Re: CF: Map Zoom

[James Cameron <cameron@stl.dec.com>]

Preston F. Crow wrote:
> Personally, I would like to see a larger playing area by increasing the
> number of visible squares, not the size of the squares.  For
> compatibility with existing maps, the maximum viewing distance could be
> defined on a per-map basis and default to the current value.

I like this idea.

Be nicer if the viewing distance did the brightness-modification trick
used by some of those other games nowadays.

Also, should your pets or golem/avatars be a viewing point?

Perhaps a spell should create an invisible viewing point golem that you
can direct through anything?  A new spell of "viewing?"  Sort of an
"out-of-body" exploration.  Some limits might be useful; i.e. it can
only go "through" one or two impassable map squares.  Or as many as the
cube root of your level?

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