zealous raven
EDIT: from discussion a better title would be
Show defense building's reach blocked by terrain
When placing a turret, it would be helpful to visualize where it can hit as modified by terrain.
Currently, it only shows max range.
There's already similar code when placing radar towers. Perhaps it can be reused.
I think this would help both new and experienced gamers decide how to place defense structures.
autumn furnace
EDIT: from discussion a better title would be
> Show defense building's reach bl...
the range does actually adapt based on the terrain
zealous raven
Does it show terrain blocking shots though?
zealous raven
I'll look again
autumn furnace
the real answer you want to know
is that the range circles
only reffer to the ground
the issue is that the aim position(where units will target)
is not the ground but somewhere above it
ussually its around the center of the unit
this is the arm anti nuke
the purple dot is the aimposition
here is the commander
both commanders are the same
zealous raven
This circle shows this turret can hit the ground past the ridge
But you can see the turret doesn't have LoS
Similarly on the other side
autumn furnace
This circle shows this turret can hit the ground past the ridge
oh that
the range ring does not account for blocked terrain
it assumes that the unit can just hit there
sorry miss read
zealous raven
No worries. Yeah, terrain is in the title. 🙂
Show defense building's reach modified by terrain.
autumn furnace
i got caught on modified
zealous raven
I do see the circle does get slighly misshapen by terrain
autumn furnace
because the game actually does compensate
you can see that in your screen shots
zealous raven
Maybe there's a better way to fix it
autumn furnace
im not sure if this is game or engine
ill raise a ticket about this
zealous raven
maybe:
Show defense building's reach blocked by terrain.
autumn furnace
maybe:
> Show defense building's reach blocked by terrain.
better title
zealous raven
Thanks!
Looks like I can't edit the title. I guess that makes sense
I edited the top post instead
autumn furnace
ticket raised on game engine
autumn furnace
@zealous raven so the issue is the performance cost to make this possible so it cannot move any further