Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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Khadras
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Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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It will be possible that ranged units, like archers, to shoot from 2 hexes away? It would be nice to have archers to shoot from second line (2 or 3 hexes distance) and melee units attacking in front line.
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Re: Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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Not with the current state of the engine without much additional work (and context menu options).
You could for example use a context menu at the archer, and one in two or three hexes distance on each hex. The first would select the archer which is supposed to shoot, and the second the target. Then you'll have to manually execute the combat. This won't be usable by the AI, though — and I don't know whether this would really work (probably, but it's a ton of work).


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Re: Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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There is an era which implemented code that would allow one to attack at a distance. I believe it was called the ranged era and it might still be around. That said it was somewhat clunky and not at all balanced.
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Re: Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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Yes, as Velensk said, you can try the ranged era. You can find it in the add on server for wesnoth 1.8. At the moment I don't plan to port it to wesnoth 1.9/10, cause it's based on old code (wesnoth 1.4), and probably it's better to start again from scratch than to update the old code.
The era is not balanced at all, but that was not the purpose of the add on, at that time.
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Re: Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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Thanks for the informations! I will study them.
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Re: Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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Modern Combat era also allows multi-hex ranged attacks, I believe.
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Re: Ranged units to shoot from distance of 2 or more hexes

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Yes it does, but not with as many units as Ranged Era.
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