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Title: Minimum Reaction Accuracy setting
Post by: Meridian on May 11, 2025, 09:08:45 pm
...stumbled upon this code while doing some UFO Extender accuracy stuff, I believe it needs some more love:


Quote from: Solarius Scorch on November 02, 2016, 08:03:10 pm
Minimum Reaction Accuracy setting
An option to set a minimum accuracy where reaction fire is used. This is to prevent short-range weapons from firing at long distances, at 0% chance to hit.
This wasn't necessary in vanilla, but with vision range 40 and weapons like the Sawed-Off...

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Quote from: Solarius Scorch on December 30, 2016, 04:57:38 pm
Actually I thought of making it an option, not a ruleset variable... But it's already something too, as people may make minimods which only affect the reaction.

Quote from: Dioxine on March 19, 2017, 01:08:27 pm
Keep in mind that minReactionAccuracy affects the AI as well.

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1/ split the setting for Xcom, Aliens and Civs
2/ make Xcom a user setting, keep Aliens/Civs a mod setting (but move under `constants:`)
3/ decouple from UFO Extender accuracy
4/ anything else?
Title: Re: Minimum Reaction Accuracy setting
Post by: jnarical on May 12, 2025, 02:16:40 am
Glad it's not me who will implement this feature... it was in my to-do list for RA for a loong time))
For RA this is especially important, cause covers in addition to Extender accuracy drop-offs make units waste their TUs and ammo.
Title: Re: Minimum Reaction Accuracy setting
Post by: Solarius Scorch on May 12, 2025, 03:05:45 am
Quote from: Meridian on May 11, 2025, 09:08:45 pm
1/ split the setting for Xcom, Aliens and Civs
2/ make Xcom a user setting, keep Aliens/Civs a mod setting (but move under `constants:`)

Yes, this is a sound idea.

Quote from: Meridian on May 11, 2025, 09:08:45 pm
3/ decouple from UFO Extender accuracy

Not sure what exactly this means, but... all right?

Quote from: Meridian on May 11, 2025, 09:08:45 pm
4/ anything else?

Nothing from my side. I'm happy with the feature as is, and the proposed changes sound good.
Title: Re: Minimum Reaction Accuracy setting
Post by: Meridian on May 12, 2025, 09:10:25 am
Quote from: jnarical on May 12, 2025, 02:16:40 am
Glad it's not me who will implement this feature... it was in my to-do list for RA for a loong time))
For RA this is especially important, cause covers in addition to Extender accuracy drop-offs make units waste their TUs and ammo.

Not sure what you mean, the feature is already implemented since the year 2016.
(I am just thinking of some improvements.)
Title: Re: Minimum Reaction Accuracy setting
Post by: jnarical on May 12, 2025, 09:11:32 am
Quote from: Meridian on May 12, 2025, 09:10:25 am
Not sure what you mean, the feature is already implemented since the year 2016.
(I am just thinking of some improvements.)
I’ve never seen it in action.