Changes: Trench

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“	A fortification built into the ground that can be extended or upgraded into other structures.	„
	— In-game description

The Trench is a playermade oblong hole in the ground dug with a Shovel that give soldiers a good firing position and cover. It is larger than a Dug Foxhole.

Description

Trenches are a defensive position for soldiers. There are three tier of trenches; Tier 1 is built with a Shovel, it can then be upgraded to Tier 2 via a Hammer and Basic Materials, and Tier 3 costs Concrete Materials and a significant amount of time to cure.

They can be connected to Bunkers and other trenches, and they can be upgraded with a variety of add-ons.

You can move, fight and build from inside the trench, although it blocks your ability to move to another trench when it is a blueprint. Trenches are neutral structures, if an enemy takes your trench they can use it against you.

Standard trenches cannot be built on roads, unlike trench connectors.

Tanks can cross trenches (except Tankette]s and Scout Tanks). Every other vehicle will require the trench to have the "Bridge" add-on installed to be able to cross.

They are pretty sturdy structures and are very resistant to Artillery shelling.

Construction

Equip a shovel and open the build menu (default: B). You can rotate the trench with RMB. It can snap to other nearby trenches or bunkers to create longer pathways (hold Shift if you don't want your trench to snap). Trenches can either join up on their ends or in the middle. However, it should be noted that there are some restrictions on how they can be joined together. They cannot be built on steep slopes.

Once the blueprint is placed, simple hold LMB to start digging. It will take a total of 75 shovel hits to finish.

Tier Upgrading

Trenches can be upgraded with a Hammer, tier 2 requires 30 Basic Materials and tier 3 requires 20 Concrete Materials. The trench must be at full health for that.

Equip your Hammer and switch it to "Upgrade Mode" by pressing F, aim at the trench and press the "use" key (default keybind E) to open the trench's upgrade menu. The menu shows the add-ons and upgrade options. Select the Tier upgrade and start hitting the blueprint with your hammer and with the necessary materials in your inventory. If the blueprint is shot before it is completed, it will turn back into the original trench.

Add-ons

Add-ons can also be installed with the Hammer.

Trenches can be upgraded with several add-ons simultaneously. To install add-ons, equip your hammer switch it to "Upgrade Mode" with F, aim at the trench and press E to open the trench's upgrade menu. If there's a direction to choose for the add-on, use Mouse Scroll Wheel while your cursor is on the desired add-on icon to change the direction. Select an add-on and if you have the required materials in your inventory your character will do a short construction animation after which the add-on will appear.


Name	Description	Cost
Barbed Wire	Slows the enemy infantry attempting to invade this Trench.	10
Sandbags	A defensive barrier that hinders enemy movement and provides cover during combat. Note: Sandbags cover a third the length of a trench, or one side of a trench connector. Soldiers inside a trench cannot shoot over sandbags, and you cannot exit a trench from a side that has sandbags. This means you can be completely trapped if all trench sides have sandbags.	10
Bridge	Allows vehicles to cross over this Trench.	50
Stairs	Provides easy access into and out of this Trench.	30
Pipe	Provides power connections from Engine Rooms to Bunker Upgrades.	30
Trench Roof	Provides cover against enemies that have entered this Bunker.	200
Fill In	Fills in this Trench, restoring the landscape around it. Note: Works on Tier 1 Trenchs or Husks of any tier. Creates a blueprint over the trench, this blueprint must be dug with `LMB` to fill the trench.	N/A

Reservation

Like Bunkers, trenches can be reserved through a button in the hammer or shovel's upgrade menu so that only the original builder and the players in their squad can modify the trench. The reservation lasts 48 hours but it can be refreshed at any moment by the original builder or their squad mates. Only the original builder can remove the reservation.

Demolishing

Reserved Trenches that are less then 3 hours old can be demolished by the original builder or members of their squad through a button in the hammer or shovel's upgrade menu. There must be no enemies nearby and it doesn't work for concrete trench. The demolition is instantaneous unlike the "Fill In" option.

