Laser Fix

In the base game, security camera lasers shine straight through windows. Walk down the street past a guarded apartment and you'll see a red beam poking out through the glass and across the pavement.

With this mod:

• Lasers stop at window glass. Camera lasers and laser grids end where they meet a window, and so does their glow.
• Nothing else changes. Cameras see and detect exactly what they did before. Only where the beam is drawn changes.

Why it happens

The game works out a laser's length with the same "what can a person see?" check that citizens use, and that check deliberately looks through glass so people can see through windows. So the beam went through too.

Safe to remove?

Yes. It doesn't store anything in your saves, so you can add or remove it at any time.

Compatibility

• Requires BepInExPack IL2CPP (installed automatically by r2modman, Gale or Thunderstore Mod Manager).
• Built for the main (IL2CPP) branch of the game.
• Works with any city, and alongside The Protectorate's other mods.

Feedback

Found a laser still poking through something? Leave a comment on the Thunderstore page with where it was.

Made with the help of AI (Claude, by Anthropic). Designed, play-tested and released by The Protectorate.

Changelog

1.0.1

• Lasers no longer shine out through the stained-glass panels above shop windows, or any other gap: a laser inside a building now ends where it would step outside.

1.0.0

• Security camera lasers and laser grids stop at window glass instead of shining through into the street.