The hitbox for the platform float is insane

[tigris115]

Not even gonna say anything, just LOOK at this picture. If you notice a red square, that's what I think is a less obscene hitbox

 

[XT]

Ginormous hitboxes seems to be Frontier's specialty, at least in regards to this particular game. It's (unfortunately) clear that the adult animals do not need to have such large hitboxes, both because the juveniles don't, and because a mod adjusts that by script, not by wrestling with the engine. I think many of the static items don't either - though in this case, it may be triggering the platform animations so I don't know what 'size' they need to sort that out.

 

[FoxyDee]

I appreciate the indicator that was added, however I agree that this item is unfortunately pretty unusuable in most realistic enclosures. Beside the huge hitboxes, it requires deeper water than the animals themselves. Same with the box feeders - my penguins need 2 m of deep water but the box feeder must be much deeper to work, ultimately making it unusable in such enclosure.

 

[shirandhak]

I think it got something to do with the animations. The animals have to take up speed and aim for the hole to get it properly done, I guess. So the script to calculate that, may need a certain distantance for it to looks ok.

 

[tigris115]

Still, I think that Frontier is smart enough to find a way to make animals have more reasonable hitboxes so that they can better navigate crap