Visibility2 - Revision history

JeffL: spelling

2011-08-05T22:38:05Z

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JeffL: changed the info for cloaks

2010-02-05T01:32:45Z

changed the info for cloaks

JeffL: added not about extra cloaking for sunlight

2010-02-05T01:31:19Z

added not about extra cloaking for sunlight

JeffL: Development:Visibility2 moved to Visibility2: letting everyone see it

2009-08-28T20:41:04Z

Development:Visibility2 moved to Visibility2: letting everyone see it

JeffL: Protected "Development:Visibility2" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-08-28T20:40:23Z

Protected "Development:Visibility2" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

JeffL: typo

2009-08-20T02:30:04Z

typo

JeffL: editing text of reflectivity

2009-08-20T02:29:39Z

editing text of reflectivity

JeffL: rewriting the new vis system doc

2009-04-02T21:05:40Z

rewriting the new vis system doc

New page

= New Visibility System =

== Basic Visibility ==

#Visibility will be defined as the number of pixels away someone with no radar can see you.
#"visibility" tag will now mean emissive visibility.  The light that emits from a ship or an item on a ship. Almost all items will still use this tag.
#Engine visibility and visibility from shooting will be emissive.
#Add a new tag called "reflectivity".  This represents how much sunlight will be reflected by a ship or item.  This will pretty much only be used on ship hulls.  Some items can also use it, like solar panels.
#The visibility that comes from sunlight on a ship is equal to (sun visibility * ship reflectivity * 500)/(distance + 500).  In 3d, brightness is proprtional to 1/distance^2, but if you consider a sun to be in 2d and only emit light in a plain, then brightness will be 1/distance.  The *500/+500 will mean at zero distance, the visibiltity is full, at 500, it's 1/2, at 1000, it's 1/3, at 1500, it's 1/4, etc.  This will provide a nice dropoff.
#Total base visibilty = emmissive visibility + reflected visibility

== Cloaking ==

#With a cloak, cloaded visibility = total base visibility * cloak reduction

== Radar ==

#Radar still has detection and vision.
#Vision instead of being a range will be an optical modifier.
#You can see something visibly if the distance is less than totalbase visibilty * vision * cloak reduction.
#Detection is still a range that your radar will detect at.  You can detect a ship if the range is less than or equal to detection * ship reflectivity * cloaking factor.
#You can also detect a ship if you can see it.

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 #Engine visibility and visibility from shooting will be emissive.
 #Add a new tag called "reflectivity".&nbsp; This represents how much sunlight and radar will be reflected by a ship or item.&nbsp; This will mostly be used on ship hulls.&nbsp; Some items can also use it, like solar panels.
-#The visibility that comes from sunlight on a ship is equal to (sun visibility * ship reflectivity * 500)/(distance + 500).&nbsp; In 3d, brightness is proprtional to 1/distance^2, but if you consider a sun to be in 2d and only emit light in a plain, then brightness will be 1/distance.&nbsp; The *500/+500 will mean at zero distance, the visibiltity is full, at 500, it's 1/2, at 1000, it's 1/3, at 1500, it's 1/4, etc.&nbsp; This will provide a nice dropoff. &nbsp;Visibility from suns is now also multiplied by the cloaking percent of any cloak that is activated on a ship.
+#The visibility that comes from sunlight on a ship is equal to (sun visibility * ship reflectivity * 500)/(distance + 500).&nbsp; In 3d, brightness is proprtional to 1/distance^2, but if you consider a sun to be in 2d and only emit light in a plane, then brightness will be 1/distance.&nbsp; The *500/+500 will mean at zero distance, the visibiltity is full, at 500, it's 1/2, at 1000, it's 1/3, at 1500, it's 1/4, etc.&nbsp; This will provide a nice dropoff. &nbsp;Visibility from suns is now also multiplied by the cloaking percent of any cloak that is activated on a ship.
 #Total base visibilty = emmissive visibility + reflected visibility

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 == Cloaking  ==
-#With a cloak, cloaked visibility = total base visibility * cloak reduction
+#Cloaks have a cloaking stat which is for detection and an cloaking visibility stat which is for visibility. &nbsp;The first is applied to detection while the second is applied to visibility.<br>
 == Radar ==

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 #Engine visibility and visibility from shooting will be emissive.
 #Add a new tag called "reflectivity".&nbsp; This represents how much sunlight and radar will be reflected by a ship or item.&nbsp; This will mostly be used on ship hulls.&nbsp; Some items can also use it, like solar panels.
-#The visibility that comes from sunlight on a ship is equal to (sun visibility * ship reflectivity * 500)/(distance + 500).&nbsp; In 3d, brightness is proprtional to 1/distance^2, but if you consider a sun to be in 2d and only emit light in a plain, then brightness will be 1/distance.&nbsp; The *500/+500 will mean at zero distance, the visibiltity is full, at 500, it's 1/2, at 1000, it's 1/3, at 1500, it's 1/4, etc.&nbsp; This will provide a nice dropoff.
+#The visibility that comes from sunlight on a ship is equal to (sun visibility * ship reflectivity * 500)/(distance + 500).&nbsp; In 3d, brightness is proprtional to 1/distance^2, but if you consider a sun to be in 2d and only emit light in a plain, then brightness will be 1/distance.&nbsp; The *500/+500 will mean at zero distance, the visibiltity is full, at 500, it's 1/2, at 1000, it's 1/3, at 1500, it's 1/4, etc.&nbsp; This will provide a nice dropoff. &nbsp;Visibility from suns is now also multiplied by the cloaking percent of any cloak that is activated on a ship.
 #Total base visibilty = emmissive visibility + reflected visibility

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 = New Visibility System =
-== Basic Visibility ==
+== Basic Visibility  ==
 #Visibility will be defined as the number of pixels away someone with no radar can see you.
 #"visibility" tag will now mean emissive visibility.&nbsp; The light that emits from a ship or an item on a ship. Almost all items will still use this tag.
 #Engine visibility and visibility from shooting will be emissive.
-#Add a new tag called "reflectivity".&nbsp; This represents how much sunlight will be reflected by a ship or item.&nbsp; This will pretty much only be used on ship hulls.&nbsp; Some items can also use it, like solar panels.
+#Add a new tag called "reflectivity".&nbsp; This represents how much sunlight and radar will be reflected by a ship or item.&nbsp; This will mostly be used on ship hulls.&nbsp; Some items can also use it, like solar panels.
 #The visibility that comes from sunlight on a ship is equal to (sun visibility * ship reflectivity * 500)/(distance + 500).&nbsp; In 3d, brightness is proprtional to 1/distance^2, but if you consider a sun to be in 2d and only emit light in a plain, then brightness will be 1/distance.&nbsp; The *500/+500 will mean at zero distance, the visibiltity is full, at 500, it's 1/2, at 1000, it's 1/3, at 1500, it's 1/4, etc.&nbsp; This will provide a nice dropoff.
 #Total base visibilty = emmissive visibility + reflected visibility