PRiME Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 At the moment when spotting Aliens inside buildings/UFOs you can't get a decent lock on them due to the render engine forcing roofs to be drawn until a soldier is very close or inside the building/ufo. What I would like to see is IF Aliens are spotted inside a building/UFO by your team then simply moving the cursor over top of that building/UFO tile removes the roof, because you can see inside anyway and why even bother allowing us to shoot at the Aliens inside if we can't see them on screen due to roof being on top! I'm pretty sure this would be easy to implement, tie mouse cursor to trigger remove roof with a small script that checks if Aliens seen by player or not. Otherwise I will haft to look at hacking this game to do it myself because it is very frustrating getting shot by a spotted Alien and not being able to target him because scanning your mouse around reveals no target and your forced to put a soldier in the door just to remove the roof resulting in him being killed due to reaction fire! Maybe this has been suggested before, why isn't this fixed/implemented already I do not know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Have you tried the little roof icon. It's the button to the right of the backpack button on the battlescape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRiME Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Oh, no never noticed it LOL. But it would be nice to have a option to Auto-remove roof (with mouse cursor) in these situations to save having to press that button all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherven Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I think Chris said they're going to give our men an aura that will make them visible through walls and such, so this shouldn't be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svidangel Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 The aura seems to already partially be in place. Which unfortunately works a little too well since you can then see aliens on the other side of the transparent wall (transparent to them, AND to you!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Oh, no never noticed it LOL. But it would be nice to have a option to Auto-remove roof (with mouse cursor) in these situations to save having to press that button all the time? I think I just press it the once and leave it. It's not something I'm aware of having to do often. As for not noticing it, I asked the same question umpteen builds ago, because I didn't see the equivalent of it way back then. What a difference it made,as I was getting a little hacked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRiME Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Well I actually like seeing the roofs on buildings and vehicles it adds to the realism, its just in those situations you need to shoot inside buildings I would like a auto-roof remove with cursor. It just be a nice little touch I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 It may be easier to do if it was made to be a key you hold down for the function. Like holding alt (I think it was) in Diablo 2 to see what items were lying around on the floor where you couldn't see them easily. If you know there is an enemy nearby just hold the roof toggle key for a second, have a scan until you see and shoot them then you can let go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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