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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:06:31 -0500</LI>
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Chris Gray wrote:
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> [Michael.Willey#abnamro,com:]
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> >On a graphic mud, this seems like a non-problem - since the players are
> >interpreting their surroundings with the human eye already, simply
> > turning
> >down the lights causes the same effect as it would in RL. Assuming a
> >text-based mud, how could you present the same effect?
>
> Not having played a lot of games much, the only one I remember that
> tried to make use of darkness in the images was "Faery Tale
> Adventure" on an Amiga. Our solution to not being able to see very
> well was to turn up the brightness on the monitor.
The solution I liked the best was the one implemented in Riven - they
had an image which allowed you to adjust the brightness and contrast on,
and two sounds - the background one and the foreground (can I say so
about the sound?), so you could set the volume properly - not to miss
anything in both audio and video.
> So, I wouldn't
> suggest going to a lot of work to do something that the player can
> easily defeat. Just modifying your colourmaps won't do - you'll have
> to actually fuzz things or something.
And, by the way, increasing brightness helps only if there's a
sufficient amount of contrast left in the image.
> --
> Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00973" HREF="msg00973.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 11 Jun 1998, 19:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00994" HREF="msg00994.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00993" HREF="msg00993.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 14:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01004" HREF="msg01004.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 20:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01015" HREF="msg01015.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Sat 13 Jun 1998, 03:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00995" HREF="msg00995.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Benjamin D. Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00996" HREF="msg00996.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Andrew C.M. McClintock <a href="mailto:andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu">andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00997" HREF="msg00997.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00998" HREF="msg00998.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 16:18 GMT
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