Slow flooring

[definitive_prankster]

Hi all

So I see floors speed up movement - is there something that slows it instead without giving a cover bonus?

[Solar71]

not sure about that one.
usually just clutter on the ground will slow down mvement speed. Like walking through a marked dumping zone filled with crap i dont need... movement becomes very slow... and i dont think it gives a defensive bonus. But im not sure.

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Snow, deep snow, ice, sand, shallow water, marsh, I dont think u cn create any of them but if u place your killbox on one of these itll wrok all the same.

[Sithis]

There also are mods that allow you to dig trenches and moats, or mods that give you some limited "terraforming" abilities like creating mud, or 'digging' river and shallow river tiles.

[definitive_prankster]

Thanks all.

Might try a junk stockpile, see what alters speed without giving cover (some sort of crop?)

[PIT_DEFENDER]

I think junk still gives you cover no ?

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Crop burns well its another way of having fun with attackers xD

[jak102789]

I've got a mod that among other things lets you build moats.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=730528968

[Spyderborg]

Stone chunks and metal slag do provide cover, FYI

[definitive_prankster]

Originally posted by Propane Accessory:

Stone chunks and metal slag do provide cover, FYI

I know, I used to use it as cover but changed to sandbags.

What if I planted a field then set it not to be sewn (so it grew wild), would that work?

[Sithis]

Originally posted by definitive_prankster:

Originally posted by Propane Accessory:

Stone chunks and metal slag do provide cover, FYI

I know, I used to use it as cover but changed to sandbags.

What if I planted a field then set it not to be sewn (so it grew wild), would that work?

I don't think a field like that would actually actively slow them down.

Then again, you can set up a field with any crops you want, and then use an incendiary launcher to light them all on fire, including whoever is unlucky enough to get caught on it.

[Peanutslol]

I'm pretty sure chunks slow them and they don't use them for cover

[Spyderborg]

Originally posted by Sithis:

I don't think a field like that would actually actively slow them down.

Then again, you can set up a field with any crops you want, and then use an incendiary launcher to light them all on fire, including whoever is unlucky enough to get caught on it.

Crop fields do indeed slow down raiders. Making them walk through crops is the only way to slow them down without also giving them a place to take cover.

I never do it though because you have to keep replanting (crops eventually die when left unharvested) and they are very vulnerable to burning down.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

If you make a field of chunks and slag, pawns can walk over them but can't stop. So they will not be able to stop and take cover, they will be slowed down and will have to keep traveling towards a tile with nothing on it.

So, in effect, you can use them to slow down the enemy, you just can't have a partial setup or else they will just stop before that field and use them as cover - if you are within range. Which presumably you are, because you are planning to shoot at them.

[Spyderborg]

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

If you make a field of chunks and slag, pawns can walk over them but can't stop. So they will not be able to stop and take cover, they will be slowed down and will have to keep traveling towards a tile with nothing on it.

So, in effect, you can use them to slow down the enemy, you just can't have a partial setup or else they will just stop before that field and use them as cover - if you are within range. Which presumably you are, because you are planning to shoot at them.

The stone chunks can still intercept projectiles regarless of whether or not the raiders are actually "taking cover". It's the same reason why friendlies get hit when walking through crossfire