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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
Tower + Archer Radius intersects with Tower+ ArcherRadius. Point of intersection distance to wall is within half-archer distance from wall?
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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
If the wall is round, ever expanding peripherary needs more towers per unit of length. Draw a circle with scale radius. Bigger your settlement the more towers you need.
Generally, there are no rules ...
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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
From 30 to 150 meters, but 60 meters or less seems to be often preffered in big cities
The citadel of medieval city of Carcasone has wall in length of 3km with 52 towers, which would give you the ...
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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
In addition to @MontyWild's excellent answer, consider the practicalities, too.
Your city/town doesn't have an infinite amount of money or resources. That means that, while the ideal would be to ...
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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
The spacing of towers along medieval curtain walls was typically to provide flanking fire along straight sections of wall.
In order to provide proper flanking fire, it would be necessary to situate ...
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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
The Great Wall of China spaced its watchtowers anywhere from three miles to over double that depending on terrain.
Work out what the towers are for and then space them appropriately. If the wall ...
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