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I suggested this idea in another thread and mrimer suggested to create this poll to see whether this idea likes so the developers know if it is worth the work to implement in a future patch.

In the other thread there are already some reason for/against this idea, but maybe the discussion should continue here to keep everything in one place.
03-22-2012 at 07:24 PM
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One can get this info anyway by turning off darkness and clicking every orb and plate. All this idea does is add convenience to preexisting functionality, which is a good thing.

Edit: And having transparent tar if there's tar, but who doesn't have transparent tar?

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Absolutely yes...

...as long as you don't ask for me to implement it in Flash DROD, because it surely won't find its way into the first engine iteration, sorry :).

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03-22-2012 at 07:48 PM
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It can't be caustic, Trickster. It only traps Beethro, not kills him.

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Where is this transparent tar mod? I keep hearing about it and it sounds oh so cool.

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There's one here:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=17097
(extract to data/bitmaps, add "General=Transparency" to drod.ini)

All modern rooms where transparency is relevant should just use vision tokens anyway. But the mod is useful when playing old holds.
03-22-2012 at 08:07 PM
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There's like four of them, all competing for your gooey love. I use this one if I recall correctly. I used to use a slightly prettier one, but it never got updated to include Gel.

Edit: Hi Doom, you beat me.

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Thanks!

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03-22-2012 at 08:13 PM
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[Post Deleted] Trickster wrote:
Jatopian wrote:
Edit: And having transparent tar if there's tar, but who doesn't have transparent tar?
Me! I am happily non-tar-transparent.

I like my tar like I like my significant others: opaque, squamous, and caustic to human flesh.

Er... :unsure

I have the mod, but I didn't install it. It's nicer this way.
And it takes away some puzzel fun if you installed it.

But clicking on a door to see which orb (or pressure plate), would be nice.

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03-23-2012 at 01:54 PM
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Wow, a lot of people have responded in less than a day, and it seems that the idea likes a lot! :thumbsup

I am sorry for the person (Trickster?) who voted against it. Maybe we can think of a way to not reveal orbs that are hidden and used for scripting so everybody can be happy... :)
03-23-2012 at 04:46 PM
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*shrug* There will always be the option of clicking every hidden square in a room. Again, this suggestion is a great convenience, not a new capability.

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03-23-2012 at 04:53 PM
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Heh, for the 'script-smacked orbs', maybe the solution is to make it possible/easier for a script to directly toggle the doors so the orb doesn't have to be there :P
03-23-2012 at 06:29 PM
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DROD's scripting is so basic last time I tried to do a hold it made me want to trash the engine and rewrite it to be script-based from scratch. (Baseline: it should, at a MINIMUM, be possible to do everything the built-in game elements do from a script.)
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Why not? Essentially all they need to know is where "Beethro" is, if they can see them, and a map of the room. Hell, most monsters only need the 8 cells surrounding them. Everything else is honestly pretty simple.

(Also, look at any game built on the Unreal Engine. Just about *everything* in that is implemented in uscript.)
03-24-2012 at 02:24 AM
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Ah, yeah, it was already mentioned elsewhere this UI feature will be in 5.0.

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