[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/feature-requests/340 Item 340] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:18:20

while all further base building process shows radar overlay, it is not shown for the initial base building step.
for consistency, radar overlay should be shown when building the initial base.
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====== kracken (2008-06-22 07:05:47) ======

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This is intended: when no base is buid, the whole earth is covered with the milky radar 'no-coverage'. It does not look nice, it just seems that the texture of earth has a bad quality.
Therefore I intentionally disabled radar overlay when no base is build.
====== nobody (2008-07-12 01:31:21) ======

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I'm sure I'm not alone in having the opinion that a projected radar overlay for *all* bases prior to construction confirmation would be desirable. This would allow players a convenient method of optimizing their radar distribution, rather than forcing them to guess and estimate coverage.
====== richlv (2008-07-21 11:21:53) ======

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so it would be needed to show projected radar ranges for all bases including the one getting built during base building stage. this would include bases without radaers, without command centres and powerplants - at this stage expected radar ranges should be shown, not the existing ones.
====== geever (2011-08-29 12:06:15) ======

I don't really understand this: no base, no radar to show. Closing...

-geever
====== richlv (2011-08-29 13:13:35) ======

note that this was about _projected_ radar coverage - the area being shown while you plan your base location. it is shown (or was at the time :) ) for all further bases but the very first one.