[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/feature-requests/489 Item 489] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:20:07

IR stands for Infra-Red & it would be logical to make @ least the enemies glow red...
There should maybe a sacrifice being made regarding the realism, but for enhancing the gameplay civilians maybe should get a green shell-effect or maybe we could make them glow in dark red, while enemies could glow with bright colors...

Another possibility would be to even make a slightly different shell-effect for civilians & maybe even a third effect for animals ?!
To stay on the 'realistic' side here, some other features should also be implemented:

1. I noticed that animals like cows do not get the effect applied anymore. That maybe looks better, but is not really 'realistic'. We should make a low-glow or slow shell-effect version for our animals like dogs & cows @ least. The cold-blooded crocodile does not need the shell effect for example & could be excluded ;)

2. The shell-effect should glow through walls @ least a little bit to make it look more 'realistic'.

3. We could say that the Shevaar-race does not get noticed by using the IR-googles for example, as they are cold-blooded like reptilians, to bring more uncertainty & suspense for the player who uses them...
===== Comments Ported from Sourceforge =====

====== tlh2000 (2010-05-10 17:57:13) ======

the shell effect for ir goggles was red - did that change?
====== mcr2010 (2010-05-10 19:27:55) ======

now it is white ?!
@ least on my computer (but the one with the nvidia gfx)...