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Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Leaping monsters won't leap up Z-Levels #73269

Open Venera3 opened 5 months ago

Venera3 commented 5 months ago

Describe the bug

Monsters with leap attacks don't adequately jump up to say hi.

Attach save file

N/A

Steps to reproduce

(optional) Increase zombie predator jump range Teleport to a roof Spawn a few predators on the lower level Notice them seeing you Wait around, safe with the knowledge that they will not jump up to you

Expected behavior

When jumping is sure to result in victory, you must jump. - Art of War, Sun Tzu

Screenshots

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Versions and configuration

Windows, compiled locally, commit 0a3e18c0043cc940c099

Additional context

This is me confirming it for Guardian.

Procyonae commented 5 months ago

I feel this should be optional, a z level is a long way up and it's reasonable that you'd want something that can jump a long way horizontally and not vertically

ADekema commented 5 months ago

This has been brought up before. Leaping enemies not jumping up a Z level is completely intentional. The reason is that jumping vertically takes a LOT more energy and is much more difficult than jumping horizontally. If you want enemies that can reatch you on the roofs you would have to add new jumping enemies or better enemies that can climb a bit (think devolved humans that turned back into monkeys).

Venera3 commented 5 months ago

I feel this should be optional, a z level is a long way up

Optional, sure. Also we could respect the distances involved in cross-z actions properly, that would also clear up the rooftop spear fun times.

This has been brought up before. Leaping enemies not jumping up a Z level is completely intentional.

The intention of who, pray tell?