Fix and rebalance the speed of hover units on water

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Description of the proposed changes

Hover flak was too slow on water compared to hover tanks, causing it to fall behind during pushes. This is only a partial revert of PR #6356 since the water-speed multipliers are set only high enough for hover flak to match hover-tank speed. The Asylum is slowed over water so that it also matches the speed of hover tanks.

Ascendant water speed: 2.7 -> 3.24
Asylum water speed: 4.0 -> 3.24
Iashavoh water speed: 2.6 -> ~3.24

• Aeon and Seraphim hover flak can now keep up with hover tanks on water. This improves teamplay where Aeon and Seraphim players provide supporting units for UEF and Cybran players and makes stacking ASFs over navy more punishing.
• The affected scripts now handle WaterSpeedMultiplier when entering water and reset it on land, while preserving each unit’s custom layer-change logic.
• The Zthuee (XSL0103) previously had a water-speed multiplier that did not work, so it was removed. The underlying script issue is now fixed, so the multiplier could work in the future, but it has not been reintroduced because the problem went unnoticed for years and the unit functions well without it.
• The Athanah can now also be affected by the WaterSpeedMultiplier blueprint field, if desired.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Balance Changes

  • Increased water movement speed for UAL0205 and XSL0205.
  • Adjusted UAL0307’s water movement speed.
  • Removed the ineffective water-speed setting from XSL0103.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved land-and-water transition handling for UAL0307, XSL0103, and XSL0307.
  • Ensured hover units with modified water speeds move consistently across terrain types.

• Documentation

  • Added changelog details covering water-speed adjustments and hover movement updates.

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• changelog/snippets/balance.7243.md
• units/UAL0205/UAL0205_unit.bp
• units/UAL0307/UAL0307_script.lua
• units/UAL0307/UAL0307_unit.bp
• units/XSL0103/XSL0103_Script.lua
• units/XSL0103/XSL0103_unit.bp
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• units/XSL0307/XSL0307_script.lua

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• units/XSL0103/XSL0103_unit.bp

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• units/UAL0307/UAL0307_unit.bp
• units/UAL0205/UAL0205_unit.bp
• units/XSL0307/XSL0307_script.lua
• changelog/snippets/balance.7243.md
• units/XSL0103/XSL0103_Script.lua
• units/XSL0205/XSL0205_unit.bp
• units/UAL0307/UAL0307_script.lua

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Hover-unit scripts now select SlowHoverLandUnit when WaterSpeedMultiplier is configured. Water-speed multipliers changed for three blueprints. XSL0103 no longer defines an explicit multiplier.

Changes

Hover water movement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Slow-hover layer dispatch units/UAL0307/UAL0307_script.lua, units/XSL0103/XSL0103_Script.lua, units/XSL0307/XSL0307_script.lua	The affected scripts import SlowHoverLandUnit and route layer changes through slow-hover handling when WaterSpeedMultiplier is configured. Standard hover handling remains available for other blueprints.
Water-speed configuration units/UAL0205/UAL0205_unit.bp, units/UAL0307/UAL0307_unit.bp, units/XSL0103/XSL0103_unit.bp, units/XSL0205/XSL0205_unit.bp	Water-speed multipliers changed for UAL0205, UAL0307, and XSL0205. XSL0103’s explicit multiplier was removed.
Balance changelog changelog/snippets/balance.7243.md	The changelog records the water-speed adjustments, script support, and removal of XSL0103’s explicit multiplier.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2e4f0

The water-speed changes may apply configured multipliers twice, causing affected hover units to move at incorrect speeds. Merge should wait for this bounded gameplay-correctness issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HoverUnitScript
  participant UnitBlueprint
  participant SlowHoverLandUnit
  HoverUnitScript->>UnitBlueprint: Read Physics.WaterSpeedMultiplier
  UnitBlueprint-->>HoverUnitScript: Return configured multiplier
  HoverUnitScript->>SlowHoverLandUnit: Call OnLayerChange when configured

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the primary change: fixing and rebalancing hover-unit water speed.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the rationale, affected units, implementation, and changelog status, but omits testing and additional-context sections.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 3 files. (4 skipped: 4 unsupported.)
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Inline comments:
In `@units/UAL0205/UAL0205_unit.bp`:
- Line 140: Update WaterSpeedMultiplier in units/UAL0205/UAL0205_unit.bp:140-140
to approximately 1.0954, and in units/XSL0205/XSL0205_unit.bp:171-171 to
approximately 1.1163, so the shared slow-hover handler’s double application
yields water speed near 3.24 from the respective base speeds.

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