[CF-Devel] map/image layers

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       Any thoughts?  Would people see the need for more layers than this (at 
     
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      some level, you get diminishin returns, as objects will obscure other 
     
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      objects).
     
     
Hum, the proposal sounds nice.
I have only one concern, it's that it prevents having monsters under items.
This means that you couldn't put an ant under a table (which would be 
their logical position, unless they climb the table). I know the code 
doesn't support that right now, but it's been talked about - redoing 
with 5 layers as you suggest would make it harder to tweak later...

So my turn to suggest, but it may be a bigger change :)
New fields 'altitude' and 'height' and 'max size to be under'. Usually 
we'll have 'altitude' == 'max size' (case of arrows for instance).
A table will be (arbitrary units) 'altitude' = 0, 'max size' = 1, 
'height' = 1.2
An ant with 'height' = .1 will go under the table. A troll with height = 
2 will go over, thus altitude becomes 1.2 (climb on table; would be fun 
to have max weight resist table => table crumbles => monster gets hit :pp).

That'll let us also have fun with walls - altitude = 0, max size under = 
0, height = 3. A player with max_climb (another new field?) = .5 & 
height = 2 couldn't reach the top of the wall & thus couldn't go on the 
other side.

Using current 3 layer approach, we'll be able to know what items to 
display - the three ones with higher altitude + height

Not sure that'll solve all issues, but well. Just my 2 cents of € :)

Nicolas

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