Slitherine

Hi Folks,
Back after a long hiatus from gaming, and of course have jumped in to BA2 again. Got a question: has anyone solved the issue of LOS obstructions to units on high ground? If I'm on a hilltop, trees should not obstruct anything but the space directly behind them, not the entire LOS along the line from the hilltop to beyond the trees. The 'BLOCKING' parameter seems to be a zero-sum kind of thing that has no relation to the height I set for the tree objects. Any ideas?

You are correct that height does not see 'over' obstacles. This is by design, both to simplify the gameplay, and also to prevent too much discrepancy between the visuals and the model, bearing in mind that the visuals are an abstract representation.

Cheers

Pip

So, high ground is then purely cosmetic in the game?

Well, okay, I figured out how to increase LOS distance based on elevation, which is something. I wonder though, is there a way (purely from an artistic/display standpoint) to make the hills appear less tall?

It is controlled by the HEIGHTSTEP tweak in config/system.txt (or you can put it into USER.TXT which is probably simpler).

Cheers

Pip

Thank you! That's awesome. Oh man, there goes all my free time. BA2 is going to pull me back in again...

pipfromslitherine wrote:It is controlled by the HEIGHTSTEP tweak in config/system.txt (or you can put it into USER.TXT which is probably simpler).

Cheers

Pip