Toggle Dark Vision to show area's that have no light.

[qsleepy]

Hi guys!


I am new to coding, was hoping maybe someone could push me in the right direction to accomplish this task? As a xeno, hunting people would be easier if you could tell which area's lie in complete darkness without having to do the toggle. I plan on experimenting with it so maybe change the colors or the opacity, however I have like ZERO clue where to start. I know how to program in c# and have just started with this code. Has anyone messed with the lighting/dark vision stuff before? Maybe tell me where it even is? Haha.



Thanks!

[PKPenguin321]

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[Malkevin]

Its actually quite simple, the darkness layer is a sprite sheet of various alpha channels of darkness
IIRC the code automatically adjust the number of darkness layers to the number of sprites in the sheet, so change the darkness levels at the dark end is as simple as change which file it loads them from.
I can't remember what section of code handles the darkness stuff, you'd probably have an easier time looking through the sprite sheets to find the one does the darkness.

Mobs also have (or had, I think it might've been removed?) a darksight_range var which determines how far a mob can see in total darkness.

[MisterPerson]

Its actually quite simple, the darkness layer is a sprite sheet of various alpha channels of darkness
IIRC the code automatically adjust the number of darkness layers to the number of sprites in the sheet, so change the darkness levels at the dark end is as simple as change which file it loads them from.
I can't remember what section of code handles the darkness stuff, you'd probably have an easier time looking through the sprite sheets to find the one does the darkness.

Mobs also have (or had, I think it might've been removed?) a darksight_range var which determines how far a mob can see in total darkness.

This isn't true and hasn't been true for quite a long time.

[Malkevin]

Ah, never mind then.

How does it work now?