From 03bf8ee8212d9038ade42b17b999ae621eeaa979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Veden <veden@vedbyte.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 21:22:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] removed bounding box check for building bases

---
 changelog.txt      |  2 ++
 libs/BaseUtils.lua | 12 ------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index a8bd19f..169c5a9 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version: 1.1.5
 Date: 23. 11. 2021
+  Improvements:
+    - Removed bounding box check when placing enemy buildings or upgrading buildings inplace
   Tweaks:
     - Doubled the processing rate of regional faction bases with new enemies
     - Added a small chance (0.5%) that Hives can spawn outside resource patches (Thank you Dimm2101)
diff --git a/libs/BaseUtils.lua b/libs/BaseUtils.lua
index c4f6473..9002bed 100644
--- a/libs/BaseUtils.lua
+++ b/libs/BaseUtils.lua
@@ -283,18 +283,6 @@ function baseUtils.upgradeEntity(entity, baseAlignment, map, disPos, evolve)
         local query = universe.upgradeEntityQuery
         query.name = name
         query.position = disPos or position
-
-        if not surface.can_place_entity(query) then
-            local newPosition = surface.find_non_colliding_position(
-                name,
-                disPos or position,
-                CHUNK_SIZE,
-                1,
-                true
-            )
-            query.position = newPosition or disPos or position
-        end
-
         query.name = spawnerName
         if remote.interfaces["kr-creep"] then
             remote.call("kr-creep", "spawn_creep_at_position", surface, query.position)