[10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Bugs that are actually features.
Post Reply
EditorRUS
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 118
Joined: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:32 pm
Contact:

[10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by EditorRUS »

Is that intended that you can shoot from behind a wall just in front of you and hit next one?
Image
-->
Image

(Not sure it's fixed in the next version, at least i did not see something like that in the changelog)

User avatar
ssilk
Global Moderator
Global Moderator
Posts: 12888
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:35 pm
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by ssilk »

You shoot over the first wall, hitting the second. Not sure, if this is a bug.
Cool suggestion: Eatable MOUSE-pointers.
Have you used the Advanced Search today?
Need help, question? FAQ - Wiki - Forum help
I still like small signatures...

boro
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 137
Joined: Thu May 22, 2014 5:36 pm
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by boro »

You can shoot over walls with most weapons. You can't with the shotgun probably because it shoots a cone of pellets rather than at a specific target.

My guess is that the design philosophy behind this is that when your wall is being attacked you don't need to break it down and go to the other side to shoot the biters. Maybe this could be changed now that we're getting gates soon.

EditorRUS
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 118
Joined: Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:32 pm
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by EditorRUS »

I don't get how tall a wall is. It's taller than a biter could jump and shorter than the player?

boro
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 137
Joined: Thu May 22, 2014 5:36 pm
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by boro »

EditorRUS wrote:I don't get how tall a wall is. It's taller than a biter could jump and shorter than the player?
It's about one meter high. You might have noticed that this game doens't exactly aim for proportional size correctness.

kovarex
Factorio Staff
Factorio Staff
Posts: 8078
Joined: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:00 am
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by kovarex »

EditorRUS wrote:I don't get how tall a wall is. It's taller than a biter could jump and shorter than the player?
Exactly :)

User avatar
ssilk
Global Moderator
Global Moderator
Posts: 12888
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:35 pm
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by ssilk »

It is exactly 1,57 m high, because that is the height of the characters armpit. Luckily a biter (even the biggest) cannot jump higher than 1,56 m. That gives us a good safety-zone of 1 cm height.
Cool suggestion: Eatable MOUSE-pointers.
Have you used the Advanced Search today?
Need help, question? FAQ - Wiki - Forum help
I still like small signatures...

Martc
Long Handed Inserter
Long Handed Inserter
Posts: 85
Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 8:20 am
Contact:

Re: [10.8] Shooting behind a wall

Post by Martc »

It is common to have holes in wall to shoot out. http://www.torange.us/photo/23/13/Looph ... 114_91.jpg .

Post Reply

Return to “Not a bug”