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Trees burn hotter after completing levels of Refined Flammables

Placed a tank in a cluster of trees. Saved game, ignited area, repeat.
Without research, tank had 10-20 damage over the duration of the forest fire.
Research up to flammables 6 and tank takes 30-50 damage.

Thanks for the report however this is not a bug. That is the purpose of the research.

Pretty cool that a simple research can increase the flammability of every tree on the map!

robot256 wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:42 pm Pretty cool that a simple research can increase the flammability of every tree on the map!

The same way it increase the damage of every bullet on the map when researching bullet damage.

Rseding91 wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:36 pm

robot256 wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:42 pm Pretty cool that a simple research can increase the flammability of every tree on the map!

The same way it increase the damage of every bullet on the map when researching bullet damage.

I'm guessing that igniting a tree carries data about the original actor that caused the fire, and then applies their bonuses?

Maybe every research on "flammable" is in fact some sort of terraformation of Nauvis' atmosphere so it contain more oxygen and increase subsquent combustion rate on the whole planet including fires not directly ignited by improved flammables.

This or a different specie of fire, more adapted to Nauvis flora and fauna, the other competing hypothesis are less and less likely so i'm not writing them down but that sure is a curious phenomenon x)