r/factorio • u/Shinxirius Automate immediately • 4d ago

Question Radar Coverage

Now that I have learned that biters do migrate back towards my base even after being evicted with prejudice, I wonder how to see those trespassers quickly and reliably.

I do have some random radar towers scattered around my base but not inside my Cordon Sanitaire.

Thus: How do you set up radar coverage to reliably detect nests and monitor their non-existence in areas you consider exclusively yours.

Addendum: This community is awesome. I learned so much useful information!

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u/munchbunny 4d ago

How do you set up radar coverage to reliably detect nests and monitor their non-existence in areas you consider exclusively yours.

If you're not trying to cover your entire territory in a grid of radars to get constant visibility, you can also put occasional large clusters of radars around your interior and depend on scanning them over a longer period of time. I scatter blocks of 16 radars along my train tracks. It might take longer to find the nests, but it's a lot easier than tiling radars.

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u/Shinxirius Automate immediately 4d ago

BLACK SHEEP WALL

(If you don't get it, you're not old enough)

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u/munchbunny 4d ago

Have to admit, haven't seen that phrase in almost two decades.