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juxari

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Flying enemies
« on: April 18, 2014, 05:18:19 pm »
Are there any flying enemies in sieges or other flying enemies that also have building destroyer abilities? Like flying to a window and breaking in through it kind of enemies? Just thinking about it from a defensive perspective since that would make all windows weak points in an above ground forts.
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FrankMcFuzz

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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 05:32:57 pm »
Not commonly. I think some clowns will be able to do this, though. Windows aren't typically targeted, they're just treated like regular wall tiles that are transparent.

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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2014, 06:49:33 pm »
I might be wrong since I never build windows but I think they are targeted by building destroyers. Some Titans can fly I think, as can Rocs, Dragons and the above ground clowns who attack you as leader of a goblin or human civ.

But, and I can be wrong again, a BD cannot destroy a building while flying. So any windows built 1 z-level above ground level should be safe. Or fun.
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2014, 06:56:04 pm »
Urist McJuxari, you must conduct this !!SCIENCE!! for us! For the glory of the mountainhomes!
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2014, 07:06:16 pm »
Quote from: FrankMcFuzz on April 18, 2014, 06:56:04 pm
Urist McJuxari, you must conduct this !!SCIENCE!! for us! For the glory of the mountainhomes!
I like how we always send the poor newcomers and less experienced players to do crap and get science done for us...
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2014, 07:07:40 pm »
Building destroyers have to have a place to stand next to the object to destroy it. The way that flyers works, I believe, means that they can not touch a window in a wall where there is no ledge.
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2014, 07:09:27 pm »
Dragons can't fly, unfortunately. They don't have wings. Cave dragons, on the other hand, do have wings, but they still can't fly.
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2014, 07:11:23 pm »
Quote from: TheFlame52 on April 18, 2014, 07:09:27 pm
Dragons can't fly, unfortunately. They don't have wings. Cave dragons, on the other hand, do have wings, but they still can't fly.
I always wonder why the hell the cave dragons didn't got to my entrance on the caverns... Their wings are aesthetic... Well, kinda explains this.
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2014, 07:26:14 pm »
I've had humans show up on flying eagles (consistently for that one civ) but they don't destroy buildings.  And I have indeed seen goblins on giant bats. (or was that humans too? now i'm not sure)
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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2014, 10:10:23 pm »
Flyer pathfinding is buggy enough and unmodded flying building destroyers so rare that you're probably safe 99% of the time, assuming you're not planning a glass window & steel bar sladescraper into the circus.

My current project fort has some flying FBs I haven't gotten around to killing and a surplus of inferior ≡green glass window≡s cluttering up the stockpiles. I'll put out an experimental platform in the cavern and see if anything comes to visit.
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juxari

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Re: Flying enemies
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2014, 10:37:38 pm »
Quote from: They Got Leader on April 18, 2014, 07:07:40 pm
Building destroyers have to have a place to stand next to the object to destroy it. The way that flyers works, I believe, means that they can not touch a window in a wall where there is no ledge.

Well, considering that the flying enemies could just fly over your walls and probably land somewhere with a access to a tile next to a window, I think that means windows at least in theory are not safe.

I will build a large above ground fort with a lot of windows and see if I get any flying enemies to break in. It has never happened to me before in previous versions...
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