[v25.1b Ground Combat] Hit Animation No Damage

[happystrawberry1]

Hello! 

 

I have learned how to record stuff! Aliens can see my troopers behind smoke. They shoot and successfully hit my soldiers, but do not get damaged. I found this visual bug back in v25 and now have proof.   

user_hit_animation_save-14.json

[Alienkiller]

Hmm, strange. I played too V.25 to day 60 and there the Aliens moved out of the Nebula / Smoke to get better Hit-Chances for firing.

But evtl. they are using their special Abilitys (working since V.25), which would explain why they can fire on you through smoke and can hit you with lucky shots.

[happystrawberry1]

It's not limited to Sectons. I had this happen with Mantids and Cleaners.

[Chris]

Thanks for the save game. So in this case, yeah, the issue is that the Sectons are getting a massive accuracy boost from their new Psionic Triangulation ability - which is enough that they can shoot well beyond the normal range of their weapons. And as weapon damage drops off rapidly beyond normal range, they end up being able to hit targets at distances where they do zero damage.

It's easy enough to fix because I can make accuracy drop off equally massively on alien weapons once a shot goes beyond normal range. It's not clear to me how Mantids or Cleaners would be able to score hits at this kind of distance but hopefully this fix will address that too.