Descriptive Problem Summary:

Thermal sights or other apparel with the SEE_MOBS tag are overridden by the + shaped smoke around the player, whereas you can see just fine targets that are farther away.

video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lG0hYAk1Fc

Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:

1) equip any item that grants the SEE_MOBS attribute

2) chuck a smoke grenade or stand in any smoke around other mobs

3) Notice how you can only see mobs that are 2 tiles away from you, but not the immediate vicinity, since the Plus shaped smoke aura blocks it.

Code Snippet (if applicable) to Reproduce Problem:


Expected Results:

mobs with the SEE_MOBS tag should always be able to see through smoke

Actual Results:

mobs with the see_mobs tag cannot detect other mobs in their close proximity.

Does the problem occur:
Every time? Or how often?
In other games?
In other user accounts?
On other computers?

It always occurs, at least on TG station and its downstreams.


Did the problem NOT occur in any earlier versions? If so, what was the last version that worked? (Visit http://www.byond.com/download/build to download old versions for testing.)


No this is a fairly ancient bug, it's always been around but only recently i decided to take a look at it.