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Deon

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Blinking squares on adv. map?
« on: March 07, 2008, 02:47:00 pm »

I've got some strange blinking squares on my adv. map in my mod. They move 2-3 tles while I make 1 tile step. Looks like they cause some lag.
They're NOT clouds. It looks like some squares in my area of vision are "invisible" and they blink with white squares. Have anyone encountered this? What sort of thing is it?
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Re: Blinking squares on adv. map?
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2008, 02:51:00 pm »

I think it IS clouds. Rain or something.
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Re: Blinking squares on adv. map?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2008, 03:01:00 pm »

Why are they shown then? With "c" off.
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Re: Blinking squares on adv. map?
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2008, 03:02:00 pm »

Maybe they're enormous fogbanks to the point where you CAN'T see through them.  Clouds is for things overhead that aren't important, because they don't block vision.
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Re: Blinking squares on adv. map?
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2008, 03:11:00 pm »

If I'm ever in an area with those white squares, it's raining.
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Re: Blinking squares on adv. map?
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2008, 05:34:00 pm »

It's usually rain.  Big giant ones that hang around over oceans for months are fogbanks.  

That fog is thick too, I went to one once and could only see one tile in any direction...during the day.

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