RimWorld change log

[UrbanBourbon]

so now accuracy cant be effected by a bunch of things either? or am i misinterpreting this?

The new system replaces the gun's accuracy stat, which is 9 for Lee-Enfield, for example.
You could edit long range weapons have varying accuracies at various ranges by setting, for example:

Lee-Enfield: 0/15/20/45
A long range rifle but loses accuracy over long ranges, because it has no optical sight (scope).

Sniper Rifle: 0/0/5/10
A highly accurate long range rifle.

M2 Browning machine gun (a mod weapon): 5/20/55/95
Machine gun with a maximum range but obviously not very accurate due to the earthquake-level recoil and not an having optical sight. On the other hand, here's where the system falls short because M2 is freakishly accurate if you fire just one bullet with it...

Obviously you'd get penalties for low Shooting skill (together with distance), bad weather, cover, etc. but you'd have more control over the fact that even a bad shooter could score a near-certain hit at point blank range with certain guns.

What's a bit mind-boggling to me is that 'touch' reaches... up to 4 tiles? So if I'm getting this right, the exact ranges would be:

Touch: 1-4 tiles
Short: 5-15 tiles
Medium: 16-30 tiles
Long: 31-50 tiles

[Untrustedlife]

so now accuracy cant be effected by a bunch of things either? or am i misinterpreting this?

The new system replaces the gun's accuracy stat, which is 9 for Lee-Enfield, for example.
You could edit long range weapons have varying accuracies at various ranges by setting, for example:

Lee-Enfield: 0/15/20/45
A long range rifle but loses accuracy over long ranges, because it has no optical sight (scope).

Sniper Rifle: 0/0/5/10
A highly accurate long range rifle.

M2 Browning machine gun (a mod weapon): 5/20/55/95
Machine gun with a maximum range but obviously not very accurate due to the earthquake-level recoil and not an having optical sight. On the other hand, here's where the system falls short because M2 is freakishly accurate if you fire just one bullet with it...

Obviously you'd get penalties for low Shooting skill (together with distance), bad weather, cover, etc. but you'd have more control over the fact that even a bad shooter could score a near-certain hit at point blank range with certain guns.

What's a bit mind-boggling to me is that 'touch' reaches... up to 4 tiles? So if I'm getting this right, the exact ranges would be:

Touch: 1-4 tiles
Short: 5-15 tiles
Medium: 16-30 tiles
Long: 31-50 tiles

Aww yes, i messed with that a bit (I made a hand held torpedo launcher for a mod im making)

Thanks fr clearing that up!

[Darkfirephoenix]

What's a bit mind-boggling to me is that 'touch' reaches... up to 4 tiles? So if I'm getting this right, the exact ranges would be:

Touch: 1-4 tiles
Short: 5-15 tiles
Medium: 16-30 tiles
Long: 31-50 tiles

I think "Touch" is the distance in wich an normal Human being could reach you with an knife or other kind of close quarter weapon/attack within 1 second. So you can think of it like this: Enemy is in 4 tiles, you colonist takes an (simulated) sprint/jump towards the enemy and shoots at his body at point blanck range.

[Dr. Z]

What about a sniper getting more accurate at higher range but requires like 9 or 10 at shooting skill.

[AwesumnisRawr188]

Does being able to manually target mortars mean we can mine with it?

[Garen]

the answer to that would be ethier no or or if so mortars use shells (which they probably use anyway)

[Untrustedlife]

Does being able to manually target mortars mean we can mine with it?

Probabbly

[AwesumnisRawr188]

Oh, fun times to come...
*rubs hands mischievously*

[Dr. Z]

Sounds like bad times for Muffalos are coming...

[AwesumnisRawr188]

Yes! We don't even have to intervene with insane boomrats! Fight fire with fire!

[Piata]

I want more info on what exactly "basic overworld generation (Alpha 6)" is. This game can't be updated fast enough.

[Architect]

I want more info on what exactly "basic overworld generation (Alpha 6)" is. This game can't be updated fast enough.

Just what I was thinking... Some kind of skylands? I dunno, just throwing out a possibility.

[StorymasterQ]

Probably an overworld map to see where the factions are in terms of distance from the colony? So it could probably be used to gauge which would attack next. Or perhaps, for example, if we capture a traveler from a quite faraway faction, said faction won't become hostile ("maybe he died in the way here") or won't care to retaliate ("eff that, they're too far away")

[drb89]

I want more info on what exactly "basic overworld generation (Alpha 6)" is. This game can't be updated fast enough.

I'm not sure what Tynan has planned for us in Alpha 6, but maybe this can give you some ideas

[Architect]

As for the world generation, it's just a skeleton feature for now. I just want it in there structurally so we can have the code look a bit more like its final format instead of querying into a fake world that doesn't even exist. Hopefully in A6 you'll be able to choose a landing site with some basic mountainoutness/fertility/rainfall variation, that's all.