Better Ballistas

Adjust the firing arc, detection range, speed, targeting and trophy limit of the ballista.

• Adjust the firing arc of the ballista up to 180 degrees. Use fewer ballistas to cover your base.
• Adjust the range at which the ballista will find and engage enemies.
• Adjust the scan speed and idle time at the end of the sweep. See Tuning below.
• Adjust the number of trophies/enemy types that can be added to the ballista to target.
• Set targeting options for the ballista. Enable/disable options in-game.

New

• 0.1.0 Initial release

Configuration

Ammunition

Maximum Ammo: The maximum amount of ammo that can be loaded into a ballista.@

Scanning

Scan Arc: Total number of degrees the ballista will sweep through during its scanning.@

Sweep Interval: The time interval in which the ballista will complete one sweep (back and forth) within the fire arc.@

Turn Rate: The rate at which the ballista will turn when there's no target.@

Targeting

Maximum Target Trophies: The number of trophies that can be loaded for the ballista to target.@

Target Players: If enabled, the ballista will target players in range.@

Target Tames: If enabled, the ballista will target tames in range.@

Target Enemies: If enabled, the ballista will target tames in range.

Range: The range at which the ballista will find and engage enemies.@

Utility

LogLevel: Controls the level of information contained in the log

In-game reconfiguration

You can use Configuration Manager (or similar) mod to change the configuration without exiting the game. Changing the config file will also reload the configuration.

Tuning

You can adjust several parameters to increase or decrease the turret motion of the ballista. The Fire Arc, Sweep Interval and Turn Rate all work together to tune the scanning action.

• The Scan Arc determines the total number of degrees the ballista will sweep through. Note that larger arcs take more time to complete a sweep.
• The Sweep Interval is the time in which a sweep will 'complete'. It is the time the ballista will 'use' to complete its sweep, including the rotation as well as the pauses at the end of the travel.
  • Setting the interval shorter will result in less pause time at the end of the travel, but if set too short, will cut off the sweep and reverse direction before the full sweep is completed.
• The Turn Rate is the speed (degrees per second) at which the turret will rotate through its sweep.
  • A faster turn rate will complete its rotation sooner, allowing you to reduce the Sweep Interval to minimize the time spent paused at the end of the travel.

Notes

• Valheim already had the capability to load more than one trophy to the ballista to allow targeting multiple creature types! They just didn't let you.
• Azumatt's ImFRIENDLYDAMMIT will override the Target Player and Target Tames setting. You don't need to run this mod if you're using BetterBallistas.

Compatibility issues & defects

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  • Your version of this mod
  • What you were doing, or attempting to do when it happened
  • If it's repeatable - i.e., can you duplicate it?
  • The exact behavior you observed (or didn't observe)
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