Chronoshiftable naval transports

[abcdefg30]

I recently noticed that naval transports are not chronoshiftable.
(By wasting a chronoshift... as you can select them, but it has no effect.)

It doesn't make sense to me that naval transports aren't chronoshiftable as other naval units are.

Thus I filed a pull request to fix this: OpenRA/OpenRA#11869
This PR will also make tanks inside the transport survive the chronoshift. Infantry does not as usual.
(Infantry inside APCs/Rangers inside a naval transport will die as well.)

What is your opinion, Commanders?

[Sleipnir]

This creates an exploitable situation where you can teleport a load of tanks into an enemy base, unload them, and then have them remain after the timer runs out and the transport returns.

[MustaphaTR]

and then have them remain after the timer runs out and the transport returns.

They don't have to, as i said on IRC. They should be effected by timer, back to base and possibly land on water and sink. I know current status on PR isn't this tho.

[Sleipnir]

That opens up a pile of edge cases like: what happens if you load other units into the transport in the meantime?

[MustaphaTR]

They should sink at where transport cronoed to. Only transport should turn back. Leaves new unit at where chronoed transport was.

Edit: If such thing happens with a land transort, then passengers should just unload and transport should back.

[abcdefg30]

This creates an exploitable situation where you can teleport a load of tanks into an enemy base, unload them, and then have them remain after the timer runs out and the transport returns.

This is similiar to the already existing "exploitable situation" where you teleport a MCV and then deploy it (and the Construction Yard doesn't get teleported back).
Of course having one "exploit" is not an excuse for adding another one, though.

[abcdefg30]

There is also still OpenRA/OpenRA#8670.

[lucassss]

it reminds me of something that I noticed, demo trucks don't explode when killed as part of a transport's death.

[anjew]

This creates an exploitable situation where you can teleport a load of tanks into an enemy base, unload them, and then have them remain after the timer runs out and the transport returns.

MCVs can already exploit the chronoshift but i guess that's considered a feature

[abcdefg30]

it reminds me of something that I noticed, demo trucks don't explode when killed as part of a transport's death.

That is another issue: OpenRA/OpenRA#11037

[JOo]

They should sink at where transport cronoed to. Only transport should turn back. Leaves new unit at where chronoed transport was.

Edit: If such thing happens with a land transort, then passengers should just unload and transport should back.

why would anyone want to crono a transport with tanks in it (instead of the tanks itself) ... when the tanks would land in the water if i unload the transporter ? ...

[MustaphaTR]

I said that for if you put a non-chronoed unit in a chronoed transport and transport backs to original place.

[JOo]

or to basicly "crono" nuke-trucks ... that dont have to go back anyway ...

no thanks

[SoScared]

yeah why not just fix it so the units die in the transporter - for consistency sake.

or perhaps Germany should be able to transport 65 tanks in 13 transports for an instant in-and-out D-Day.

[anjew]

Make MCV un-chrono-shiftable, it doesnt have to go back and often leaves an entire teams base defenses and production structures