With this mod, every bigger target has a defence bonus. It's a pain for fighting Snake Man or Chosen..

Wait, you're telling me that all this time, that wasn't a base game feature?

It is

Wonder if this is compatible with LWotC?

That image is hilarious!

Does this affect enemies too?

@ Loukha, check Height Defence Bonus Mod

Is there a vanilla version ?

Just finished a campaign with about 280 mods, this one included, and had no major issues! Thanks for putting this up.

A must have for a fair experience. I mean, why the hell wasn't this in the game in the first place, i totally makes sense that hitting some above you would be harder than someone bellow you.

"its over anakin i have the high ground"

confirmed, this mod will conflict with EU aim roll even if the alternative mod launcher don't say so

@outis this is a late comment, but EU aim rolls now incorporates a high ground defense modifier.

This wasn't in the game? wow...

Ahh... The Ben Kenobi reference, I get it. I don`t usually get mods that change game mechanics, but this is a good one for realism. Sun Tzu ( a REAL warfare expert) mentions the advantage of high ground all the time. Thankyou for this.

If using EU Aim Rolls, you can implement the same effect as this mod by editing this line in XcomAimRoll.ini in the EU Aim Roll mod folder

+HEIGHT_MODIFIER=(ZDiff=3, OffenseBonus=20, DefenseBonus=-10)

Change Defense Bonus from 0 to -10 or whatever you like.

Yeah, I'd imagine that another mod that changes Aim modifiers could overwrite this.

Doesn't work for me anymore. Might have something to do with EU Aim Rolls? It was working nicely but maybe an update broke the compatibility.

working??

Chi no ri wo eta zo!

It's over Anakin!

Thumbs-up for the thumbnail

That's probably the best thumbnail

Great thumbnail lol

@trsand98
That's what this mod applies, but correctly, by editing the user settings in
XComGameCore.ini

[XComGame.X2TacticalGameRuleset]
UnitHeightDisadvantagePenalty=-10
; Amount of Aim lost when firing against a unit with height advantage

Not uncommenting the Game's DefaultGameCore.ini, where these dev comments exist.
The Default Config is intended to be the Vanilla core reference, and not usually edited.

Aiming angle setting for High cover, not in the mod.
XComGameCore.ini

[XComGame.X2AbilityToHitCalc_StandardAim]
MAX_ANGLE_PENALTY=80.0
SHOULD_ENABLE_PENALTY_ON_ANGLE_TO_EXTENDED_HIGH_COVER=false

One critisism I do have of the mod, is the Name, and Description.
High ground doesn't give "+10 Target's Defense".
It gives "-10 to Shooter's Aim".

Defense is a specific set stat, and not affected by this.
Aim is calculated for each shot, and is affected by this.

That thumbnail is such a win, lmao.

Obi One Kenobi approves this mod.

Rated up just for the meme.

Fun fact: This feature actually exists in WotC's Game Core ini. It's just comented out. The line to look for is "UnitHeightDisadvantagePenalty". just remove the semicolon at the begining of the line to activate it.

@rylenor All units get the bonus.

To fix the crash when you move issue, I just verify the game cache

Does the bonus apply to all units or just friendly ones?

YOU UNDERESTIMATE MAY PAWAGH... AGH me legs..

@Araxiel
Your description of a particular crash is familiar to me, I get that crash when I try to instal "Mod Everything". I don't encounter it with this mod, so it's on your end.

does that affect Archon when they fly with Blazing Pinions? because they are hard to hit vanilla, but if they have more defence, they can be a real pain ^^'

This mod make sense.

Araxiel, I get that issue too, but it's not from this mod. I have absolutely no idea what causes it, but it's more than likely a collection of mods, rather than any single one.

@Araxiel There's no reason this mod would make your game crash when moving a unit.

Was I thinking of Xcom EU/EW? I know I remember some height bonus defense.

This mod makes my game crash when moving any unit;
I do have a shit-ton of other (minor) mods running and used a loaded save-game.
There's is a enormous variety of reasons the crash could incure, but it happens. So if you have other mods installed and plan on using a running campaign, this mod might make your game crash. Just a heads up

Wow.. that thumbnail. Epic win!

"I have the high ground!" *thoom* "yeaagh!"

I did not subscrive but I rated a thumbs up purely on the thumbnail

@mynameactually Haven't played LW2 in a while, but XCOM 2 doesn't have height bonus defense by default.

I thought it did, or was that LW2?

I can finally say "you were the chosen one" at my monitor as I kill the warlock

*throws grenade*

I have the high ground....

this is a great idea i never thought of, thanks!

Fantastic, thanks for that!