Spring RTS Engine

I'm getting pegged outside of the firing range defined by the defense range widget, particularly HLTs. Is the defense range widget a little pessimistic about weapon ranges? Or is it FPSing?

Pxtl wrote:I'm getting pegged outside of the firing range defined by the defense range widget, particularly HLTs. Is the defense range widget a little pessimistic about weapon ranges? Or is it FPSing?

me2 and for one i doubt the kind of person whos hlts did this would fps or indeed know how to fps.

Turrets aren't FPSable in CA (unless it was changed recently). Beamlasers can still overshoot by a bit though when firing though.

One theory I've heard is that the turret is returning fire at radar dots that wobble into range.

You can ground-attack with some turrets (missletowers, the gatling antiswarm, etc) and because of spray/splash they can damage stuff outside range. Maybe this?

Core HLT and LLT use laserCannons which still have overshoot. If they shoot at a radar dot or in retaliation they will shoot past their range. BeamLasers which arm uses don't have overshoot.

Also, the range things use the center of the unit. Look at where the shots come out. Not the center.

It is almost certainly shooting at a radar dot that wobbles into range.
We need to fix overshoot on beamweapons/LaserCannons once and for all.

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LaserCannons still have a lot of overshoot. BeamLasers have very little overshoot though, no more than 16 elmos.

Actual overshoot? Not just the turret being off-center?

Saktoth wrote:It is almost certainly shooting at a radar dot that wobbles into range.

This.

Watched for like 5 minutes one time as my HLT was firing at a kbot that was slightly out of range. His radar dot would come in range, my HLT would spend 10-15 shots firing at it (and missing) and the radar dot would wobble out of range.

Make flash attack ground, and itll overshoot.

And if youre really good, find a way to meaningfully exploit this in a real game

JohannesH wrote:Make flash attack ground, and itll overshoot.

And if youre really good, find a way to meaningfully exploit this in a real game

easy

force fire near friendly units if you dont have a com handy to dgun

to clear things up, this is something ive done before...

hmm not sure i understood right but whats the gain in that?

JohannesH wrote:hmm not sure i understood right but whats the gain in that?

comedy.

if you want comedy, do it on an allied comm

JohannesH wrote:if you want comedy, do it on an allied comm

never said i didnt