Defog of War: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Role Playing Game|Role Playing Games]] ==

* In the [[Fog of War]] levels in the ''[[Metal Gear Acid]]'' games, the IR Goggles, Solid Eye, Major Zero and Marionette Owl cards will let you see easier, although each one has its own drawback (some let you see the entire area but only last a turn, some last forever but only increase your field of vision a little, some are good but cripple you with added COST for as long as you have them equipped, etc).

** The Solid Eye in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' has an infrared mode that allows you to see through snowstorms quite well.

* LEMMESI in ''[[Desktop Dungeons]]'' shows you three random squares on the map. Because removing [[Fog of War]] heals you, the spell is effectively free (it reveals enough squares to repay its MP cost) and lets you heal without having to leave your current battle.

 

== [[Real Time Strategy]] ==

** Ironically, most professional players prefer not to use them this way since cloaked units are such a pain. They'd rather sacrifice the SCV rather than scan for information since the energy can create the much more effective mule.

* ''[[Warcraft III]]'' has the spell "Farsight". Paladins had Holy Sight or something like that in II.

** The game also had Goblin Workshops that allowed you to do the same thing as Farsight though for a price.

* ''[[Dune II]]'': when you start, you can only see a limited area around your Construction Yard. Once you create an Outpost you get an on-screen radar which allows you to see the entire area you've explored.

* There is one in the first ''[[Dawn of War]]'' at the disposal of the Imperial Guard called something like an 'auspex'. Basically an ability of the command center to reveal a circular section on the map, and show any stealthed units in said circular section. Of course, [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]], so it always has the ability active, reusing it once it ends, and always hits your stealthed units with it.

* The first ''Red Alert'' goes as far as give the trickier faction GPS satellites, which permanently reveal the battlefield, and gap generators, which generate it for the enemy. The Russian faction received spy planes, which are much slower in revealing the map. Normally fog of war stays gone after it's dispelled.

** This set-up remains for ''Red Alert 2'', though if one's radar facility is destroyed or sabotaged by spies the fog is reset. In ''Red Alert 3'', Allied commanders have a recon sweep power which unveils everything from point A to point B - terrain is always visible to all commanders, though.

* ''[[End War]]'' has the ECM support; it stuns enemy vehicles but it also shows any units out of Line of Sight or any Stealthed Riflemen.

* ''[[World in Conflict]]'' had the "Aerial Recon" Tactical Aid, which revealed all enemy units (including the hidden ones) in a certain area. Useful to finding those pesky enemy artillery units, as well as unmasking the infantry hidden in the woods and the tanks hidden behind smoke shields. The latter can also be done with the special ability of the Scout Helicopters, which basically does the same but limited to the scout's current location.

* The Clairvoyance [[Support Power]], as well as Twisted Fate's [[Limit Break]] both incorporate this in ''[[League of Legends]]''.

* In ''Star Wars: [[Empire At War]]'', every faction has one unit which has the ability to clear a defined area for a fraction of time via sensor ping. On certain maps you can also capture a radar station to remove the [[Fog of War]] permanently on the entire map.

** It's also possible (very late in the game) to research the "Spies" upgrade to completely remove the fog of war. However, by the time you're able to afford researching "Spies," you've already mostly won.

 

** Interestingly, the Torch doesn't light up a fixed radius around its user - it adds to the user's sight by a fixed amount. So a torch held by a thief, assassin, or rogue is three times brighter than that same torch held by anyone else.

* ''[[Advance Wars]]'': Sonja's main strength is her increased vision range in fog.