Taller buildings visible on over map suggestion

[noname1208]

I was thinking about how far I can see from my back yard and realised I could see large stretches of field, then trees, and then over that way out in the distance I can see a taller building. What if that was the same in Cataclysm? When you’re walking through a forest the overmap reveal range drops by quite a bit, using that same logic what if taller Z level buildings got a boost to reveal range? So that for example, a three story building will appear amongst the distant ####s in the map and then as you get closer you see two story buildings and then the one story buildings retain the usual reveal range.

[Subhazard]

Probably a good thing to add to z-levels actually.

If a building is X number of stories, add that to sight range calculation.

I know that forest will cut down your range of vision on the overmap a lot.

I think it’s calculated in one direction though, rather than the other way around, so that might be hard.

[BeerBeer]

A view from the rooftop of a tall building should grant a nice scouting (view radius) bonus.

Radio towers should be visible from far away.

I guess one issue here is that CDDA doesn’t have topography. Everything on the ground is on the same level. No hills, no valleys. And uhhhh how far away should a radio tower be visible from the rooftop of a tall building?

Could start with something simple, such as radio towers being revealed from quite far away. Are apartment buildings notably tall in CDDA?

A message should also appear in the log:
You see a radio tower far to the north.
You see the top of an apartment building some ways to the west.

[noname1208]

Yes indeed! It doesn’t need functional typography, I’m just suggesting that buildings with more than 1 Z level get a boost to reveal depending on the amount of Z levels.

I didn’t think about radio towers but I agree with you there too