City zones will be slightly transparent until uncovered.
Hazard zones are completely black until uncovered.
This happens with and without any map packs, and working as intended.
Hi Mateo,
ah, I thought all the zones were dark black at the start, it has been a while since I did not use the map pack!
Worry solved, many thanks 
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Without the packs I believe that's the case (all black until you uncover them). The hazard zones, such as Boomtown, Parez Park, and Hollows remain black even with the vidiotmaps. It's been so long since I ran the game without vidiotmaps it's hard for me to remember.
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City zones (like Atlas, Galaxy, Steel, etc) are "transparent" until you uncover them. That's the way I always remember it, and I've never used any kind of map pack. The only ones that are "black" are hazard zones.
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Originally Posted by Backhand
Without the packs I believe that's the case (all black until you uncover them). The hazard zones, such as Boomtown, Parez Park, and Hollows remain black even with the vidiotmaps. It's been so long since I ran the game without vidiotmaps it's hard for me to remember.
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Mateo's explanation (Black in hazard zones, transparent in city zones) is the way it's supposed to be. Recently, I've noticed a few city zones covered in opaque fog. When I mentioned it, I was told that it's a recent bug, and that zoning a couple times usually restores it to the proper transparent style.
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Actually, I think I've noticed something like that before too. Usually when it happens, the little compass in the corner of the map ends up being super-enlarged as well. I didn't even notice it was there until it was suddenly covering half my map. haha
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Originally Posted by Roderick
Mateo's explanation (Black in hazard zones, transparent in city zones) is the way it's supposed to be. Recently, I've noticed a few city zones covered in opaque fog. When I mentioned it, I was told that it's a recent bug, and that zoning a couple times usually restores it to the proper transparent style.
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When exiting a Safeguard or a Mayhem, the FoW for the zone will be solid black, and (for me, anyway), will remain until zoning.
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Hello everybody,
I use the superb Vidiotmaps overlays (as should everybody given how brilliant they are) and have noticed that when running a new toon I get different Fogs of War in various zones.
All zones are covered by the Fog but in some I can see through the fog and read all the details on the zone map. Others I am unable to see through at all, and have to uncover in the traditional way by travelling the zone.
Any ideas as to why the differences?
Just curious really, cheers.
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