No-light vision and tab glow

[xardex]

Is there a way to remove the 'light aura' that comes when your controlled character is not in any light? Better yet, can it be controlled?

Also wondering wether you can remove the ability to 'make stuff glow and have their names shown' by pressing the infamous tab button...

Any help appreciated!

[MaxRock]

In theory: yes.

The glowy tab auras are handled entirely on the client side, so Virusman's nwnxc would be able to do the trick.
A server has no control over that though, so you would have to force clients to use nwnxc.

[xardex]

That's a shame...

But to be honest, the bigger issue is the auto-illumination. Any insight?

[MaxRock]

[xardex]

I mean the illumination around your character when your character is in dark, when the character is not in any kind of light at all.

If the spot has no light, be it from item, placeable, spell effect or even an subarea light, this illumination kicks in so you are never in actual pitch blackness.

Given the fact that this illumination comes when you are in the dark, im speculating it could be possible to make the client think the character is in light, even if it isn't. (At least in any visible light)

Unfortunately im not experienced enough to figure out how to do something like this on my own with nwnx...

[MaxRock]

I'm kind of at a loss... can you post a screenshot?

[Sethan]

What he's talking about is that when a character is in complete darkness, there is a very faint area of light around them that allows a player to navigate the area. It is possible this is all done client side also.

As far as the tab glow is concerned, the one I'd really love to be able to control via script is on doors.

[MaxRock]

Interesting, I never noticed that.

But it's the same issue: it's all client side

[xardex]

Considering this illumination only comes when you are not in light... Couldn't it be possible to fool the client so it would think the character is in light, even when it isn't, at least in any visible light?

[Zebranky]

I suspect the illumination is still present, just not noticeable, but that's just a hunch.
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[xardex]

No, it actually applies the visual effect only when you exit light. You can notice when it comes on by slowly walking out of a light.

Anyway, for the moment I am countering the effects by adding considerably more fog to my "dark" areas.