Water Enemy Foundation Check Radius

[Kidori 143]

The change to building in water that was introduced in v104.14 (Any structure that checks for enemy foundations when placed in water now has a 4x enemy foundation check radius) has been causing a lot of headaches for people trying to build on settlements.

It's been over a month now that no one on the island other than the settlement owner can build a shipyard or dock for their ships. This is not an isolated incident, as many other people elsewhere have been having the same issue as well.

I (and many others) believe the check radius is excessively large. My tests put the radius at roughly equal to render distance, which is far larger than it needs to be. This makes it so that anyone that has a neighbor cannot build a shipyard or dock, and that this change was introduced after people had already chosen their building locations means that many people had already set up closer together than this change allows.

I understand the thinking behind this balance change, but I feel as though a better solution could be implemented, or at the very least the radius could be reduced without compromising the effectiveness. PvE servers are hit the hardest by this issue as the check radius provides zero benefit to game balance.

This change has done more harm than good, and I feel it needs to be readdressed.