MA Suggestion: Unlockable Visual Effects
By
NovaFang,
Posted on: 2009-05-30 07:51 in Suggestions and Ideas
Only if it's also made possible to turn said filters off in my options. Those things could get really annoying, really fast. Especially if they're misused by authors (which we all know they will be).
With the caveat that they can be disabled under options as Xaphan mentioned, I'd sign this. The filmmaker in me enjoys the use of filters to accentuate storytelling. Heh, if I could alter filters used based on part of the map or give them trigger effects (kill boss, etc.) I'd be all over the AE again like white on rice.
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I agree that there should be an option to not display them -- this would be in keeping with the UI having significant control over what shows and what doesn't, since some computers would probably struggle applying filters and some monitors might not be able to differentiate certain filters well. So yes, I agree with the option to disable.
I was reading in another MA ideas thread where someone suggested a film-noir style map set. Instead, I thought it might be cool to be able to have certain visual filters unlockable that could be applied to missions such as the beginnings and endings of flashback missions when when everything is tinted bronze.
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There could be grayscale, film noir (grayscale with a slightly higher contrast ratio heavy on shadows -- might be really good for ghost-type arcs, etc), muted color, negative, high saturation, nightvision, ultraviolet (where whites seem to glow, etc)...
If anyone can think of others, please throw them in.
(I didn't include infrared because it wouldn't really be a filter since to be useful, the code would have to identify which critters and objects actually gave off heat, etc. While it would be visually cool and could even lead to a super power that allows you to track down that one sprocket hidiing behind the wall of crates, I don't see it as a very practical suggestion sadly.