0001558: Firing through plants - Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Tracker

(0004823)
Kyrris (reporter)
2010-05-16 08:05

The line "Your line of fire is blocked by a ___________. Fire anyway?" is already implemented in the case of, I believe, statues.

(0004827)
Cholfo (reporter)
2010-05-16 09:32

That's why I doubt this would take much work to implement, honestly. Seems as though the code is effectively already there for things like statues and friendly monsters, including plants would probably require a relatively minor adjustment.

(0019189)
jeffqyzt (reporter)
2012-07-23 18:49

Didn't the targeting code get updated recently to disallow targeting through plants (except for Fedhasites) in conjunction with the disallowing targeting through glass walls?

(0019214)
neil (administrator)
2012-07-23 21:01

It is still possible to target through plants, and even to hit something on the other side (e.g. with bolt of inaccuracy). Some spells got an improved targetter that shows the path beyond the plant in a different colour or not at all, but (a) not all spells use the improved targetter; and (b) the difference between lightmagenta and magenta might be too subtle. There has been the suggestion to use AF_TRACER (darkgrey) for the path beyond the first creature (here a plant), which would eliminate problem (b).

(0030042)
wheals (administrator)
2015-12-21 04:09

Fixed in https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/8ca37a9401c0. [^]

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-05-16 00:23	Cholfo	New Issue
2010-05-16 01:38	Cholfo	Tag Attached: newbie friendly
2010-05-16 01:38	Cholfo	Tag Attached: targeting
2010-05-16 08:05	Kyrris	Note Added: 0004823
2010-05-16 09:32	Cholfo	Note Added: 0004827
2011-09-29 21:44	kittel	Issue Monitored: kittel
2012-07-23 18:49	jeffqyzt	Note Added: 0019189
2012-07-23 21:01	neil	Note Added: 0019214
2013-03-18 17:51	mumra	Issue Monitored: mumra
2013-05-21 18:05	mumra	Relationship added	child of 0007071
2014-08-05 16:38	wheals	Category	FR: Gameplay Balancing => FR: Interface Improvements
2014-09-03 19:16	evktalo	Issue Monitored: evktalo
2015-12-21 04:09	wheals	Note Added: 0030042
2015-12-21 04:09	wheals	Status	new => resolved
2015-12-21 04:09	wheals	Fixed in Branch	=> 0.18 development branch
2015-12-21 04:09	wheals	Resolution	open => done
2015-12-21 04:09	wheals	Assigned To	=> wheals

Notes
(0004823) Kyrris (reporter) 2010-05-16 08:05	The line "Your line of fire is blocked by a ___________. Fire anyway?" is already implemented in the case of, I believe, statues.

(0004827) Cholfo (reporter) 2010-05-16 09:32	That's why I doubt this would take much work to implement, honestly. Seems as though the code is effectively already there for things like statues and friendly monsters, including plants would probably require a relatively minor adjustment.

(0019189) jeffqyzt (reporter) 2012-07-23 18:49	Didn't the targeting code get updated recently to disallow targeting through plants (except for Fedhasites) in conjunction with the disallowing targeting through glass walls?

(0019214) neil (administrator) 2012-07-23 21:01	It is still possible to target through plants, and even to hit something on the other side (e.g. with bolt of inaccuracy). Some spells got an improved targetter that shows the path beyond the plant in a different colour or not at all, but (a) not all spells use the improved targetter; and (b) the difference between lightmagenta and magenta might be too subtle. There has been the suggestion to use AF_TRACER (darkgrey) for the path beyond the first creature (here a plant), which would eliminate problem (b).

(0030042) wheals (administrator) 2015-12-21 04:09	Fixed in https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/8ca37a9401c0. [^]