MENACE - Dev Diary #19

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Dev diary #19 for MENACE:

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Dev Diary #19: Concealment, Detection, and Lines of Sight

The best protection against any weapon is not being seen in the first place. In MENACE, players and enemies have a lot of tools and tactics to avoid being seen or detected by the enemy and shape the battle in their favour.

Let's dive in:

Vision Range

The basis for any ranged combat system is, of course, the vision range of combat units. This is set at around nine tiles for most infantry, but this is not set in stone. This is the tile range on which the fog of war is lifted, and an enemy or neutral unit is revealed, which can thus be shot at.

Vehicles usually have a lower vision range despite most of them having electronic optics that enhance the driver's vision. The use of these devices is just slower and more cumbersome than being out in the open and looking around. Also, it reduces situational awareness, and that is why some especially heavy vehicles will have a minimum view range. An enemy unit standing right behind a tank might be invisible to the crew as it is too close and at a lower angle. In general, walkers will have more situational awareness than tanks as they can turn more quickly, are higher, and more mobile..

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