No autodarkening overland maps?

[Jadefang]

A shame. It'd be cool to depict nighttime on them too.

[manikus]

I'll look and see if there is a feature request for this, and if not, I'll add it.

I was just thinking yesterday that it would be nice to have this feature by zone and also to have the option to have the feature 'always' on.

[SilentThief]

We should be able to darken on demand (like being in a cave without a torch or being the target of a darkness spell)

ST

[manikus]

Originally Posted by SilentThief We should be able to darken on demand (like being in a cave without a torch or being the target of a darkness spell) ST

That would be nice, too.

Right now, the only way to autodarken is to set it in Global Settings and then it can be turned off on a per level basis. This is much more restrictive than I thought it was.

[Jadefang]

"Eternal darkening" is possible by setting the end time one minute before the start time, except it eliminates the usage of the feature for other uses.

[manikus]

It would be nice to have something in the level settings - autodarken on/off, if the on is checked, several options would be available: autodarken always, autodarken by time, autodarken by event (set event). Then in each zone, there could be autodarken options: use level settings (default), autodarken by time, autodarken by event, always autodarken, do not autodarken.

That is a good trick, Jadefang. I suppose if you use a separate level for each of the dark places, you add a lot more possibilities to using it. It's too bad that it's all or nothing.