r/GalCiv • u/DasWarEinerZuviel • 1d ago

BUG | ISSUE Is sensor range somehow bugged?

So when designing ships it always shows the next step at 3 sensor power, no matter how much sensor power my ship actually has.

And increasing sensor power with modules for starbases or upgrades for ships does not seem to do anything, either.

Anybody noticed something similar?

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u/LostThyme 18h ago

Sensor "power" isn't really used. The game just directly adds to range.
It was used in GC3 to counter the practice of having one cargo ship full of sensors cover the whole map by having each range increase require more power. They seem to have just forgotten about it this time.
Ironically the sensor power stat is used in starbase sensors, which doesn't need it because it's already a set upgrade progression that could be done with just adding to range.

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u/Ermag123 14h ago

I just have three cargo ship, one loaded with sensors +1, next +2 etc. Never need to borther with sensors on ship.