Alternative to Alien Vision

doog1114 · February 2013

It seems like there is little reason to play with alien vision off. I personally like alien vision, but would like to see the normal vision mode buffed so that it would be more viable. How about giving all the marines an orange outline? This would look similar to what happens when an alien attacks a marine and the whole team can see him for 8 seconds. The only difference would be that the marine wouldn't be visible through walls(until attacked of course, like usual). In other words, normal vision should be like alien vision, outlining all the players for easy tracking, but without the green and black background. This would encourage normal vision for general use and alien vision for the darker areas.

soccerguy243 · February 2013

They already have a mod like that. I think its called minimal alien vision. Use the get mods button on the main menu of ns2

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=98879398&ei=x-8qUfOiLs_xqQGer4Ew&usg=AFQjCNH97q5n4n0ck08ekEc2PZseAuz9Lg&sig2=Sn-9UZ1afopsOFZt9Q9a6g

soccerguy243 · February 2013

They already have a mod like that. I think its called minimal alien vision. Use the get mods button on the main menu of ns2

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=98879398

Kalabalana · February 2013

Alien vision needs a revamp as to be the preferred selection over a community mod.

doog1114 · March 2013

soccerguy243 wrote: »

They already have a mod like that. I think its called minimal alien vision. Use the get mods button on the main menu of ns2

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=98879398

I've tried that mod and it doesn't work in most servers, from my experience. Even if it did, it would not be an ideal solution based on the problem I've stated.

xen32 · March 2013

You know when you turning you AV on, it quickly fills the scene, but when you turn it off, it disappears instantly. Would be great if it disappeared in the same fashion, so you could send, like, scanlines by quickly tapping F. Doesn't really add anything to the game, just for the sake of coolness.

JCDenton · March 2013

I dislike Alien vision, as it is impossible to tell lighting conditions, which is really important when ambushing.

joshhh · March 2013

Lighting conditions become irrelevant if the player checks his/her corners and/or ceilings. There really are not many spots in the game where a skulk cannot be seen with a flashlight and properly set screen gamma. I do like Xen32's idea about the non-existent AV "off" effect should be similar to the AV "on" effect.

Draptor · March 2013

JCDenton wrote: »

I dislike Alien vision, as it is impossible to tell lighting conditions, which is really important when ambushing.

Also makes the observatory effect and cloaking effects much harder to see. Also, glass doesn't show up so you end up running into it if you don't know the map (Always hilarious as a lerk). That may be by design though.

overdub · March 2013

What do you think about human vision?

i wrote a little about it in the post below

http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/comment/2091354/#Comment_2091354

Khaze · March 2013

Frankly I don't even see the need for two separate view modes on aliens. Just make everything worth highlighting be highlighted nice and simple without always having to flip the switch.

Kazter · March 2013

I like what Khaze said. It's a cool novel feature, but one that should be inherent for Aliens. Just normal vision with orange outlines surrounding things that are important or relevant is all that is needed.

overdub · March 2013

I agree, but like i said previously. Humans would benefit from an equal move and i think it would help new players.

Human vision:

Commander can upgraded humans vision (When they press F) to have a lock on, this would circle around anything within a short distance and it would circle through walls ect. If the alien was to slow walk or was silenced, then they would go past undetected. This would allow humans to plan their attacks and predict aliens, just like aliens can with humans and it would also add the awesome element of sneaky play.

My worry would be that, it would prolong the game. But if you balanced it correctly and made sure it was something the humans had to buy each time rather then a permanent skill. Then it would only make the game better, i think.

Alternative to Alien Vision

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