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[FEATURE REQUEST] getTileVisibility or getTileInViewport()

Posted: 03 Oct 2010, 00:47
by svizzari
hey guys -- another request.

Unless I'm not seeing it, there doesn't seem to be any easy way to determine whether an inventory item or avatar is currently within the viewport.

Suggested methods:

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OpenSpace.getTileVisibility(tile:Tile):Boolean;
or:

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OpenSpace.getTileIsInViewport(tile:Tile):Boolean;
To give you a use-case for something like this, perhaps I'd like to have a particular avatar (NPC) walk on-screen to "say" something.

Perhaps a:

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OpenSpace.getAllTilesInViewport():Array
would be nice too ;)