Spacing and collision

Owned by EvgenS
Last updated: Mar 30, 2019
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This article describes spacing between units, objects and collision rules.


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Spacing


Unless units fight in melee combat there is always a spacing of N meters between them. Virtually, there is no way for two friendly units to collide with each other, while enemy units can engage or disengage to/from combat only by performing special movement maneuvers called Charge and Retreat correspondingly.

However, sometimes there may be situations when rival units collide with each other during wheel maneuver (pls. see this video). This is considered as a bug.




spacing between units:

Model size and contact

Model size determines how many models can be in contact with one model 
There are 2 model size types in DO: regular and large
regular-size model is any model from human to horsemen and it can be surrounded by up to 4 regular-size models and up to 3 large-size models
large-size model is usually a monster like troll or giant scorpion and it can be surrounded by up to 8 regular-size models and up to 4 large-size models

This video demonstrates 1 large-size model vs 8 normal-size models contact 
Video of 1 large-size model vs 4 large-size models contact
Video of 1 normal-size model vs 3 large-size models contact

Testnotes

Unit1 > Unit2 attacking -  up to +4 models bonus
Unit1 > Unit2 defending - up to +2 models bonus

Unit1 = Unit2 attacking -  up to +2 models bonus

normal-size unit attack large-size model - 8 models in contact and if vice versa - 6-8 models in contact


There is a limit of maximum allowed models in contact which depends on such conditions as:

  • both units size
  • who charged (attacker)

charged in rear arc gives +3 models in contact more for attacker vs +2 models in ather arcs (front or flanks)

unit formation doesn't give models in contact bonus