Suggestion: Fog of War

[Kromix]

This has probably been up before but i couldnt find a dedicated thread on it. I was inspired by another thread and wanted to hear you guys opinion on this ...

 

Player Blips on the map should be based on 'Fog of War' principles - the more attention you draw to yourself in the game world, the bigger your 'blip-range' should be on the map. And using stealth in free roam should render you invisible on the map to everyone but those in Line of Sight. Your stealth skill affects the range when you become visible on the map in general.

 

 

Please refrain from flaming and try to keep on topic. A good response would be to either agree/disagree and then explain the reasons why - or to moderate the suggestion so it fits to your liking.

 

Discuss

[withonion]

Something like this was on R*'s game Manhunt, wasnt it? I remember the louder you made a noise the bigger your area of attention.

[FarVision]

Something like this was on R*'s game Manhunt, wasnt it? I remember the louder you made a noise the bigger your area of attention.

 

 

Sure and the SP already has the mechanics in it. There is that little blue step/speak circle that spreads out from your blip. You have to be stealthy sometimes or you get busted. It's a great mechanic!

[Kromix]

Something like this was on R*'s game Manhunt, wasnt it? I remember the louder you made a noise the bigger your area of attention.

 

Im not sure, Manhunt is probably one of the few titles from R* i didnt like - sry ...

[withonion]

 

Something like this was on R*'s game Manhunt, wasnt it? I remember the louder you made a noise the bigger your area of attention.

 

Im not sure, Manhunt is probably one of the few titles from R* i didnt like - sry ...

 

 

 

One of the main aspects of Manhunt was to be very quiet, if you made a loud noise because your character bumped into a trash can or similar, your blip expanded until you stayed quiet for a few seconds. Was a bitch when you needed to run like f*ck from the psycho gangbangers.

Edited October 22, 2013 by withonion

[Kromix]

Yeah exactly, that would be cool. I was thinking if you were making pedestrians scream or shooting the gun or racing through the streets you would be visible over half the city. If you behaved nicely and tried to blend in you would only be visible a few blocks. And if you stealth around you should only be visible when you are line of sight. A wanted level should ofcourse make your visibility explode and several stars make you visible to everyone.

 

edit : visible = having a blip represent your location on map and minimap.

Edited October 22, 2013 by Kromix

[withonion]

Yeah exactly, that would be cool. I was thinking if you were making pedestrians scream or shooting the gun or racing through the streets you would be visible over half the city. If you behaved nicely and tried to blend in you would only be visible a few blocks. And if you stealth around you should only be visible when you are line of sight. A wanted level should ofcourse make your visibility explode and several stars make you visible to everyone.

 

edit : visible = having a blip represent your location on map and minimap.

 

Also in Manhunt (not carping on about it but...) you could hide in a shadow and be literally invisible. That was a cool thing to do.

Edited October 22, 2013 by withonion

[cjspeed]

The only thing i agree with is the comment regarding stealth. I don't think anything else needs changing with the blips.

[FreshRabbi]

I like this idea. Would be a good incentive to increase stealth skill.

[Bateman_616]

I totally agree, I dislike that any player can see at any moment where I am, even if I am on the oposite side of the map, if only showed when youre kind of close, or when you have a bounty on you...well thats fine, but as it is, is as "wildy unrealistic" as the passive mode.

 

Now I'm lvl 52 but at the lower lewels its kind of tiring when camper trolls of higher levels come in pairs to kill you with their higher health better weapons and armor just because, and you really can do nothing because even if you hit first they are going to end you, and again and again when you respawn.

[Kromix]

bump

[Casp3r421]

Something like this was on R*'s game Manhunt, wasnt it? I remember the louder you made a noise the bigger your area of attention.

 

I played manhunt with the flu once. Sneezes kept giving me away

[Upggrade]

Slightly off topic but how long does Lesters ability to take you off the map last?

Back on topic, that could make for a stupid amount of fun creeping on people.

[Kromix]

its 1 minute for lester. And yes, i ofc agree with your second sentiment

[Upggrade]

its 1 minute for lester. And yes, i ofc agree with your second sentiment

 

Well that's useless, thanks anyway.