How do I hide objects only behind a solid, not the solid itself?

Hi,

I'm trying to make a horror game so what the player can and can't see is important. I've added a line of sight to my player character, and made it so if the player doesn't have line of sight to a wall or enemies, they are set to invisible. This works fine for all objects behind a given wall, but the given wall itself is ALSO hidden. I understand the logic that the wall being solid makes the player unable to "see" it, but I can't figure out a good workaround. Any suggestions for how to handle this?

Do you mean making the wall solid and not solid at certain times?

Do you mean making the wall solid and not solid at certain times?

Probably not since I'd want the walls to still stop enemies and the player even without LOS

I'm reading it and looking at the images and still don't understand what the problem is lol. But based on this : 'I'd like only the first wall in a player's line of sight to be visible, and make all walls behind said wall invisible. I'm asking for how I would implement this.', maybe pick nearest wall to player ?

I'm reading it and looking at the images and still don't understand what the problem is lol. But based on this : 'I'd like only the first wall in a player's line of sight to be visible, and make all walls behind said wall invisible. I'm asking for how I would implement this.', maybe pick nearest wall to player ?

Pick nearest helps, but sometimes the nearest wall is behind the player and out of sight, thus setting the wrong wall to visible.

Thanks for trying to help tho.

I mean pick nearest combined with the condition that player has LOS of it.

Hi again, I'm really interested in your issue.

I tried this solution, but I apologize if it is not what you're looking for.

Hi again, I'm really interested in your issue.

I tried this solution, but I apologize if it is not what you're looking for.

This somewhat works, but again since solids hide themselves in their own los it tends to be buggy. Whenever the player moves, walls within los to the player begin flickering. A bit closer but still looking for a better implementation.

I mean pick nearest combined with the condition that player has LOS of it.

Nah I've already tried this: probably should have mentioned that, sorry.

in my opinion you should add thin coat for each wall.

Solid is invisible but coat are lighten up where are in sight or in light. I noticed it in Darkwood game

Said coat is always covered by the solid it is created on, since it seems LOS attempts to "see" the origin, which is inside the solid.