Author Topic: [DONE][Suggestion] Hidden movement background change frequency option  (Read 470 times)

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Please add an option for the background image to stay:
1) for the whole turn;
2) for the whole mission.
The image changing in the middle of enemy turn is somewhat disconcerting.

I would personally prefer option 1 (changing at the start of player's turn, or similar), but I expect people to have different goals.

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Re: [Suggestion] Random Hidden Movement backgrounds changed less frequently
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2023, 04:21:23 pm »
Please add an option for the background image to stay:
1) for the whole turn;

I would personally prefer option 1 (changing at the start of player's turn, or similar)

this is the current behavior

The image changing in the middle of enemy turn is somewhat disconcerting.

that doesn't happen, or at least I don't know how it could... background is reset only at the start of player's turn, or when game is loaded from a save

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Re: [Suggestion] Random Hidden Movement backgrounds changed less frequently
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2023, 04:51:19 pm »
Ah, it's perfect, then.
Sorry about the confusion, I guess either my knowledge was outdated, or something else went wrong on my end.

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Re: [Suggestion] Random Hidden Movement backgrounds changed less frequently
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2023, 05:17:17 pm »
Please add an option for the background image to stay:
2) for the whole mission.

... but I expect people to have different goals.

Added entry in options.cfg: oxceHiddenMovementBackgroundChangeFrequency

0 = change only on load
1 = change every turn (default value)
2 = change on 2nd, 4th, 6th, etc. turn
3 = change on 3rd, 6th, 9th, etc. turn
etc.

Players can change it manually in options.cfg, no GUI.
Modders can use fixed options to force a certain value.

https://github.com/MeridianOXC/OpenXcom/commit/8abbf5335a2ef2156b0a71d75a4b339d88e15c66