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eerr

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Catapult arc error
« on: May 24, 2009, 01:54:18 am »
first catapult shot rocks into the air, that then fell one z-level with a normal spread, and significant distance.

Second catapult fired rocks into the air that then fell 3 z-levels. These rocks formed a perfectly straight line 13 rocks long, also forming much closer to the catapult's base, in spite of the increased height
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Footkerchief

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Re: Catapult arc error
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2009, 07:03:44 am »
Yeah, known issue.  Siege engines, catapults in particular, are completely broken with regard to the Z-axis -- they never really got updated for it.  There's a whole dev item for it:

# Req475, SIEGE ENGINES AND THE Z AXIS, (Future): Siege engines need to respect the z axis.

It'll probably get worked on when Toady is making improvements to sieges in general, which will probably be the next major version after the one he's currently working on.
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Re: Catapult arc error
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2009, 09:54:09 am »
Quote from: Footkerchief on May 24, 2009, 07:03:44 am
Yeah, known issue.  Siege engines, catapults in particular, are completely broken with regard to the Z-axis -- they never really got updated for it.  There's a whole dev item for it:

# Req475, SIEGE ENGINES AND THE Z AXIS, (Future): Siege engines need to respect the z axis.

It'll probably get worked on when Toady is making improvements to sieges in general, which will probably be the next major version after the one he's currently working on.
Dam, I thought searching for "cat"apults would bring it up.
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