Megascreen television

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Megascreen television

Megascreen television

A huge, high-tech television. Gigantic, hyper-vibrant images almost leap out of the screen. Very entertaining. Picks up transmissions from ancient satellites and ubiquitous data cards.

Base Stats

Type
BuildingRecreation
Market Value
2000 Silver
Mass
10 kg
Beauty
0
HP
85

Building

Size
3 × 1
Placeable
True
Cover Effectiveness
35%
Power
-450 W
Recreation
160% Television watching
Technical
Has Quality
False
thingCategories
BuildingsJoy
thingSetMakerTags
RewardStandardLowFreq, RewardStandardQualitySuper


A megascreen television is a recreation item that provides "Television watching" recreation to colonists in an area in front of it. It is functionally similar to other types of television.

Acquisition

Megascreen televisions cannot be constructed. Instead, it can only be bought from traders, found in ancient shrines, or obtained from a quest.

Summary

Pawns sitting on a chair or bed in the 7×6 (42 tile) area in front of a megascreen television can watch it for recreational purposes. It does not matter which way the item of furniture the pawn is on faces.

The megascreen television has a Recreation Power of 160%. It is considered Television recreation.

A pawn must have a Sight capacity above 0% to watch television.

Analysis

It has a 6x7 area of effect on the other side of a 1 space gap in front of the TV. Seats need not face the TV.

These TVs can be placed in front of many hospital beds to entertain the patients. The patients will be entertained whether they face the TV or not as long as the head part of the bed is within the TV's area of effect.

Because of its huge size, it may be hard to find a good position for it.

Trivia

Despite being uncraftable, there is a partial recipe defined for the megascreen television in the game files. Namely, Steel 260 steel and Component 22 components. It is possible this is used to calculate the amount deconstruction returns, or it may simply be cut content.

Version history

  • 0.13.1135 - Added. Sick people in bed can now watch TV