Line of Sight

[BeastNips]

Would it be possible to add in line of sight for colonists?

• Colonists' direction wouldn't matter, line of sight would be 360 degrees to keep things simple
• Solid map features would remain visible at all times regardless of line of sight.
• Loot (of all kinds) would remain visible after being discovered by a colonist but may be eaten/degraded/rotting while out of sight meaning it's gone when you next 'see' it.
• Living entities would be visible at extreme ranges under the condition that line of sight is clear, but information would only be displayed as Large Creature, Medium Creature, Small Creature
• At long ranges entity species would become clear.
• Medium ranges would allow you to inspect their health/gear etc
• Raider/trader style alerts would still happen, only you may not know which direction they're coming from

Tech tree to assist this:

• A looking glass allowing an extra step in distance (Knowing species at extreme ranges, knowing gear/health condition at long ranges)
• Lookout tower would give all entity information at extra ranges if it is manned by a colonist and line of sight is available.
• Radar station would give all information in real time without being manned but within a certain radius around where the station is positioned, as well as being slightly more advanced tech and fairly costly to build/power
• GPS Uplink would give all information for the whole map unmanned and in real time, but would be advanced technology and costly to build/keep powered

What do you think?

[akiceabear]

Anything closer to fog of war would be welcomed by me. Posted many suggestions on this in the past, but it seems very unlikely for vanilla.

[BeastNips]

Yes I was one of those dicks that posts before reading the frequent suggestions. My bad. *hangs head in shame*