[It's a feature, not a bug!] Light Amp/Invisibility Bug?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 19:45

Refer to the LTSD (License to Spell Doom) map you provided in the ATI Fog forum post.

When you find a monster that has "invisibility" (first chance you see them are the zombiemen in E4M5), using Light Amplification revealed them. In comparing this to ZDoom, ZDoom doesn't exhibit this.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 22:07

That's why it is called 'enhanced nightvision'. Switch back to normal nightvision and it goes away.

This was done on purpose because I find stealth monsters highly annoying and wanted to have a weapon against them.

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 22:26

Wow cool! I didn't realise you'd built that into the light-amp. Excellent idea. Makes sense and actually means that stealth enemies could be used sensibly in combination with a light-amp. Good job!

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 22:40

Well, I thought it was a bug.. I prefer it this way as well.. though I would like to think there would be a option to turn that on and off.

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 22:43

Deathlike2 wrote:though I would like to think there would be a option to turn that on and off.

Graf Zahl wrote:Switch back to normal nightvision and it goes away.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 22:52

Enjay wrote:
Graf Zahl wrote:Switch back to normal nightvision and it goes away.

Actually, it was broken. But in the next version 'normal' light amplification will work as it does in software mode.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 23:08

I was going to report that bug about disabling the enhanced nightvision.. I did finally found the switch (I didn't remember it existing, and then when I did recall something along the nightvision switch, I forgot about its location.. ah whatever)