Attack defoliator

[Squishzilla]

I have a defoliator at the top of my map and I cannot attack it, I have tried melee and ranged, there does not seen to be an area I can hit it. How do I get rid of it before it ruins my map?

[Razor 2.3]

This needs a screenshot, I think.

[TwoTonGamer]

Try selecting a drafted pawn's weapon and targeting the defoliator that way. I have read other people have been able to destroy similar objects in this manner.

[Neopolitan]

If it is out of the range of your colonists weapons try mortars. They should be able to hit it regardless of range.
You could also try deleting it using developer mode, since it seems like this is a bug.

[Hoki]

Originally posted by Squishzilla:

there does not seen to be an area I can hit it.

did you try attacking via context menu (rightclick)? if yes try by using the attack buttons instead. if there's no change best choice will be 'destroy' or 'kill' in devmode

[Robosium]

A defoliator will only destroy a radius of 100 squares so unless that area is in your farms it can stay there

[Squishzilla]

Thanks for all your replies, I put motors up and they did nothing. I eventually got some frag grandes managed to blow it up.
I couldn't attack it with a drafted pawn as there was no where for me to click to attack, not red circle appeared. Is this a common bug?

[Neopolitan]

I've never heard of it before. Are you using a large map size? It usually notifies you if you're using a map size that isn't supported, and can sometimes have bugs like this.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by Neopolitan:

I've never heard of it before. Are you using a large map size? It usually notifies you if you're using a map size that isn't supported, and can sometimes have bugs like this.

Map size bugs are pathfinding related not untouchable defoliator ships.

Mortars won't fire on ship parts without orders to do so. And the target point is usually the bottom center point for ship parts. Right clicking the ship part with drafted colonists selected should make them attack either with guns if in range or melee if not or armed with melee weapons.

[Blood]

Apparently this is a common bug.

[Wombat]

Draft the pawn and move adjacent to the device. Select a melee weapon. Then hit "B" and target it.

[Demiurge]

Originally posted by Squishzilla:

I have a defoliator at the top of my map and I cannot attack it, I have tried melee and ranged, there does not seen to be an area I can hit it. How do I get rid of it before it ruins my map?

In order to destroy it (defoliator), you need to come up close with 1 character and hit it with a forced melee attack (ukr - Для того щоб його знищіти потрібно підійти 1 персонажем в притул та бити за допомогою примусової атаки ближнього бою)

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by Demiurge:

Originally posted by Squishzilla:

I have a defoliator at the top of my map and I cannot attack it, I have tried melee and ranged, there does not seen to be an area I can hit it. How do I get rid of it before it ruins my map?

In order to destroy it (defoliator), you need to come up close with 1 character and hit it with a forced melee attack (ukr - Для того щоб його знищіти потрібно підійти 1 персонажем в притул та бити за допомогою примусової атаки ближнього бою)

Or any ranged unit can be told to attack it if they are in range, melee is not required.