# Making the security cameras work while being protected

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489 "2019-04-01T16:51:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cynicus26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cynicus26/32/4998_2.png) [@Cynicus26](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cynicus26)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489/1 "2019-04-01T16:51:03Z")

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I’m in the process of assembling a deathmobile in my current game and I have a question about security cameras, which I have no experience with.

Will security cameras work if placed farther behind the edge of a vehicle (like how I believe headlights work), or do they need to be right at the edge to work?

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**Author:** ![Krisu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/krisu/32/11683_2.png) [@Krisu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Krisu)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489/2 "2019-04-01T17:09:54Z")

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You should try it. I believe it only works on the outside and you need a camera control system to see through the camera.

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489/3 "2019-04-01T17:19:07Z")

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As far as I can tell, they can see over quarter panels. I’ll do a little testing.

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489/4 "2019-04-01T17:28:43Z")

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ok, there is a camera directly under the curser here:

 ![camera%20location](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/6/63c29cd253ac5d91591623140bfd3d209cb2f7f2.png)  
And I’ve toggled off map memory, all the panels in front of that position are quarter panels  
There are also cameras here:  
 ![camera%20location%2002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/3/37ca65d7fcb8dc4df3ce9dd3ebb61e22c0353700.png)  
and here:  
 ![camera%20location%2003](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/a/a0f67fabc83eeee36fd3885e0c29ba3cc2018301.png)  
So I think you can definitely see over quarter panels (and rams) but not over roofs and full panels.  
edit: But I’m not 100% cos sometimes you seem to be able to see over full panels, it might actually just be roofs you can’t see over.

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**Author:** ![Cynicus26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cynicus26/32/4998_2.png) [@Cynicus26](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cynicus26)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489/5 "2019-04-01T17:31:14Z")

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I was secretly hoping it would be you who answers with your glorious machine I saw while lurking in a different thread! That’s a very definitive test, thank you. That helps me determine what goes where very nicely.

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-the-security-cameras-work-while-being-protected/19489/6 "2019-04-01T17:32:04Z")

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np 😄 (20 charcters)