Viewable Distance

[AlejandroX]

Viewable Distance

Krrios,
We spoke of this before but i'll put it in writing:
For those using your client in 1600x1200 it would be nice if the server's viewable distance could be set (i think you said that it was stuck at 18).

 

[krrios]

Yes, currently RunUO uses a fixed 18-tile viewable range. We may eventually support the client range customization macros.

 

[Mike_McBrien]

Is the 18 tile range going to be changeable?

Say for instance... A player walks into a "haunted forest" an emote syaing "A deep fog rolls in, it is getting hard to see..." and say i would like the range at 6. Would that be a possibility?

or..

Say I have a certain item that give special sight abilities to a character.. ie "the eagles amulet" that would give a player better sight range. or an item that would decrease range of sight.. say for instance a "iron helm" the would possibly reduce los to only a 60 degree view (thatd be really cool)

Also I am not sure if this would be client (i think it would be) but what would be the possiblity of slowly fading a character or items into the screen as the come into range? of course it may just cause to much cpu utilization in the client end.

 

[AlejandroX]

I think you're misunderstanding. All we're talking about is how close items and characters appear when you're walking around. The map is still there.