MP Invisibility Fix

[Lothoir]

As a night prowler of the Viridale, it can get terribly annoying to have the following dialog with every other person I come across:

Them: "*Looks at the strange being before him/her.*"
Me: " //I'm invisible."
Them: " //Oh, sorry!"
Me: " //Np"

And while Obsidian has talked about fixing it for several patches now, a fix has appeared on the vault that I'd like to ask the developers to take a look at: http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view....Detail&id=184

I don't know how feasible this would be for Sundren, but if it is possible to just import the scripts in then I'd be overjoyed if this would be implemented.

The guy who posted the fix has even said on it:

"...if someone needs it i can update code with newer checks and frills...so if you let me know the principle things you'd like to be customizable i can make it quickly."

[MaddMartiganx]

I think it would be a good idea as well. I dont' use invis against player at all because they can still see me.

[Kaeldorn]

If the listen checks work properly, I'm all for it. Don't want every other plate clad clumsy dwarf and his mom to 'sneak around' using invisibility potions without a chance of being detected non-magically.

[wangxiuming]

I absolutely would be in favor of this.

[Saulus]

Sorry, this "fix" uses heartbeats, which is a great way for me to lag the server. Not going to happen.

[MrDeadman]

Hey I have a great fix for ya. Try putting some points into hide. they cant see you then.

[rustediron]

well how about the opposite? Permanent floating text above your head so everyone knows you're invisible straight away

[Simplistic]

Hopefully the next patch will remedy this. This was pushed off of 1.12 due to the Natural AC issues. I'm hoping it wasn't pushed further do to Atari's new security code. However Rob has been really vague lately in hinting towards an expansion. I think we are getting another

[Saulus]

Yeah keep in mind it takes Obsidian 2-3 patches per issue in order to fix it.

[Simplistic]

Yeah keep in mind it takes Obsidian 2-3 patches per issue in order to fix it.

So true.. or they fix it but mess up something really important which is associated with it Hopefully their new closed beta technique will help with issues like this.

[Sammael]

well how about the opposite? Permanent floating text above your head so everyone knows you're invisible straight away

I think that's actually kind of a good idea. If you make sure everyone knows that someone with 'I'M $%#& INVISIBLE' above their head should not be addressed as if they were @&?# visible, hopefully this problem would be fixed...man, this has to be the nth thread about it, though.