0025262: Spire Coil Beams missing some stationary buildings - DEV Arcen

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0025262	AI War 2	Bug - Gameplay		Jun 15, 2021 7:55 pm	Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm

Reporter	Sergie	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	3.104 Option For A Distributed Economy
Fixed in Version	3.202 General Bugfixing

Summary	0025262: Spire Coil Beams missing some stationary buildings
Description	The coil beam weapons of the Spire fleet seem to have issues hitting some of the AI's structures, including Warp Gates, AI Command Stations and Data Centers. Savefile with the Spire fleet (assigned number "7") near a warp gate and AI command stations on planet Omohundro included below.
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Sergie Jun 15, 2021 7:55 pm reporter	FallTest2_2.save (298,808 bytes) FallTest2_2.savemet (118 bytes) X0 1091648332 3223 FallTest2 <color=#66ffce>Easier </color> Full Ensemble Difficulty 5 0 <color=#318ce7>Sergie</color> FallTest2_2.savemet (118 bytes)

Chris_McElligottPark Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm administrator ~0062134	Thanks! * Coil beam math is tricky! Reworked and simplified some of the beam weapon calculations in a couple of ways: First, if these things would hit everything in a line, but hit nothing, then assume we still hit the target (it likely is just at the outer range, but we wouldn't have shot if a different form of calculation had not already declared it in range). I'm not aware of this actually impacting anyone, but it was a distinct possibility. Secondly, if these beam weapons that normally hit multiple targets only hit one (and that one is the intended target), then just have it use a bit simpler math to save time. Thirdly, if these beam weapons hit 1+ targets beyond the primary target, then make SURE that the primary target is the first one hit, so that it gets its share of damage if it should. * The older logic for this part was a lot more complicated and not as effective (and could have led to you doing 10% more damage than intended to a line hitting 20 targets of which 10 could share damage, for instance. Although that over-damage effect would only have kicked in if the older math actually worked, which it did not. In practice, this means it will definitely actually hit the target, instead. *** Fourth, fixed an issue with secondary targets taking less (or more) damage than their primary. Not sure if any beams were using that, but if so then there was a multiplier that was causing this damage to be amplified 100x too much. So for example if you had configured a beam weapon to deal normal damage to the primary target, and 14% of the normal value to each target it hits along the way, it would actually have done 1400% damage instead of 14%. Ouch.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jun 15, 2021 7:55 pm	Sergie	New Issue
Jun 15, 2021 7:55 pm	Sergie	File Added: FallTest2_2.save
Jun 15, 2021 7:55 pm	Sergie	File Added: FallTest2_2.savemet
Jun 15, 2021 8:41 pm	Lord Of Nothing	Relationship added	related to 0022872
Jun 15, 2021 8:50 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Relationship added	related to 0024590
Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 3.202 General Bugfixing
Jun 17, 2021 6:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0062134