Add a small fade-in / fade-out effect to Radar dots

[TheFatController]

Small request which I think would make Spring look a bit more slick.

Radar dots should fade in or fade out (quickly) rather than vanish when an enemy enters or goes out of LOS for whatever reason.

This wouldn't need to change any game mechanics, the effect would be gfx only ontop of identical blip behaviour.

Thanks

[Argh]

+1

[bobthedinosaur]

Also can you make it slow down my machine at least 15% more than it is already? KThaNxbi

[Argh]

I think the fade could be done with a shader for cheap.

[smoth]

it is just an extra step maybe 1-2 frames of translucent sprite..

+1 to this request.

[hoijui]

is it hard to make it aproximately in the same direction it moved before? will it fade out after leaving radar, or would the outter most rind of radar coverage be the fade-in zone?

[smoth]

the outter most rind of radar coverage be the fade-in zone?

that would be fien

[REVENGE]

Another idea: as radar dots move in towards the limit of your radar range, they fade in as they enter. Proportional to how much they move in and how fast, so a Sumo would fade in really slowly while a Peeper would fade in really really fast. This might affect mechanics slightly though...

[Jazcash]

Or set levels of shade depending on the LOS Range of the unit.
I think most these ideas are on the same level :D

[Beherith]

Love the idea.

Also can you make it slow down my machine at least 15% more than it is already? KThaNxbi

Thank you for holding back spring development. Its not like these features arent always optional. There have been very very few graphical perks since .67 that werent user controllable.

[Societal]

Scenario:
Two fleas are just on the edge of LOS.
Flea#1 moves into LOS, then moves back out.
Flea#2 moves into LOS right after Flea#1 has left LOS.

To the enemy this would appear as a blip appearing, disappearing, then reappearing. With current behavior the enemy has no way of knowing whether this was a single unit skirting the edge of LOS or two separate units. With fading in/out this could appear as Blip#1 fading out while Blip#2 simultaneously fades in (as the fade bridges the time gap). This could tell the enemy it is indeed two units, not one. Is this desirable behavior or not?

[lurker]

If blips are done inside radar edge, you would see one blip completely fade out and in.

If blips are done with extrapolation when fading and correctly-isolated knowledge, you would see two blips even for a single unit.

[Forboding Angel]

+9000