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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0007681Valley 1SuggestionMay 10, 2012 12:10 am
ReporterPenumbra Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Summary0007681: Bring the Rock Arches in the desert to the foreground
DescriptionI think it would be really nice if the "forward" half of the Rock Arches were in front of the player, so it would appear that you could walk under it.

The top part would have to act as a platform, and I think there is already an outstanding task to make some background items more intractable.
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BenMiff

May 9, 2012 5:17 pm

reporter   ~0023884

Having a platform on top: fine, no problem with that at all.

Having half the arch in the foreground: I'd be concerned about "sneak attacks" from enemies concealed by the arch. Dying because you can't see something really isn't fair, so unless there's some way to cause you, enemies and projectiles to be visible behind foreground objects I'd say no.

martyn_van_buren

May 9, 2012 7:31 pm

reporter   ~0023894

The rock arches are just about my favorite piece of scenery in the game; I'd really like to be able to climb them. I think the foreground thing would be reasonable --- having the odd place for an enemy to hide seems reasonable to me; the game is supposed to encourage a bit of caution.

khadgar

May 10, 2012 12:09 am

reporter   ~0023913

But what would happen at the top of the arch, where the two parts met? Would the player straddle the line between realities, half in front and half behind the broken arch? A cosmic intervention would split the player in twain? An unhandled error dot txt?

But seriously, I love this idea. Those arches are such a huge piece of scenery.

Penumbra

May 10, 2012 12:10 am

reporter   ~0023914

It would be considered a platform, to avoid just such a situation of further world shattering confluences!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
May 9, 2012 3:37 pm Penumbra New Issue
May 9, 2012 3:48 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
May 9, 2012 3:48 pm tigersfan Status new => considering
May 9, 2012 5:17 pm BenMiff Note Added: 0023884
May 9, 2012 7:31 pm martyn_van_buren Note Added: 0023894
May 10, 2012 12:09 am khadgar Note Added: 0023913
May 10, 2012 12:10 am Penumbra Note Added: 0023914
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - General Idea => Suggestion - General
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - General => Suggestion