Trench Variants

Trench Connector

The Trench Connector is similar to the trench in function, but has an irregular shape. They can be used to connect two trenches, two bunkers or a trench and a bunker to each other where a normal trench cannot fit.

Trench connectors can be built on roads, to link trenches on the sides of the road, but it doesn't allow soldiers in the trench to pass under the road.

See: Trench Connector

Trench Emplacement

The Trench Emplacement trench variant with an octagonal shape that can serve as an emplacement for mannable defenses such as 68mm Anti-Tank Cannon , 12.7 Anti Infantry Flak Gun, or an emplaced artillery piece. When placed inside this structure, the mannable defences/artillery pieces get more health (can take more damage)

See: Trench Emplacement

Trench Husk

When a trench is destroyed, it leaves behind a husk. The trench can be rebuilt from the husk by using the hammer in upgrade mode and pressing E. This will replace the husk with a trench blueprint at the tier it used to have, for the cost of that tier (e.g. shoveling for Tier 1, Hammer and 30 bmats for Tier 2). All previously installed add-ons are lost and must be reinstalled after trench reconstruction, at normal cost.

Husks can also be filled in with a shovel via the option in the upgrade menu.

Husks can also be destroyed with explosives, to make space for different structures for example. The trench husk has the same max health as the trench it comes from. Or you can wait for decay to destroy it. Husk decay cannot be prevented and is usually the same speed as the decay near region borders.

Gallery

Tier 2 Bunkers and Trenches used in combination.
Trench Blueprint, Shovel required to build.
Various upgrades: (in order) Tier 1 Garrison, Tier 2 Machinegun, Tier 3 AT, Engine room; Firing Ports, Doorway, Treches with Barbed Wire, a Trench Bridge, and Pipes.
Two trench connectors joined together by destroying one of the original parent trenches.
The "blue print" of the Tier 1 trench connector
Trench Stairs
Tier 1 Trench and Bunker husks
Trench upgrade and add-on menu

