Raised Platforms

Introduction

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This mod introduces platforms, raised structures that allow colonists and turrets to fire (and be fired at) over walls. -- --

How It Works

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Built platforms update a map component that tracks the elevation of each cell, with the assumption that 1 story is equivalent to the fill percentage of an impassable wall (e.g. 1). If either the target or origin cell have an elevation above zero, a patch replaces the game's native LoS calculation with one that checks whether a line between the the origin level and end level is uninterrupted by vertical obstructions. Periodically (configurable in settings), the height-tracking map component will populate itself with FillColumns: records of which heights are filled by terrain, edifices, and roofs, as follows:

• Terrain - between height -20 and terrain height base (altered by platforms) is filled.
• Edifices - between terrain height base and edifice fillPercent (0-1) is filled.
• Roofs - between terrain height base + 1 and terrain height base + is filled.

Disclaimer - Bugs

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Take care when using this mod: it's a finicky system and there seem to have been some serious issues in some versions. The following have been reported:

• Projectiles unable to hit intended targets
• Line of sight calculations being buggy (make sure to check mod settings!)
• Platform levels resetting on load / after gravship launch (should be fixed!)

If you spot any bugs or performance issues, let me know! You can get the most up-to-date version from github.

Content

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Buildings

• Huge platform - a 5x5 platform of maximum height 5.
• Large platform - a 4x4 platform of maximum height 5.
• Medium platform - a 3x3 platform of maximum height 5.
• Small platform - a 2x2 platform of maximum height 5.
• Tiny platform - a 1x1 platform of maximum height 5.