AI refuses to enter the trenches

[MR_87]

AI doesn’t seem to consider trenches dug by players as cover, even with “defend this point” command

Seems like sandbags perform better

Maybe consider the point of each time the shovel digs as a node where the AI ​​can linger

[ForlorN]

The AI is not smart enough to consider it as a trench.

You need to give them individual orders to make it use somewhat ok.

[coldestwinter]

It is very frustrating to see my bots get consistently killed by not taking cover in trenches, sometimes even committing suicide by crawling out of the trench. Hopefully bots take better cover in the future.

[GuardianReaper0]

I massively agree on this.

In my experience, it works a little bit better if you dig the trench 2x wide (or even 3x).

I think it would perhaps help if you could either “snap” sandbag walls into place, or it would give you the option to raise ground as well.

Shovel dynamics, physics and improvements

I too have suggested this in the past, and I 100% agree. It would be nice if the flatten function could be used to flatten areas that are otherwise to uneven to build on in general. Additionally, I would like to see a function to “raise” ground as well, so in maps that have shallow digging depth, you can raise the ground around the sides of the trench to give better cover. After thinking about it, a good way to go about this without adding too many extra steps as it is rather time consuming i…

Or even change the structures’ interaction with the trench to make the AI take better note of it.

Adding additional options to engineer structures if a trench is dug with shovels before placement

The shovel is really a pretty useful tool, but in more recent campaigns seems quite lacking in use. While digging trenches can be quite useful, their use still seems quite crude. I think being able to enable an option of “snapping” certain structure types into a shovel-dug trench could prove rather useful. Examples include: Sandbags, they can snap into the sides of the trench, possibly reaching all the way up the sides, to help block some explosive damage. (I’ve used this tactic in their curr…