Fine, I'll do it myself (#5717)

core/src/mindustry/ai/types/FlyingAI.java

@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ public class FlyingAI extends AIController{
 
     @Override
     protected Teamc findMainTarget(float x, float y, float range, boolean air, boolean ground){
+        var core = targetFlag(x, y, BlockFlag.core, true);
+
+        if(core != null && Mathf.within(x, y, core.getX(), core.getY(), range)){
+            return core;
+        }
+
         for(var flag : unit.team.isAI() ? unit.type.targetFlags : unit.type.playerTargetFlags){
             if(flag == null){
                 Teamc result = target(x, y, range, air, ground);
@@ -50,7 +56,8 @@ public class FlyingAI extends AIController{
                 if(result != null) return result;
             }
         }
-        return targetFlag(x, y, BlockFlag.core, true);
+
+        return core;
     }
 
     protected void attack(float circleLength){

core/src/mindustry/entities/abilities/MoveLightningAbility.java

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ public class MoveLightningAbility extends Ability{
     public Color color = Color.valueOf("a9d8ff");
     /** Shifts where the lightning spawns along the Y axis */
     public float offset = 0f;
+    /** Offset along the X axis. */
+    public float width = 0f;
     /** Jittering heat sprite like the shield on v5 Javelin */
     public String heatRegion = "error";
     /** Bullet type that is fired. Can be null */
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ public class MoveLightningAbility extends Ability{
     public Effect shootEffect = Fx.sparkShoot;
     public Sound shootSound = Sounds.spark;
 
+    protected float side = 1f;
+    
     MoveLightningAbility(){}
     
     public MoveLightningAbility(float damage, int length, float chance, float offset, float minSpeed, float maxSpeed, Color color, String heatRegion){
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ public class MoveLightningAbility extends Ability{
     public void update(Unit unit){
         float scl = Mathf.clamp((unit.vel().len() - minSpeed) / (maxSpeed - minSpeed));
         if(Mathf.chance(Time.delta * chance * scl)){
-            float x = unit.x + Angles.trnsx(unit.rotation, offset, 0), y = unit.y + Angles.trnsy(unit.rotation, offset, 0);
+            float x = unit.x + Angles.trnsx(unit.rotation, offset, width * side), y = unit.y + Angles.trnsy(unit.rotation, offset, width * side);
 
             shootEffect.at(x, y, unit.rotation, color);
             shootSound.at(unit);
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ public class MoveLightningAbility extends Ability{
             if(bullet != null){
                 bullet.create(unit, unit.team, x, y, unit.rotation + bulletAngle + Mathf.range(bulletSpread));
             }
+
+            side *= -1f;
         }
     }
     

gradle.properties

@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ kapt.include.compile.classpath=false
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
 #needed for android compilation
 android.useAndroidX=true
-archash=40c21b302ccc1e74f4c2a37f937c88acaec99254
+#used for slow jitpack builds; TODO see if this actually works
+http.socketTimeout=80000
+http.connectionTimeout=80000archash=40c21b302ccc1e74f4c2a37f937c88acaec99254