Nooooooooooooooo!!!! My cart!

[shockedfrog]

Ideally I'd like a rotatable view and a proper stealth system based on line of sight, light conditions, clothing colours and movement noise, but loftar's plan sounds good enough to me and is far easier to code and draw.

[Trafalgar]

Plus, the circle-of-transparency effect in ye olde 2D (as opposed to 3D) version of Ultima Online made the graphics draw a LOT slower - I'm betting the same would probably happen here if Haven isn't using a 3d engine.

[Jfloyd]

Thing is, with the way this game seems to work, just an outline (a-la Age of Empires) won't be sufficient. There needs to be a solid sprite you can click on. I think making obstructing scenery just disappear is the best method.

That, or fade somewhat when your behind it ;D