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The Community Blog (An Invitation)

On selection circles and occlusion

AndreaColombo
in Backer Beta Discussion

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Hi,

 

quick question for the devs: Is it possible to bring back per-pixel occlusion on selection circles in the form of a toggable option?

 

I understand the reason why it was removed, as occlusion hid selection circles underneath tall grass, spell fx, etc. and that was absolutely a legitimate concern.

 

However, there are places where having selection circles on top of everything else looks kinda funky, like in this caption I took from Shevek's youtube playthrough of the the backer beta:

 

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Plus I like the idea of selection circles rippling underwater :)

 

That said, I do realize this is super minor and I do not advocate that much time be spent on it, if at all. If it is something that can be easily and quickly turned into a toggable option, that would be rad. If not, that's also totally kewl.

Edited by AndreaColombo

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I would like the selection circle blurring removed that was added in v364. Also light blue for NPCs please and a selection circle slider to control when they are displayed.

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    Personally, I'm a fan of the BG (EE one, I don't know if the original did this) coloured circles for each team member (based on your primary colour). it makes it easier - for me at least - to tell which of my characters are which. Although with the current contrast issues with the background I'm not sure that is a good idea yet.

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    Personally, I'm a fan of the BG (EE one, I don't know if the original did this) coloured circles for each team member (based on your primary colour). it makes it easier - for me at least - to tell which of my characters are which. Although with the current contrast issues with the background I'm not sure that is a good idea yet.

    I second this one :)
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    Although with the current contrast issues with the background I'm not sure that is a good idea yet.

     

    I recall there being issues with characters that were almost transparent in the first few builds of the backer beta but that doesn't seem to be the case any longer. What issues are left with contrast? Things look pretty good to me now.

    "Time is not your enemy. Forever is."

    — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment

    "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers."

    — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears

    My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus

     

    https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/69683-on-selection-circles-and-occlusion/
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