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Babylon

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Transparent Miasma
« on: January 17, 2012, 12:17:03 pm »
Miasma tends to make things difficult to see, this can be a hassle as far as finding what is causing the miasma and it also makes evil maps less attractive to some players.  if miasma were visually a background, underneath rather than on top of other objects that would make it both less obnoxious and more realistic, after all, the dwarves should have no trouble seeing through stench.
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Re: Transparent Miasma
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2012, 01:07:49 pm »
Quote from: Babylon on January 17, 2012, 12:17:03 pm
Miasma tends to make things difficult to see, this can be a hassle as far as finding what is causing the miasma and it also makes evil maps less attractive to some players.
That's exactly what miasma was made for.
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Re: Transparent Miasma
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 01:52:14 pm »
This isn't the easiest topic to search for, but it's already been discussed twice that I could find:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20548.0
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=33060.0

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Re: Transparent Miasma
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 05:46:45 pm »
Quote from: peskyninja on January 17, 2012, 01:07:49 pm
Quote from: Babylon on January 17, 2012, 12:17:03 pm
Miasma tends to make things difficult to see, this can be a hassle as far as finding what is causing the miasma and it also makes evil maps less attractive to some players.
That's exactly what miasma was made for.

It is?  Thought it was meant to be an angry thought generator for the dorfs, not for players.  I like this recommendation, and I'd go one further, and ask that it be toggled in LNP.  There is a place for it, but its not everywhere on the map.  Evil biomes have it everywhere, and its pressense, appears to break some of the AI.  The job task, hauling cages, for example, appears to become broken, when an undead miasma spewing monsters gets trapped inside..    This a reported bug?  Prolly.  Hopeso.  As its rather annoying having to personally find a miasma covered cage, and issue a d for dump on it, just to see the fortress entrance.

To me, this miasma, as it is, ruines the evil biome play.  I'd play more evil zones if miasma was minimized and toggled.  Great suggestion, Babylon. *thumb WAY up*
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