darkness fix..

Nemesis Revised · Post by **Nemesis Revised** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:32 pm

has anyone tried it? i've tried the spell and it gives me 50% conceal...

can anyone give some input on this? thanks

Daedalus · Post by **Daedalus** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:22 am

im not 100% sure but ive been told by a friend that it is now back to its original state, have yet to check this though.

Elagneros · Post by **Elagneros** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:58 pm

It does seem to be granting 50% concealment...but unfortunately it also seems to be blinding the caster as well even with UV active. In fact, I think it's causing a blindness effect on everything in the AoE rather than what it normally does in the game.

Post by **Flailer** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:02 pm

Sweet Lord - I can't tell you how many times we have almost ripped every trace of darkness out of the game...

Core · Post by **Core** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:56 pm

I hate partying with drows who insist on playing in darkness all the time. The darkness doesn't render properly, will leave dark spots where they aren't even standing anymore. It's so dark I can't even see loot bags while holding down 'tab'... It's bad enough tring to pick a target in a cluster but when everything is pitch black, even with UV on, it's just annoying to fight in. Meanwhile the drow himself is running in the next maps and beyond, with no black annoying blob following them on their screen... after they zone it's basically Imp-invis to them... yet everyone else in their party has to deal with their annoying drow stinky black cloud.

Leads me to wonder if it was intentionally made to work this way, or if by giving the ability to cast darkness on a token item it was just discovered accidentally. I mean did someone just say 'wow look i can cast darkness on myself and run around neat!' or was it scripted that way intentionally, was it from the start with the idea 'let's see if we can make darkness stick onto a PC with a token!' . Intentional or not, good luck to Devs with the darkness fiasco.

-BannyD- · Post by **-BannyD-** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:15 pm

Core wrote:I hate partying with drows who insist on playing in darkness all the time. The darkness doesn't render properly, will leave dark spots where they aren't even standing anymore. It's so dark I can't even see loot bags while holding down 'tab'... It's bad enough tring to pick a target in a cluster but when everything is pitch black, even with UV on, it's just annoying to fight in. Meanwhile the drow himself is running in the next maps and beyond, with no black annoying blob following them on their screen... after they zone it's basically Imp-invis to them... yet everyone else in their party has to deal with their annoying drow stinky black cloud.

Leads me to wonder if it was intentionally made to work this way, or if by giving the ability to cast darkness on a token item it was just discovered accidentally. I mean did someone just say 'wow look i can cast darkness on myself and run around neat!' or was it scripted that way intentionally, was it from the start with the idea 'let's see if we can make darkness stick onto a PC with a token!' . Intentional or not, good luck to Devs with the darkness fiasco.

fix your tab button?

CrazyJ · Post by **CrazyJ** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:29 pm

Excessive Tab = Crash. Bad solution.

watchwood · Post by **watchwood** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:06 pm

Really? That could explain part of my problems, as I'm always using the tab key. As for darkness, just make it so that it's a stationary effect, like if I cast a stonehold on a monster.

CrazyJ · Post by **CrazyJ** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:03 pm

Tab is mostly a problem when combined with rotating your view.

kingfatzo · Post by **kingfatzo** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:42 pm

indeed to go completly off topic, the tab key is to blaim for 99% of all crashes --

Myrdyr · Post by **Myrdyr** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:21 pm

Darkness is much better now. Thanks!

It's much like it used to be before the previous change, it gives 50% conceal and does a fairly good job of preventing nearby monsters from seeing you. It doesn't last nearly as long as it used to - enough for a battle or two if you're quick.