While this feature is enabled, it emulates the limited field of vision seen in most roguelikes. If you've played something along the lines of Nethack or Dwarf Fortress (in adventurer mode) you should know exactly what I'm getting at here. The fog color and day/night background become solid black. Terrain blocks and mobs then won't be visible until you've gone near that area once, say within a 9x9x9 block around that of where your head is located. The server software could also have an option to only feed players terrain/mob data based on places they've explored.
Here's a simple list to summarize this feature's benefits:
1. Increased sense of adventure (and danger :SSSS:), since you won't be able to see for miles without traveling them first. 2. Enables the player to automatically keep track of where they've been before. 3. Unexplored areas not being rendered would presumably increase performance. 4. The data for explored terrain can easily be integrated with an overhead map if such a thing is ever implemented. 5. Adds some "oldskool" roguelike charm.
Let me make it perfectly clear that this would be optional. The last thing I want is for this to impose some limitation on those who prefer Minecraft's more realistic field of vision.
It may not seem significant to some people, but I'd kill to have this feature added. I appreciate any assistance in bringing this idea to a dev's attention.
Here's a simple list to summarize this feature's benefits:
1. Increased sense of adventure (and danger :SSSS:), since you won't be able to see for miles without traveling them first.
2. Enables the player to automatically keep track of where they've been before.
3. Unexplored areas not being rendered would presumably increase performance.
4. The data for explored terrain can easily be integrated with an overhead map if such a thing is ever implemented.
5. Adds some "oldskool" roguelike charm.
Let me make it perfectly clear that this would be optional. The last thing I want is for this to impose some limitation on those who prefer Minecraft's more realistic field of vision.
It may not seem significant to some people, but I'd kill to have this feature added.
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Incompetence is a plague. I am the cure.
For all your wolf suggestion needs, I present the WOLF MEGATHREAD!
Stories: A Miner's Chronicle, The Lost Chronicle [Entries 32-2, 33-1, and 33-2 out!]