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ID Category Severity Reproducibility Date Submitted Last Update
0008123 [DCSS] Upload: Graphics feature N/A 2014-02-09 07:03 2014-02-13 20:55
Reporter Bloax View Status public  
Assigned To
Priority normal Resolution open  
Status new   Product Branch 0.14 ancient branch
Summary 0008123: Electrocution effect tiles
Description Electrocution is mighty dangerous for an effect that isn't even visually displayed.
Let's change that.
Additional Information
Tags No tags attached.
Attached Files gif file icon elecing.gif [^] (20,010 bytes) 2014-02-09 07:03


png file icon Elec1.png [^] (976 bytes) 2014-02-09 07:03


png file icon Elec2.png [^] (1,004 bytes) 2014-02-09 07:04


png file icon Elec3.png [^] (995 bytes) 2014-02-09 07:04


png file icon Elec4.png [^] (1,224 bytes) 2014-02-09 07:04


png file icon Elec5.png [^] (1,005 bytes) 2014-02-09 07:04

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-  Notes
(0025255)
roctavian (developer)
2014-02-09 21:43

 I think these should also be used for all lightning-based spells stronger than Shock.
(0025300)
minmay (reporter)
2014-02-13 07:42

 You can put a force_more on getting electrocuted already, which is much better than forcing every player using an elec weapon to wait for an animation on 1/3 of their attacks. My games generally have over 10000 melee attacks and I use elec weapons a lot, so that would be several minutes wasted per game.
(0025301)
ion_frigate (reporter)
2014-02-13 08:32

 Is it not possible to make pseudo-animations that add no real-time delay? Make the logic something along the lines of "Display tile x until for 250ms or next player action, whichever comes first." It seems like this should be possible.

Even if it isn't, these animations could still be used for spells without adding extra delay: just make it simultaneous with the animation of the spell hitting the target.
(0025307)
roctavian (developer)
2014-02-13 20:55
edited on: 2014-02-13 20:56

 Many crawl players like this sort of graphical thing, and I know there will be more coming. I definitely don't think they should be forced on players who don't want them (as relevant, minmay's post about animation speed:

https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10424 [^]

I do believe there's a good place in the game for more visual embellishment without leaking information or causing any issues.

Even though I made a lot of the projectile tiles in the game, I would prefer to play without them. I feel a "show_extra_animations" line would be useful, under tiles options. I think this should default to off -- except for offline tiles builds, which I imagine have the most players who would prefer animations like this.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-02-09 07:03 Bloax New Issue
2014-02-09 07:03 Bloax File Added: elecing.gif
2014-02-09 07:03 Bloax File Added: Elec1.png
2014-02-09 07:04 Bloax File Added: Elec2.png
2014-02-09 07:04 Bloax File Added: Elec3.png
2014-02-09 07:04 Bloax File Added: Elec4.png
2014-02-09 07:04 Bloax File Added: Elec5.png
2014-02-09 21:43 roctavian Note Added: 0025255
2014-02-13 07:42 minmay Note Added: 0025300
2014-02-13 08:32 ion_frigate Note Added: 0025301
2014-02-13 20:55 roctavian Note Added: 0025307
2014-02-13 20:56 roctavian Note Edited: 0025307

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