ceka on 3/11/2012 at 18:23
Hello! Currently playing thief gold again in RTC but this time Perfect thiefing it. Well I've noticed some strange things with this new patch. First of all, am I the only one to notice that the guards/monsters are more sensitive ? They react so fast, first alert very easy or even spot you when in the regular version they would'nt. And then more problematic, -which ruined my Ghost at certain occasions like in Song of the Caverns for one pickpocket (from a lady in a big room) I was unable to pick her without spotting me- some shadows seems to disappear or make me more visible... Right now in the Cathedral I had problems with the zombies because of it. It seems random though, but it needs to be very dark for my light gem to be complete black. Any thoughts ?
paazin on 3/11/2012 at 19:29
I've noticed precisely the same problem. I ended up having to do nudging in Bonehoard and Guild to manage to ghost my way through areas I was able to simply creep through in 1.37
I suspect it's partly due to light ranges being extended somewhat in the dark2 1.19 engine?
kokobollo on 4/11/2012 at 03:08
i noticed that.
but i love hardcore so i'm very satisfied with better AI's sensitive of 1.19.
that makes modern stealth game fans can't snort at old AI.:devil:
EmperorSteele on 4/11/2012 at 18:39
Well something is certainly different. Walking around a completely dark mission with NO light at all, if I equip a rope arrow I'm suddenly about 75% visible according to my light gem o_O Seems like a bit much... I'd expect that from a Fire arrow, not a rope one =/
ceka on 4/11/2012 at 18:42
I'm also into better AI sensitiveness, the problem relies on the shadows and the light gem. Sometimes Garrett is still visible when he normally shouldn't and that alone can ruin a Ghost/Full Loot. So there is not a way to get around that ?
paazin on 4/12/2012 at 04:08
Quote Posted by ceka
I'm also into better AI sensitiveness, the problem relies on the shadows and the light gem. Sometimes Garrett is still visible when he normally shouldn't and that alone can ruin a Ghost/Full Loot. So there is not a way to get around that ?
I'm unaware of any configurable elements that could affect this but... save for modifying the level itself in dromed, probably not?
Then again could be 'fixed' in a future update to 1.19 (1.20?)
