New alien flashlight

KainTSAKainTSA Join Date: 2005-05-30 Member: 52831Members, Constellation
in Ideas and Suggestions
<div class="IPBDescription">the current one is...yeah</div>The current alien "flashlight" is of course amazingly useful, especially in the dark. But to be honest it looks kinda crappy. It basically just makes everything transparent and maxes its gamma. I understand that's probably the only effeicient way to do it in the HL1 engine but it definetely needs improving if its gonna go into NS2.

I saw a few posts down someone suggested giving aliens permanent infrared vision but that was countered by saying it would be too hard on the eyes. Maybe infrared could be switchable just like the alien flashlight. It also doesn't have to be like looking at normal infrared. Buildings and rooms could look the same with marines giving off a redish glow.
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  • Voodo_HUNVoodo_HUN Join Date: 2006-11-29 Member: 58773Members
    it could change depending on the lighing of the map, eg if you are in a dark room , you can see marines brightly, if you are at a bright room you can see marines normally without turning it off
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  • PastryTheftPastryTheft Join Date: 2006-12-28 Member: 59290Members
    edited March 2007
    you should be able to distinguish cloakers with the flashlight
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  • KainTSAKainTSA Join Date: 2005-05-30 Member: 52831Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1613799:date=Mar 12 2007, 12:02 PM:name=Voodo_HUN)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Voodo_HUN @ Mar 12 2007, 12:02 PM) [snapback]1613799[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    it could change depending on the lighing of the map, eg if you are in a dark room , you can see marines brightly, if you are at a bright room you can see marines normally without turning it off
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    Yeah if that's easily doable that would be useful. Even now the alien flashlight occationally does more harm than good if you're in a brightly lit room (like marine start usually is).

    Pastry,

    That might work but I think the light should not eluminate them completely, maybe just 10%. Enough that if you are looking carefully because you know they have sensory, you have a chance to see.
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  • JydskatomkraftJydskatomkraft Join Date: 2007-02-26 Member: 60123Members, Constellation
    A cool thing would be an infared sight, but with "alien colours" making it more slimy <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    something like green blod when its on <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/skulk.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::skulk::" border="0" alt="skulk.gif" />
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  • HarrowerHarrower Join Date: 2005-03-16 Member: 45478Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1613799:date=Mar 12 2007, 11:02 AM:name=Voodo_HUN)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Voodo_HUN @ Mar 12 2007, 11:02 AM) [snapback]1613799[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    it could change depending on the lighing of the map, eg if you are in a dark room , you can see marines brightly, if you are at a bright room you can see marines normally without turning it off
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    This would be very cool, and shouldn't be hard to do using cubemap information.
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