Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #3685


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Timestamp:
Apr 11, 2016, 9:39:23 AM (8 years ago)
Author:
sanderd17
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I made this ticket a bit broader, as multiple improvements can be made.

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  • Ticket #3685

    • Property Type defect → enhancement
    • Property Summary Can't build straight walls over obstruction → Improvements to obstructions

  • Ticket #3685 – Description

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    1 Before the new pathfinder, you could build a wall over straight lines not matter the obstruction the ground had. With the new pathfinder that functionality was removed, making wall building sometimes fail, leaving holes. To workaround this players have to construct buildings.
     1There are several improvements that could be made wrt obstructions:
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    3 Related Commands.TXT https://bpaste.net/show/107253d5212c
     31. Allow circular static obstructions:
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     5Some buildings are circular, and it's weird that the ability to place them sometimes depends on the angle. If you check the stonehenge wonder f.e., the invisible corners are very big.
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     7All wall towers should also have circular obstructions as the player can't determine the rotation of the first tower (but the rotation of the first tower is determined by the angle of the wall). So when starting a wall-piece in the direction you want, it can either obstruct the tower, or create a gap because the obstruction gets rotated.
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     9Since the obstructions are always rasterized, it shouldn't be very calculation intensive to support circular static obstructions (just adding a check in the rasterization loop).
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     112. It should be possible to overlay different obstruction types on one template
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     13Most buildings aren't made to serve as a wall. So passages should be guaranteed between them. This would be possible by overlaying two different obstructions:
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     15* An obstruction that blocks pathfinding, so units don't walk through the building
     16* A bigger obstruction that blocks construction, so buildings can't be placed close enough, and units can always pass.
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     18The gap between two buildings should be wide enough so units can actually cross in that gap.
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     20Walls on the other hand are in a different situation, and should probably block more pathfinding than they block construction, so they can create a certain obstruction overlap, and block all units with certainty. This may be a bit more difficult to achieve.
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     22Note that these double obstructions seem already possible, since it's done with the gate (a gate has 3 obstructions, of which the center one can be made passable but not be constructed on). So I guess it mainly misses a way to put this into the schema.
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     26Together, this should fix most issues with wall-placement, make building placement more relaxing, but also help fixing issues like #3517 (due to the guaranteed gap).