Adjusting unit size/dimensions

[stardust]

I know I asked it somewhere on here, but can't find the precise post. So quick and easy, for those savvy with a unit's BP files, because monkeying in the code is dangerously frustrating atm Thought I knew it but nothing I do is having an effect:

What segment of code controls the physical size and footprint of a unit?

[Uveso]

Unit (model) size:

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UniformScale = 1.00,


Unit hit box:

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SizeX = 7.5,
SizeY = 3.0,
SizeZ = 28,


Build grid box:

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SkirtSizeX = 8,
SkirtSizeZ = 32,
SkirtOffsetX = -2.5,
SkirtOffsetZ = -15,


Unit select markers:

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SelectionSizeX = 4.0,
SelectionSizeZ = 19.0,
SelectionThickness = 0.20,


[DDDX]

be careful with UniformScale, setting just 1.3 will give you a 30% increase in size, which is actually pretty massive. It only gives you a visual result.
other stuff serves either to increase the collision box of the unit (if you leave it as is, the enemy will shoot at the unit but miss every shot that does not match the unit's previous size) or for visual purposes. Mess with the numbers and you will quickly learn what does what.

A rule is - if you have increased the mesh size by 30%, you should increase the sizeX,Y and Z by the same 30%, and the other values...well, it really depends on the unit itself.

[stardust]

Perfect, thanks guys!

[stardust]

An update.

I am trying to reduce the size of the Conquest dreadnought for the UEF so it is not quite so much larger than the Summit battleship. Pic attached; I've reduced its uniformScale 30% and adjusted the other values accordingly but the size has not changed at all. Could there be a file somewhere else that is overriding that?

[Uveso]

UniformScale is the right value.

You can change it alone and the unitmodel will change the size.

If not, look at the game.log and search for errors or post us the full unit blueprint and we take a look.

[DDDX]

You should not be editing other people's mods!!!! If you do, your games will always desync with everyone else.
If you want to change it, make your own mod and hook the file so that the dread uses your values while the original mod values remain unchanged.

Besides, a dreadnought should be larger than a battleship. It is, after all, far more powerful.