Tank Immune to Trees?

[Ranakastrasz]

Does anyone know how this works? Did they change the damage mechanic, such that instead of dropping damage to 1/(armor-Damage) or whatever it was, to (max(Armor-damage,0)) or something?

[Bilka]

The added a property (immune_to_tree_impacts = true). If it's enabled and the tank hits a tree it doesnt take damage. Simple as that.

[Ranakastrasz]

The added a property (immune_to_tree_impacts = true). If it's enabled and the tank hits a tree it doesnt take damage. Simple as that.

Wow. That.... Thats kinda a hack, honestly, but I suppose that works

Shame it isn't more mutable, but at least my robots will stop commiting suicide or hang back where I ran through a forest....

Also I don't have to use the tank flamer anymore, aside from avoiding the slowdown from trees.

[Rseding91]

The added a property (immune_to_tree_impacts = true). If it's enabled and the tank hits a tree it doesnt take damage. Simple as that.

Wow. That.... Thats kinda a hack, honestly, but I suppose that works.

Why's it a hack? We didn't want the tank to take damage from hitting trees so we made it not take damage from hitting trees.

[BlakeMW]

I think the "non-hack" approach would be to give a "hardened armor" property that shrugs off small amounts of damage (for a given damage type) regardless of the source.

[Bilka]

I think the "non-hack" approach would be to give a "hardened armor" property that shrugs off small amounts of damage (for a given damage type) regardless of the source.

That seems like more of a hack than the 2 if lines Rseding added:

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if (!this->getPrototype()->immuneToTreeImpacts || !entity->isTree())

In front of the damageReceived code and that was it.

[BlakeMW]

I'm not talking about in terms of code, but in terms of game rules. There's no particular reason why a small amount of damage from running over a tree should be shrugged off, whereas say the damage from running over a small biter shouldn't be shrugged of.

[Ranakastrasz]

I'm not talking about in terms of code, but in terms of game rules. There's no particular reason why a small amount of damage from running over a tree should be shrugged off, whereas say the damage from running over a small biter shouldn't be shrugged of.

Exactly. Exceptions like that are a bad idea. If it were a specific filter for entities flaged as trees, sure, but having a trait that specifically ignores tree collision damage isnt.

[Rseding91]

Think what you want. We decided we didn't want the tank to take damage from hitting trees so I made it not take damage from hitting trees. Just like how cars don't take any damage from hitting cliffs.

[Ranakastrasz]

Think what you want. We decided we didn't want the tank to take damage from hitting trees so I made it not take damage from hitting trees. Just like how cars don't take any damage from hitting cliffs.

Hey, it works, but it still feels like a hack. Not objecting.