Do camo balloons get hit with aoe even if they aren't detected?

[Rich Mahogany]

So if im bombarding the entry point but I have no detection, do they still get hit as they pass through?

[supersand]

I don't think damage matters unless they are revealed or there is a hazard on the track (spikes, gwens fire, orbyn's throrns, etc)

[Airkixer]

The source of damage needs to be able to detect camo to actually deal it to them, even if the area of effect has them inside of it.

[Vivianite]

most AoE towers, like bomb shooter, still need camo detection to damage them, spike factory doesn't need camo detection because the bloons physically walk over it

[Airkixer]

Originally posted by Vivianite:

spike factory doesn't need camo detection because the bloons physically walk over it

Spike Factory has innate camo detection. "Because the bloons physically walk over it" is not the reason, as Bloon Trap and Druid of the Jungle's thorns will not pop camo even though they travel across it, and I'm sure there are probably other examples. It's annoying that some upgrades/towers don't make it more obvious their capabilities.

[Ninja Zyborg]

no

[Susen]

btd5 was far better in how camo detection works i swear

[upgrade5]

How can you hit a camo bloon if you cant see it? Just think about it. Imagine trying to shoot a target that's invisible... It's just not possible. This is why towers cannot hit camo bloons if they do not have detection.

[Rich Mahogany]

Originally posted by hitherto unheard of cave-fish:

How can you hit a camo bloon if you cant see it? Just think about it. Imagine trying to shoot a target that's invisible... It's just not possible. This is why towers cannot hit camo bloons if they do not have detection.

If someone was invisible in real life and i dropped a bomb on where they were standing, they would get hit.

[Susen]

Originally posted by Rich Mahogany:

Originally posted by hitherto unheard of cave-fish:

How can you hit a camo bloon if you cant see it? Just think about it. Imagine trying to shoot a target that's invisible... It's just not possible. This is why towers cannot hit camo bloons if they do not have detection.

If someone was invisible in real life and i dropped a bomb on where they were standing, they would get hit.

and in btd5 this is how it worked

things like the dartling gunner that just fires wherever ur cursor was and the mortar that just fired wherever you targeted had innate camo detection because they weren't actually looking at the camo bloon just firing into a spot the camo happened to be

btd6 nonsensically changed this