Fog of war
- Thread starter Diavid
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For the overground, we are experimenting with fog of war. Given that we don't want everything on the map to be given away instantly when you travel to the surface I think some way to hide things until you have explored is important.
The question we have to deal with is to what extent do we use fog of war: Once an area is explored, should it remain 'live' like the underground - or should only the terrain be visible and creatures hidden unless your ants are within range?
The question we have to deal with is to what extent do we use fog of war: Once an area is explored, should it remain 'live' like the underground - or should only the terrain be visible and creatures hidden unless your ants are within range?
If there's gonna be fog of war Bull Ants should be the best "surveillance radar" units, because well, if you check in real life they have by far the best eyesight of all ants in the world (all the dinosaur ants like Myrmecia and Harpegnathos have fantastic eyesight way superior to any other ant genuses).
Serafine said:
Actually a great idea. Adding it to the list....
Myrmecia (Bull ants), as well as Harpegnathos and some other ponerine ants are called dinosaur ants because they appear very primitive compared to other ant genuses.
They only have a very limited degree of individual specialization (workers are all about the same size and there's no big difference between queen and workers, also often the workers can mate and produce fertile eggs), a low degree of organisation (workers hunt alone or in small packs, they rarely ever use pheromone trails but have phenomenal eyesight and are quite smart), don't form large colonies (they usually max out at a few hundred in the wild) and usually are very big ants (Harpeganthos is about 3.5cm).
They only have a very limited degree of individual specialization (workers are all about the same size and there's no big difference between queen and workers, also often the workers can mate and produce fertile eggs), a low degree of organisation (workers hunt alone or in small packs, they rarely ever use pheromone trails but have phenomenal eyesight and are quite smart), don't form large colonies (they usually max out at a few hundred in the wild) and usually are very big ants (Harpeganthos is about 3.5cm).