SHIFT+2: ctype View. What was this lava?

  • tptquantum
    15th Jan 2017 Member 3 Permalink

    Simply, if you do SHIFT+2, you'll get into ctype View. Here, elements will switch color to

    be the one of it's ctype. Example: Oh crap, wanna see the structure of this bomb that's fully snow? Now you can. Melted a city/body/whatever and you want to see which material been melted. Now you can.

    Edited once by tptquantum. Last: 16th Jan 2017
  • LBPHacker
    15th Jan 2017 Developer 0 Permalink

    Is this a suggestion? If it is, I don't see how it's any more useful than what we have now in the Debug HUD.

  • coryman
    15th Jan 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    I guess it's just faster and easier than looking at each pixel individually?

  • LBPHacker
    15th Jan 2017 Developer 0 Permalink

    Probably, if you memorise the colour of every element there is. That's not necessarily difficult, but looking at the HUD is not any more difficult than that and you don't have to remember all the colours, which may even change depending on the rendering mode. And if you check one pixel, its neighbours are likely to have the same ctype.

    Edited once by LBPHacker. Last: 15th Jan 2017
  • docRoboRobert
    16th Jan 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    In my opinion, It's good idea. It might be helpfull with lakes of melted elements or to better understand few mechanisms.

  • EaterOfCake
    16th Jan 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    LBPHacker:

    Probably, if you memorise the colour of every element there is. That's not necessarily difficult, but looking at the HUD is not any more difficult than that and you don't have to remember all the colours, which may even change depending on the rendering mode. And if you check one pixel, its neighbours are likely to have the same ctype.

     Or it could work like find mode, where elements go red if you have the same one selected.

  • TPT_PL
    16th Jan 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    tptquantum:

    Simply, if you do SHIFT+2, you'll gey into ctype View.


    I know it is a mistake, but... lol.
    Also, neat idea, I like it. Maybe its name would be "Alternative Type Display" or "Additional Type Display"? "Ctype display" sounds... not so good.
    Edited once by TPT_PL. Last: 16th Jan 2017
  • tptquantum
    16th Jan 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    @TPT_PL (View Post)

     Thanks for notifiying me, it's fixed now :)

  • tptquantum
    18th Jan 2017 Member 0 Permalink

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