Oil Platform
- "An off-shore oil platform."
- ― Mission Editor Description
The Oil Platform is a large, destructible static object available in the Mission Editor and featured heavily in Operation: Desert Cobra Mission 7, 'Striking Oil'.
It has no natural defenses to defend against the player, but MANPADS infantry are placed on two of the decks in the aforementioned mission, and other defenses can be placed on it in the mission editor for custom missions. They serve as destruction targets and scenery.
Destruction
Oil platforms can be destroyed entirely in one of two ways:
1. By targeting two of the supporting legs with any explosive with a minimum damage of 50 (which means anything except Hydra-70s). The hitboxes are partially obscured below the yellow lines, so they should be targeted at or above those yellow lines. The Mk-83 has a large enough blast radius to destroy two or more legs at once, if placed between them.
2. By targeting three particular; destructible objects on the deck with any weapon. In descending order of toughness, the three objects to look for are the antenna tower with 80 health, a large oil canister across from the antenna with 50 health, and a rack of smaller oil canisters adjacent to the antenna with 20 health. Unlike the supporting legs, these objects have no minimum hit threshold, so can be easily destroyed with cannons.
The destruction targets are not 'hot', so the TGP will not be able to highlight them on Day or Night modes.
Upon two supporting legs taking enough damage or the three destructible objects being destroyed, the entire oil platform will fail catastrophically, the damaged legs will fracture just above the yellow lines, and the rig will sink partway into the water.
Gallery
An oil platform as seen in the Unity editor. Notice the hitboxes of the destructible objects on the deck and supporting legs, highlighted in green wireframes.
Closeup of the top of the antenna tower, notice its hitbox is jutting out from the crossbeams slightly, making it easier to shoot up here. Infantry posted on the stairwell for reference.
A MANPADS Infantry unit (circled) protects the oil platform. Placed in same approximate location as seen in-game.
