Something else that is crucial: People talk about light radius but people donât mention how areas get illuminated or remain hidden.
- In d2, a room remains black until the character step in the room. Everything remains black and hidden behind a wall or a behind a turning corner.
- Whatâs visible is the actual field of view. And I think it helps tremendously to impersonate the immersive characterâs view point while keeping the isometric view. It helps to create a tension at every encounter. Showing the terrain in advance like in d3 make anticipation and planning a bit easier.
Again, Iâm not even talking about light radius which is a different mechanism. Currently, the illumination of the rooms of d4 is still identic to d3. Besides This way to illuminate all spaces indiscriminately is lazy and not immersive. This should be addressed.
As an additional idea, the minimap could also update its exploration only when the visibility of the area is given (for example when the character move through a door). Perhaps itâs way too much processing though.
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