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-{{Version|0.45}}
+{{Version|0.46}}
 {{Building Infobox
 |name = Trench (Tier 1)
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 |hmg = No
 |dpl_icon =
-|dpl_description = A neutral structure that serves as the basic building block of any trench system. Can be run over with every vehicle except the [[Motorcycle]] and [[Ambulance]].
+|dpl_description = A neutral structure that serves as the basic building block of any trench system.
 }}
 {{Building Infobox
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 |hmg = No
 |dpl_icon =
-|dpl_description = Upgraded version of Trench (Tier 1). Can be run over by heavy vehicles such as tanks.
+|dpl_description = Upgraded version of Trench (Tier 1).
 }}
 {{Building Infobox
@@ Line 112: / Line 112: @@
 Standard trenches cannot be built on roads, unlike trench connectors.
-[[Tank]]s can cross trenches while every other vehicle will require the trench to have the "Bridge" add-on installed to be able to cross.
+[[Tank]]s can cross trenches (except [[Tankette]]]s and [[Scout Tank]]s). Every other vehicle will require the trench to have the "Bridge" add-on installed to be able to cross.
 They are pretty sturdy structures and are very resistant to [[Artillery]] shelling.
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 Equip your [[Hammer]] and switch it to "Upgrade Mode" by pressing <code>F</code>, aim at the trench and press the "use" key (default keybind <code>E</code>) to open the trench's upgrade menu. The menu shows the add-ons and upgrade options. Select the Tier upgrade and start hitting the blueprint with your hammer and with the necessary materials in your inventory. If the blueprint is shot before it is completed, it will turn back into the original trench.
 == Add-ons ==
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 {| class="wikitable"
+|+
-|+<span style="font-size: 150%;"></span>
 !Name
+!Icon
-!Barbed Wire
+!Description
-!Sandbags
+!Cost
-!Bridge
-!Pipes
-!Stairs
-!Fill In
 |-
+|Barbed Wire
-|Image
 |[[File:BarbedWireDay.png|75px]]
+|Slows the enemy infantry attempting to invade this Trench.
-|[[File:Sandbags.png|75x75px]]
+|{{ResourceDisp|10|Bmats}}
-|[[File:TrenchBridgeIcon.png|75px]]
-|[[File:PipeIcon.png|75px]]
-|{{nowrap|[[File:TrenchT1Ramp.png|75x75px]] [[File:TrenchT2Ramp.png|75x75px]][[File:TrenchT3Ramp.png|75x75px]]}}
-|[[File:TrenchFillInIcon.png|75x75px]]
 |-
+|Sandbags
-|Cost
+|[[File:Sandbags.png|75px]]
-|{{ResourceDisp|10|Bmats}}
+|A defensive barrier that hinders enemy movement and provides cover during combat.   ''Note: Sandbags cover a third the length of a trench, or one side of a trench connector. Soldiers inside a trench cannot shoot over sandbags, and you cannot exit a trench from a side that has sandbags. This means you can be completely trapped if all trench sides have sandbags.''
 |{{ResourceDisp|10|Bmats}}
+|-
+|Bridge
+|[[File:TrenchBridgeIcon.png|75px]]
+|Allows vehicles to cross over this Trench.
 |{{ResourceDisp|50|Bmats}}
+|-
+|Stairs
+|{{nowrap|[[File:TrenchT1Ramp.png|75px]][[File:TrenchT2Ramp.png|75px]][[File:TrenchT3Ramp.png|75px]]}}
+|Provides easy access into and out of this Trench.
 |{{ResourceDisp|30|Bmats}}
+|-
+|Pipe
+|[[File:PipeIcon.png|75px]]
+|Provides power connections from [[Engine Room]]s to [[Bunker#Modifications|Bunker Upgrades]].
 |{{ResourceDisp|30|Bmats}}
-|N/A
 |-
+|Trench Roof
-|Description
+|[[File:TrenchRoofIcon.png|75px]]
-|Slows down enemy infantry attempting to invade the Trench.
+|Provides cover against enemies that have entered this Bunker.
-|A defensive barrier that hinders enemy movement and provides cover during combat
+|{{ResourceDisp|200|Bmats}}
-|Allows Vehicles to cross over the Trench.
+|-
-|Provides power connections from Engine Rooms to [[Storm Cannon]]s and [[Intelligence Center]]s.
+|Fill In
-|Allows to exit trenches faster
+|[[File:TrenchFillInIcon.png|75px]]
-|Fills in this trench, restoring the landscape around it. Only for Tier 1
+|Fills in this Trench, restoring the landscape around it.   ''Note: Works on Tier 1 Trenchs or Husks of any tier. Creates a blueprint over the trench, this blueprint must be dug with <code>LMB</code> to fill the trench.''
+|N/A
 |}
-==Fill In [[File:TrenchFillInIcon.png|30px]]==
-This option in the shovel's upgrade menu allows you to fill in a Tier 1 trench or a trench husk of any tier, to remove the structure and make space. After selecting the option, you must use your shovel and hold <code>LMB</code> on the blueprint to fill it.
 ==Reservation [[File:TrenchReservationIcon.png|30px]]==
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 Trench connectors can be built on roads, to link trenches on the sides of the road, but it doesn't allow soldiers in the trench to pass under the road.
-See [[Trench Connector]].
+{{See|Trench Connector}}
 ===Trench Emplacement===
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 The [[Trench Emplacement]] trench variant with an octagonal shape that can serve as an emplacement for mannable defenses such as [[68mm Anti-Tank Cannon]] , [[12.7mm Anti Infantry Flak Gun|12.7 Anti Infantry Flak Gun]], or an emplaced artillery piece. When placed inside this structure, the mannable defences/artillery pieces get more [[Structure Health|health]] (can take more damage)
-See [[Trench Emplacement]].
+{{See|Trench Emplacement}}
-{{clear}}<br />
+{{clear}}<br/>
 == Trench Husk ==