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ID Category Severity Reproducibility Date Submitted Last Update
0002231 [DCSS] FR: Gameplay Balancing minor N/A 2010-08-09 00:59 2010-09-06 07:48
Reporter OG17 View Status public  
Assigned To doy
Priority normal Resolution done  
Status resolved   Product Branch 0.8 ancient branch
Summary 0002231: Don't blind berserk console players
Description Berserk's red haze is neat visually, but it hides too much from the player - specifically, monsters shouldn't be washed out in red. It forces the player to individually examine same-glyph enemies every time they may have changed position, which is a slow and tedious way to get vital information (ie "who dies first"). What's more, the tiles version uses a translucent overlay, meaning that absolutely nothing is obstructed, and that hasn't seemed to cause any problems.

Monsters are the biggest issue here, as priorities change drastically with color. Items and feature colors aren't as important tactically - I think they're okay in red, and an enraged character wouldn't be focused on them anyway, but colored would also work.

I added a mock-up of what this could look like. A nice side-effect is that enemies stand out like they're the only thing in the berserk player's world, which is nicely fitting in itself.
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Attached Files png file icon berserk.png [^] (2,759 bytes) 2010-08-09 01:00

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(0006987)
greensnark (developer)
2010-08-09 01:07

Let's do this for 0.8.
(0006989)
OG17 (reporter)
2010-08-09 01:12
edited on: 2010-08-09 01:29

Allied monsters should stay red, I think, but that could go either way.

e: they shouldn't lose their allied branding like they do now, though, they should be red and inverted.

(0006997)
jpeg (manager)
2010-08-09 02:45

Looks good.
(0008004)
doy (developer)
2010-09-06 07:48

Done.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-08-09 00:59 OG17 New Issue
2010-08-09 01:00 OG17 File Added: berserk.png
2010-08-09 01:07 greensnark Note Added: 0006987
2010-08-09 01:07 greensnark Status new => acknowledged
2010-08-09 01:12 OG17 Note Added: 0006989
2010-08-09 01:29 OG17 Note Edited: 0006989
2010-08-09 02:45 jpeg Note Added: 0006997
2010-09-06 07:48 doy Note Added: 0008004
2010-09-06 07:48 doy Status acknowledged => resolved
2010-09-06 07:48 doy Fixed in Branch => 0.8 development branch
2010-09-06 07:48 doy Resolution open => done
2010-09-06 07:48 doy Assigned To => doy


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