talk to them, and joy-less colonists suffer terrible mood penalties.

Version History

  • 0.10.785 - Added as Television with the addition of Joy