Space Engineers Laser Antenna

I ve never used these before so i put two of them on different stations within close proximity of each other a few station blocks away roughly.
Space engineers laser antenna. When you put an antenna on your station it acts much like a beacon showing where your station is on the hud. Contrary to the antenna it does not broadcast the ship station name of the specific systems it is on giving an advantage on pvp servers communication between two different locations without revealing the position of either. Spyderborg mar 15 2016 10 24am. The laser antenna is used to connect two laser antennas together via light signals like morse code.
Overview the laser antenna is a block capable of establishing a communication link between two units. The antenna may also show a ships name along with the antenna s own displayed name beside it. I was able to connect my laser antenna from the same space station to the moon at 160km. They are around 60km one from another.
In game their max range is unlimited. In this video i take a closer look at all the antenna and broadcast options in space engineers including some of the ways they can be used for relays and rem. The laser antenna s main advantage is the hidden signal attribute and its interplanetary range. While the regular large grid antenna s have an effective signal range of 50km.
Sitting in a pilot seat or accessing a control panel. The laser antenna functions similar to that of antenna block in which you can control ships and stations remotely from extreme distances provided you have a direct line of sight connection between both laser antenna. Ownership of the antenna is required to do this. The co ordinates given for each la is unique to that la rather than the coordinates of the ship meaning each grid structure can establish multiple connections and have multiple connections established with it.
Laser antenna not connecting. Mar 17 2015 4 54pm remote control w laser antenna not working. An antenna is necessary to access blocks on an object or to remotely control it in case the player is not directly connected to the object e g. Hi i can t connect my lasers antenna between earth planet and a space station.
Both are set to unlimited nothing between the 2 antenna. Space engineers general discussions topic details. I pasted the first s coordinates into the second and the second s into the. But nothing to do to connect the space station and the laser antenna on earth.
Space engineers bug reports topic details. By using a laser antenna on both your ship and station you can amrk things on the hud so you now where your station is but your enemies can t because the laser antenna is just broadcasting this information to you. La laser antenna can connect between stations large ships and small ships.