Strut Info

[traisjames]

When building a map you can build regular strut, strut with arrows, and armor strut.  What is the difference between the three?

[Ovalcircle]

Regular struc means one square can block one particle before being destroyed. Armor struc makes it so the squares take 3-4 hits before being destroyed. The struc with arrows acts as a field + regular struc, making particles move in whatever direction the arrows are facing while also defending from enemy particles.

[Sorrontis]

Regular struc means one square can block one particle before being destroyed. Armor struc makes it so the squares take 3-4 hits before being destroyed. The struc with arrows acts as a field + regular struc, making particles move in whatever direction the arrows are facing while also defending from enemy particles.

Do you know the strength of that said field?

[traisjames]

Regular struc means one square can block one particle before being destroyed. Armor struc makes it so the squares take 3-4 hits before being destroyed. The struc with arrows acts as a field + regular struc, making particles move in whatever direction the arrows are facing while also defending from enemy particles.

I built a map with an aimmed emitter and field struc aimed 90° off the path and they still go in a straight line.

[Karsten75]

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[Ovalcircle]

I just tested it and the struc with arrows does absolutely nothing, so I have no idea what it's supposed to do. Someone used it in a map and I thought it was a field because some of the particles were going that way. It makes sense that it would be a field, because the arrows are the same as a regular field, only thicker because it's on struc.

[Sorrontis]

I just tested it and the struc with arrows does absolutely nothing, so I have no idea what it's supposed to do. Someone used it in a map and I thought it was a field because some of the particles were going that way. It makes sense that it would be a field, because the arrows are the same as a regular field, only thicker because it's on struc.

I too tested it, with both blue & red particles on all blue strut. The only difference is the armoured strut.

[Karsten75]

I just tested it and the struc with arrows does absolutely nothing, so I have no idea what it's supposed to do. Someone used it in a map and I thought it was a field because some of the particles were going that way. It makes sense that it would be a field, because the arrows are the same as a regular field, only thicker because it's on struc.

I just tested it and the struc with arrows does absolutely nothing, so I have no idea what it's supposed to do. Someone used it in a map and I thought it was a field because some of the particles were going that way. It makes sense that it would be a field, because the arrows are the same as a regular field, only thicker because it's on struc.

I too tested it, with both blue & red particles on all blue strut. The only difference is the armoured strut.

Can you guys check your log files for exceptions? I've not messed with it since a map from teknotiss way back in the Alpha/Beta, but I don't think it should have stopped working. There was a lot of re-jigging, so once we discount a bug, we can ask V to look into it

[Karsten75]

Belay that. I looked in the work log and found this:

Sep 5, 2016: Removed unnecessary lookup of struc fields by particles per update (feature isn't used anymore). Increases efficiency of game during large particle count scenarios.

Seems Struc fields are a thing of the past. Might want to ask V to remove the remnants of it. I'll bring this to his attention. Thanks for the heads-up.

[Sorrontis]

log & test map

Edit: "never mind"