Ezlo
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When searching for hints, I can see very faint grey outlines of where secret rooms are, even ones I haven't found yet. Is this intentional?

Ezlo
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Really, is it intentional?

Insane
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i see it too....

it appears only if there are enough other levels for the place to be displayed on the map, as it (the map) doesn't enlarge for secret rooms.

really odd...

-Insane

Ezlo
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It's helpful though!

mrimer
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Ezlo wrote:
When searching for hints, I can see very faint grey outlines of where secret rooms are, even ones I haven't found yet. Is this intentional?

Unintentional. I'm guessing this is due to JPEG compression artifacts. There are, of course, ways we can fix it...but I'm not sure what the best way to handle it is. Matt and I can put it (low) on our to-do lists.

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Insane
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mrimer wrote:

Ezlo wrote:
When searching for hints, I can see very faint grey outlines of where secret rooms are, even ones I haven't found yet. Is this intentional?

Unintentional. I'm guessing this is due to JPEG compression artifacts. There are, of course, ways we can fix it...but I'm not sure what the best way to handle it is. Matt and I can put it (low) on our to-do lists.

Don't!
i like it this way

-Insane

Schik
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I'm already in the middle of redoing how the room image generation works, so it shouldn't be too hard to fix this in the new version.

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NekoIncardine
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Personally, I'd be sort of interested in keeping it or making it occur automatically when you clear the dungeon. Really, a good automated hint for locating secrets can only help, particularly if it's subtle enough that you can easily ignore it, or a minor intentional obfuscation measure (false positives) gets in the way.

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trick
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As long as you're updating the room image generation thingy, could you update the it to use the current Foundation wall graphics in stead of the old one with obvious tiling artifacts ?

- Gerry

Schik
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trick wrote:
As long as you're updating the room image generation thingy, could you update the it to use the current Foundation wall graphics in stead of the old one with obvious tiling artifacts ?

- Gerry

Absolutely. I didn't even know they had changed... Have you looked at screenshots lately? In the last week or so, all room images were regenerated with the new method, which *should* have been using current tiles from CVS.

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trick
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Schik wrote:
Absolutely. I didn't even know they had changed... Have you looked at screenshots lately? In the last week or so, all room images were regenerated with the new method, which *should* have been using current tiles from CVS.

No, I just remembered being slightly bugged about this every time I saw a Foundation screenshot the past year, even those from newer holds. Last time was the beginning of this month, I think. I always intented to comment on this but, well, didn't, until I saw this thread. In any case, I just looked at a screenshot again, and it's better now! No more tossing and turning in my sleep over inferior screenshot graphics. Thank you, Schik!

- Gerry