Disable tile speed increase for Mech Armor

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Disable tile speed increase for Mech Armor

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TL;DR
Option to disable walking speed bonus when wearing Mech Armor

What?
Here are four possible implementations, ordered from best to worst:
  • UI toggle for getting movement speed (like the toggle for exoskeletons)
  • Always flying mode for Mech Armor
  • Tile immunity equipment which, like belt immunity equipment, renders you impervious to walking speed bonuses
  • Settings menu toggle.
Why?
When wearing Mech Armor, you get walking speed bonuses while walking but not when flying. This has two major problems:
  • It is frustrating to make small corrections in position, because the amount you move is inconsistent
  • When moving at high speeds, I find the stutter caused by briefly switching to flying speed when moving over an obstacle to be headache inducing
(incidentally, in the past I've had a similar gripe regarding small corrections in position when riding the Spidertron)

And this has knock-on effects. E.g. I usually liked laying some amount of tiles in my factory to make pathways, or to make factory blocks look nice. But now I actively avoid laying any such tile specifically to avoid the problems it will cause when I get Mech Armor.

And I'm genuinely dreading Aquilo in my latest playthrough because use of concrete is forced.

Incidentally, granting the Mech Armor the movement speed bonus when flying would also solve my issue, but I'm led to believe that option is not on the table.
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Re: Disable tile speed increase for Mech Armor

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What about an "always fly" mode ?

> Always flying mode for Mech Armor

I didn't fully read I confess :lol:
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Re: Disable tile speed increase for Mech Armor

Post by Hurkyl »

Hurkyl wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:52 amHere are four possible implementations, ordered from best to worst:
  • UI toggle for getting movement speed (like the toggle for exoskeletons)
  • Always flying mode for Mech Armor
  • Tile immunity equipment which, like belt immunity equipment, renders you impervious to walking speed bonuses
  • Settings menu toggle.
Now that I've thought about it more, "always flying mode" combines with the first and third bullets. So, an UI toggle to tell the Mech Armor to always fly now seems like the best option.
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