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So basic there are no posts on it... Light vs. Infravision

Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:04 pm
by Bladyn
HI all,

So... really basic question I guess. Light vs. Infravision. I think I see the difference and certainly have played enough old school D&D to think I understand it.

I now have the Summertide and Wintertide Phials. How does Infravision work in ToME? Seems to allow one to see monsters, but not items, etc... Is there a flag which causes some monsters to not show up? Really do not want to blunder into some nasty undead...

I brief entry on "Light" (etc...) in the Wiki might be useful.

Cheers...

Re: So basic there are no posts on it... Light vs. Infravisi

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:50 pm
by PowerWyrm
I think Infravision is bugged in Tome4. It should detect warm blooded monsters in the dark... but apparently it works even with undead.

Re: So basic there are no posts on it... Light vs. Infravisi

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:31 pm
by greycat
Undead are colder than their background. Cold with the frigidness of chilly death, and stuff.

Re: So basic there are no posts on it... Light vs. Infravisi

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:04 pm
by edge2054
PowerWyrm wrote:I think Infravision is bugged in Tome4. It should detect warm blooded monsters in the dark... but apparently it works even with undead.
It's not bugged there's just no distinction between heightened senses and infravision.

In other words, it's programmed to work like a LOS Detect Creatures.