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Author Topic: Ballista Arrows, Prone Targets  (Read 2563 times)

Victor6

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Re: Ballista Arrows, Prone Targets
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2014, 08:49:47 am »

The channel needs to lead down directly above the target, but if the chute is high enough Urist can't get line of sight. Put a hatch cover linked to a release lever on the Z-level below the dump if you want to use a short chute.
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Re: Ballista Arrows, Prone Targets
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2015, 05:16:04 pm »

This thread is officially cursed, while reading I got "The Forgotten Beast atkust has come!  A great humanoid composed of amber.  It has two narrow tails and it has a bloated body.  Beware its deadly dust!"
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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2015, 04:27:06 am »

So why haven't those siege arrows appear in battle log? Was that because wooden ones were so weak? Or was that FB in some special position where it was unaffected by those arrows?
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« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2015, 07:52:54 pm »

So why haven't those siege arrows appear in battle log? Was that because wooden ones were so weak? Or was that FB in some special position where it was unaffected by those arrows?

Because they missed. It might have been a random chance of missing, a sub-tile direction value (even arrows that appear to fly straight can have a small variation from straight), the position of the enemy (prone), or a bug. If the enemy was actually threatened by the arrow it would have appeared in the logs as a dodge, block, harmless impact, etc.
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Re: Ballista Arrows, Prone Targets
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2015, 02:34:41 am »

It might have been a random chance of missing, a sub-tile direction value (even arrows that appear to fly straight can have a small variation from straight)...

So even arrows that are 3 tiles long are affected by subtile position like minecarts are? Aww.
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