how should targeting selection work

[yodabomb]

some units just "pewpew" into mountains without care.

some units hit little bumps in the ground and waste their DPS.

Your t2 PD that was patiently plinking away at the mountainside got killed by a LAB because it didn't change target.

but, should they? Or should they understand what is possible to hit and not waste shots.

Just curious if anyone else has feedback. I think it's possible to program the firingSolutions so only acceptable solutions are prioritized. I'd be happy to work on this if people think smarter firingSolutions are better for the game.

[Reaper Zwei]

this would be nice but is it actually doable in the parts of the game we can actually fiddle with?

[Exotic_Retard]

im pretty sure there is a value called GroundAtackTries which is the number of times a weapon will hit the ground before switching targets.

if you give a list of units that have this problem (specifically: taking too long to switch targets if its hitting the ground)

it might be possible to take a look and see if they can be tuned a bit better

[Sprouto]

Actually, GroundAttackTries only affects how many times a weapon will fire at a given ground target (not a unit) before moving on to another target. For example, take a T2 Artillery, set it to GroundAttack and shift-select a number of ground targets. The gun will fire a specific number of times at each target and then move on to the next.

The problem described in the OP is usually associated with DirectFire weapons, but it can occur with Low-Arc weapons as well. If there is any intervening terrain, the weapon is NOT aware of it, and will continue to fire at the selected enemy. The only solution is to run some code that will test the line-of-sight to the target and insure that it's clear before firing. While it can, and has, been done, it's very performance intensive in anything but a small game.

[nine2]

I think you could also test to see if the unit has been hit by your projectile in the last 5 seconds. Perhaps less performance intensive

[zeroAPM]

What if the cause of miss is micro and there is only one unit around? Will it keep targeting the unit or bug out?

[nine2]

a fine point