A coding question

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A coding question

Post by James5734 » 04 May 2017, 12:14

Why is the Alien's ability to see hosts through walls not nerfable/changable with byond code? Just want to know
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Re: A coding question

Post by NoahKirchner » 04 May 2017, 12:15

I believe it is a gameplay facet, not an unintentional error.
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Re: A coding question

Post by James5734 » 04 May 2017, 13:26

I actually heard from a Dev that the Xeno eyesight can't be changed because its impossible with byond.
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Re: A coding question

Post by Casany » 04 May 2017, 14:12

James5734 wrote:I actually heard from a Dev that the Xeno eyesight can't be changed because its impossible with byond.
It can, but it's a feature.
They've said they can't in certain suggestions because it's hard but not impossible. They just have better things to do
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Re: A coding question

Post by Sailor Dave » 04 May 2017, 14:20

Byond has certain "sight flags" that determine what mobs can see.
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Without getting into too much detail, these settings are basically on or off. There is no way to define a range. You see it, or you don't. I don't know of any libraries that get around this.
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Re: A coding question

Post by Bob » 02 Jun 2017, 04:36

Why would you want to change it?
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Re: A coding question

Post by James5734 » 02 Jun 2017, 07:51

Bob wrote:Why would you want to change it?
A better question would be, why are you reviving a dead topic?
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Re: A coding question

Post by Bob » 02 Jun 2017, 20:21

It's only a month old... uhh... just maybe wondering what your ideas were...
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