[2.0.15] Stompers do not take damage from land mines when attacking

[ChefOfRamen]

Stompers don't seem to be affected by land mines in attack mode. They just destroy the mines and don't take any damage. Strangely, they appear to interact with land mines properly when they're not attacking anything and just walking around.

[Rseding91]

Thanks for the report. The issue was: the legs would apply damage when they hit the ground - killing the landmines - but the landmines never had a chance to explode.

I've changed landmines so if they're killed they explode as if set off by something being nearby.

[DataCpt]

I've changed landmines so if they're killed they explode as if set off by something being nearby.

Would this affect the behaviour of landmines with their action's force set to hit all instead of enemy?

Right now you can have landmines destroy friendly entities (including other landmines) without causing a chain reaction and it's kinda neat.

[HeliGungir]

Wasn't this the intended behavior? So that Land Mines are ineffective against Stompers? And so that Biters and Spitters can kill recently-placed Land Mines without blowing themselves up?

That deployment period was the only real downside Land Mines had, the only reason speedrunners and deathworld+ players use Flamethrower Turrets in hot spots instead of just relying on Land Mines for everything.

[Bilka]

Wasn't this the intended behavior? So that Land Mines are ineffective against Stompers? And so that Biters and Spitters can kill recently-placed Land Mines without blowing themselves up?

That deployment period was the only real downside Land Mines had, the only reason speedrunners and deathworld+ players use Flamethrower Turrets in hot spots instead of just relying on Land Mines for everything.

The mines still do not explode if destroyed during the deployment period. They will only explode on destruction once they are armed. When they are armed, they are invisible to enemies, so this change should mostly affect stompers and mines killed by some area of effect damage.

[HeliGungir]

The mines still do not explode if destroyed during the deployment period. They will only explode on destruction once they are armed.

Ah, that is good.

I thought Stompers were intentionally resilient/immune to Land Mines and that the "bug" was how they didn't destroy Land Mines when en-route to a distant target, but apparently not.

[splee]

the (stomper) legs would apply damage when they hit the ground - killing the landmines - but the landmines never had a chance to explode.

Oh I thought this was a deliberate design decision. Stompers gonna get less interesting if they're vulnerable to all the same combat tools.