[crossfire] X-rays and infravision

[David McIlwraith]

Hi,

Well. Given the behaviour of X-rays in the real world, one would
imagine that X-ray vision would imply seeing through walls, and
additionally seeing objects in absolute darkness. Infrared vision
(which appears to be contracted to merely "infravision" in-game),
incidentally, also permits one to "see through walls", given the
correct wavelength and the sensitivity of the detector... there is
self-evidently area for confusion here. Indeed, I question whether it
is worthwhile even _having_ both behaviours here.

Regards,
- David McIlwraith <archaios at archaios.net>

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Nicolas Weeger
<nicolas.weeger at laposte.net> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> When a player is in the dark, using x-ray, should there be an attack penalty
> against monsters?
>
> I just fixed the code to remove that penalty, considering it's a bug, but I'm
> not totally sure actually.
>
>
>
> I think there are really two things slightly messed, x-ray and infravision.
>
> From what I understand, x-ray lets see through walls - but shouldn't affect
> night vision.
> On the other hand, infravision should enable to see in the dark - but not
> through the walls.
>
> Does that seem ok?
>
> If so, it could be worth ensuring behaviours are correct - I wonder if x-ray
> doesn't enable to see in the dark anyway.
>
>
>
> Nicolas
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