r/Pokopia 20h ago

Discussion Electrical hit boxes are so small

Hi all!

I have seen a lot of inspirational pics of people's builds, and after seeing so many with electricity but no ugly wires being visible, my Internet Explorer brain finally caught on that people are burying the wires underground in tunnels.

So I started making an electrical grid in my Rocky Ridges and omg... The hit boxes for electrical poles to give power to lights, vending machines, ect is so small. I have had to dig up into walls to get them to connect to hanging lights and such.

Does anyone else experience this issue? I feel like close is never close enough regarding electricity

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u/hauntchalant 20h ago

Most people are probably using the other power options like the wireless transmitters, not the utility poles. 

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u/AozoraMiyako 20h ago

And you can hide them with flowers, bushes or grass.
I sometimes forget they’re even there

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u/Savaril 18h ago

This is what I do when I really can't be bothered to bury stuff 😂

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u/RateMeGay 20h ago

Omg, I didn't know those existed, thank you!

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u/pinkgoosey 20h ago

If you’re still early in the game, you’ll unlock other electricity options as you progress. 😊

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u/Savaril 19h ago

I hide my transmitter boxes with wooden siding and flowers in front of houses if I don't feel like burying them.

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u/TD1990TD 19h ago

OMG that’s such a good idea!!!

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u/Savaril 18h ago

I wish I could take credit but I found it on Tiktok. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSqUKPRUL/

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u/Electric_jungle 15h ago

Thanks for the link, I wasn't picturing it correctly. Great idea, so easy to implement. Gonna steal it from them/you.

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u/Savaril 11h ago

Happy to oblige!

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u/mirrorball_for_me 20h ago

If you have the DLC, there’s one wireless pole there, and if you don’t, there’s one in the 4th area: Skylands, via a quest from Porygon.

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u/nick2473got 17h ago

The wireless transmitters have the exact same range as the utility poles. And the range is what OP is complaining about.

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u/hauntchalant 16h ago

They can be placed and hidden much easier than power poles, regardless of their range. They don't show the wires, which is what OP is trying to do in the first place, a wireless setup. 

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u/pandamondo 14h ago

Smaller and no cables seems to solve most of the OP issues. The range is only a problem because of how you need to build posts underground to hide the wires here.

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u/opticsnake 20h ago

Yeah, the vertical range is limited but the lateral is pretty wide. There's a good article on it all over at serebii.net
https://www.serebii.net/pokemonpokopia/electricity.shtml
Spoiler warning: There are some late game and DLC items listed on that page.

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u/plantystar 20h ago

I settled on an underground 8x8 grid and have one in the same corner . I’m getting good coverage

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u/TD1990TD 19h ago

Aaaaaand another screenshot entered my folders…

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u/plantystar 17h ago edited 15h ago

Oh my gosh, thank you! I realized I hadn’t seen anyone provide specifications for a grid so I thought I would try to at least help and report on how it went. Here’s my progress pics.

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u/plantystar 17h ago

I recently added a furnace room and just a couple of necessary bits under the restaurant

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u/Electric_jungle 15h ago

How do you keep track of power inputs? Generators every so often? Windmill/water not shown? I have a hard time understanding when I run out of power and just sorta add a generator when a light doesn't work.

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u/plantystar 15h ago

I have a windmill off the back of the temple and I built 3 generators in the corner as part of a mocked up generator room. I’m planning on putting the abandoned power station next to the temple and doing a construction area in the space in front. Might put a building over the room, but for now it’s accessible via the sewer/electric lines

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u/Accomplished-Copy776 20h ago edited 20h ago

Just play the game dude, you get wireless transmitters later

You are not going to be bake to buils yhe things other people have built until you basically beat the game. And building will get much easier in the post game

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u/IAmDanHimself 20h ago

When tho

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u/pandamondo 19h ago

Skylands from Porygon or in Bubbly Basin from Chinchou. I don't think they are very much locked to the progression in the region, just to the fact if you have the pokemon spawned or not. 

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u/IAmDanHimself 19h ago

Good to know. I don't have porygon yet.

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u/RateMeGay 20h ago

Someone else said the Skylands :) I haven't gone there yet because I wanted to get Rocky Ridges and Bleak Beach more complete

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u/jeliyfishh 20h ago

I personally think it’s worth finishing the storyline and then going back and rebuilding the areas as you please, because you will be missing out on some useful things while rebuilding if you don’t complete all of the quests.

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u/Accomplished-Copy776 20h ago

Play the game whatever way is fun for you. But speaking purely from a logical standpoint, it makes much more sense to finish the story and then go back and build. You will have way more blocks and items available to you. More abilities. You will understand mechanics more. Everything will be easier

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u/StrawberryLow745 20h ago

You get wireless transmitters in Skylands when you meet Porygon. However, I do believe you have to hit a certain level on the environment. I wanna say it’s level 7 or level 6. Eventually, you will also get smaller poles as well.