Index: Game/GameHelper.cpp
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--- Game/GameHelper.cpp	(revision 4688)
+++ Game/GameHelper.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -428,7 +428,10 @@
 					float modRange=radius+(aHeight-targPos.y)*heightMod;
 					if((pos-targPos).SqLength2D() <= modRange*modRange){
 						float dist2d=(pos-targPos).Length2D();
-						value*=(secDamage+(*ui)->health)*(dist2d+modRange*0.4f+100)*(0.01f+(*ui)->crashing)/(weapon->weaponDef->damages[(*ui)->armorType]*(*ui)->curArmorMultiple*(*ui)->power*(0.7f+gs->randFloat()*0.6f));
+						value*=(secDamage+(*ui)->health)
+							*(dist2d*weapon->weaponDef->proximityPriority+modRange*0.4f+100)
+							*(0.01f+(*ui)->crashing)
+							/(weapon->weaponDef->damages[(*ui)->armorType]*(*ui)->curArmorMultiple*(*ui)->power*(0.7f+gs->randFloat()*0.6f));
 						if((*ui)==lastTarget)
 							value*=0.4f;
 						if((*ui)->category & weapon->badTargetCategory)
Index: Lua/LuaWeaponDefs.cpp
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--- Lua/LuaWeaponDefs.cpp	(revision 4688)
+++ Lua/LuaWeaponDefs.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@
 	ADD_FLOAT("cylinderTargetting", wd.cylinderTargetting);
 	ADD_FLOAT("minIntensity", wd.minIntensity);
 	ADD_FLOAT("heightBoostFactor", wd.heightBoostFactor);
+	ADD_FLOAT("proximityPriority", wd.proximityPriority);
 
 //	CExplosionGenerator *explosionGenerator;
 
Index: Sim/Weapons/WeaponDefHandler.cpp
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--- Sim/Weapons/WeaponDefHandler.cpp	(revision 4688)
+++ Sim/Weapons/WeaponDefHandler.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@
 	}
 
 	wd.heightBoostFactor = wdTable.GetFloat("heightBoostFactor", -1.0f);
+	wd.proximityPriority = wdTable.GetFloat("proximityPriority", 1.0f);
 
 	// get some weapon specific defaults
 	if (wd.type == "Cannon") {
Index: Sim/Weapons/WeaponDefHandler.h
===================================================================
--- Sim/Weapons/WeaponDefHandler.h	(revision 4688)
+++ Sim/Weapons/WeaponDefHandler.h	(working copy)
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
 	float cylinderTargetting;					// if greater than 0, range will be checked in a cylinder (height=range*cylinderTargetting) instead of a sphere
 	float minIntensity;							// for beamlasers - always hit with some minimum intensity (a damage coeffcient normally dependent on distance). do not confuse with intensity tag, it's completely unrelated.
 	float heightBoostFactor;					// controls cannon range height boost. default: -1 -- automatically calculate a more or less sane value
+	float proximityPriority;					// multiplier for the distance to the target for priority calculations
 
 	unsigned int collisionFlags;