Profile of Sturmpanther

Jump back to quoted post15 Jul 2018, 16:44 PMRosbone

Hamburg also has a couple areas that have weird sight issues. These may cause confusion in many players. You may hear things like "WTF isnt my MG shooting!?!"

1) By the middle VP there is a single cargo container(yellow) that blocks sight from the dominant building. If a squad is inside the FOW triangle (blue) they CAN NOT be seen by the building because they fail the FOW test (COH1). If they fire at teh building or another unit gives sight for the building, the enemy passes the FOW test. The building may start shooting at the enemy if it passes the TRUESIGHT test (COH2 cubes). The two containers to the right of the building work better than the single container because they are so far away from the building that the TRUESIGHT test is more predictable.



1) The single cargo container is mirrored on the north dominant building by a fuel tank (yellow). This fuel tank also causes weird vehicle attacks because you can not see the fuel container in game. It is behind the tall building. When you tell your tank to shoot something around that corner it will not have sight and will drive into the enemy instead. Again you will hear "WTF is my tank doing!"
2) The Cargo containers are very wide compared to the Fuel container in the shed. We could add another large fuel barrel object to balance (green). The little rusty cans do not block sight.


OPTIONS
A) Do nothing and hope players do not get discouraged by the weird sight behavior.
B) Remove the Cargo and Fuel tank to mirror balance. Each building will be a little stronger for the enemy, since they have better coverage into your base.
C) Make each building a single story building so the sight blockers work more reliably. The TRUESIGHT test will never pass and the buildings will not shoot. This will make the buildings a lot easier to grenade from the base side, making them weaker for the enemy pushing into your base.

Jump back to quoted post25 Jun 2018, 07:50 AMSiphon X.

Updated the version in the workshop now. Changes to the previous workshop version:

Made the gap at the northern cut-off whider (now matches the gap on the other side reasonably well):


Also, decluttered West and East further (specifically by replacing several hedgerows with stuff that can be crushed by medium vehicles; turns out there are not that many bushes that block sight but are medium crush...). The top-views below show the "precise maps" for medium pathfinding:

Live version (West):


New version (West):


Live version (East):


New version (East):

Jump back to quoted post15 Jul 2018, 04:48 AMRosbone

CHANGES MADE BASED ON THREAD #4

1,2) Removed cargo containers and the military cart.


3) Removed wall section and replaced with green cover.
This will help a lot. Before you could only push from south in the road where there is no cover.


4) Bricks removed. New look is pending...

5) Removed pipe sections to allow a new flank path in industrial area.


6) Removed a train section for late game pathing and HQ area.


7A) Adjusted/removed objects to clear area for HQs, trucks, ambulance etc.


7B) Removed fuel container and pipes to make room for HQs, trucks, ambulances etc. OKW truck or mortar pit will fit in paved area. this creates four quadrants to hide HQs.


8) NEW OPTIONAL ITEM
There was a large fuel container that caused random/unreliable MG sight similar to the building we changed on Lienne Forrest. If the MG picks the left window it can see. If it picks the right window it cannot see. Replaced with piping and building damage. Building now has full sight. Road still has plenty of room for a KT.


9) NEW OPTIONAL ITEM
The hedge by the broken brick wall needs to be moved back a couple meters so units can actually get to the wall for cover.