Limiting render distance

Discussion in 'Plugin Development' started by caseif, Nov 19, 2014.

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    caseif

    I'm currently developing a Slender-inspired plugin, and one of the key elements is a lack of visibility. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about accomplishing this, other than giving players a BLINDNESS effect (which in addition to being way too powerful, could easily be overridden), or withholding chunks from the player past a certain distance and requesting they turn their render distance down so it doesn't look ugly. Is there a solution I'm overlooking, or will I have to settle for one of these?
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    I don't think so. Render distance is a client-side option. :-/
     
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    caseif

    Hm, I was hoping for some sort of hacky fix using shaders or something. That's... disheartening.
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    I hear you. When I was working on my WeepingWithers plugins I scoured the web for a way to detect all objects in your FOV, but alas, clients can differ. ;-;
     
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    thomasb454

    Why not try blindness with speed?
     
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    caseif

    Heh, you made that plugin? That's funny, someone actually suggested I talk to you in the thread I made about the plugin idea. I may want to keep in touch. .-.

    That doesn't appear to increase the view distance; it only impacts the FoV.
     
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    teej107

    You could turn down the render distance on the server.
     
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    caseif

    I can't seem to get that working properly, but even if I could, it would have the same effect as withholding packets.
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    I'm faaaaaamous! :p :p

    But seriously, what I ended up doing was using block vectors to see who you were looking at directly.
     
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    caseif

    Hm, so you'd need to have a direct line of sight to the wither? That doesn't entirely work for my purposes, since you can't be able to see Slender at all for him to move. I guess I could just do a bit of vector comparison, though, and hope the player isn't using quake pro. :p
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    I tried that too, but it was buggy as heck, and plus I found the player could just use F5 as well.
     
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    caseif

    Ugh, that throws a wrench into my entire plugin. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go stress over how to counter this.
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    Yeah, really sucks when you hit these client-related walls. :-/
     
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    caseif

    Idea: Slender can only move while invisible. I think that should suffice for now. Still stuck on visibility though... I think I'll just force a cutoff and ask the players to turn down their client's render distance.
     
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    thomasb454


    Your view is limited, but isn't that the effect you want?
     
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    dori99xd

    server.properties:[​IMG]

    I think that is, what you are searching for ;)
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    Well spotted.
     
  18. dori99xd ColonelHedgehog
    This was already suggested by teej107 , hence the post
     
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    ColonelHedgehog

    Oh. That post didn't show up for me. O_O

    Well spotted all around lol.
     
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    dori99xd

    Assist I don't see @teejey107's post :confused:
     
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    caseif

    I can make do with that, but I'd prefer an alternate solution, since it would effectively just induce a sudden dropoff in the world around the player.
     
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    teej107

    Because teejey107 never posted on this thread.

    ShadyPotato
    Don't know how efficient this would be but you could try sending block changes to the client that creates a wall to limit the view.
     
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    xTrollxDudex

    Which chunks to load and what is sent is determined by the server, the client must request it. You can decline this request.
     
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    caseif

    I know that, but the client decides whether to render fog where the worlds ends.
     
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    xTrollxDudex

    Is that undesirable?
     
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    caseif

    Yes, but if need be, I can take this approach anyway.
     
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