# implement-fog-of-war

A skill that walks an AI agent through building and debugging fog of war in a Three.js game: wall-aware visibility, player and enemy vision ranges.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 7001
- Author: MengTo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/codex/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/implement-fog-of-war

## What it does

The skill treats fog of war as a perception system with a thin presentation layer on top. Ranges, obstacle intersections and who-can-see-whom are computed on the CPU. Those results get packed into a fixed-size lookup texture, and a single full-screen shader turns it into soft radial fog that respects walls.

Work is ordered by dependency: define perception truth, build the visibility lookup, render one overlay, then wire it into gameplay and the scene lifecycle. Separate sections cover tuning order and validation. Two references ship with it — `references/mechanics.md` and `references/validation.md` — and both are meant to be read before touching the algorithm.

Expect to inspect the project first. The skill asks you to locate the authoritative player position, camera, obstacles, frame loop, targeting and render layers before editing anything. Its corner-unprojection method assumes a locally horizontal ground plane, so varying elevation needs surface reconstruction. Combat truth must never be inferred from fog pixels; that is the first thing that breaks.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill implement-fog-of-war -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/implement-fog-of-war/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill implement-fog-of-war -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill implement-fog-of-war -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills implement-fog-of-war
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill implement-fog-of-war -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/codex/implement-fog-of-war
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill implement-fog-of-war -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/codex/implement-fog-of-war/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a visibility mask for an orthographic or isometric camera
- remove spokes and seams from the fog shader
- set player and enemy vision ranges independently
- keep hidden enemies out of targeting and HUD counts
- handle fog across menus, pause and stage transitions

## Example prompts
- add fog of war to my Three.js game, walls should block sight
- the fog shader shows radial spokes at the edges — fix it
- enemies attack from around a corner while the player can't see them, check perception

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: implement-fog-of-war
description: Implement, tune, debug, or validate soft wall-aware fog of war and gameplay perception in Three.js action games. Use for orthographic or isometric visibility masks, obstacle-aware line of sight, player and enemy vision ranges, hidden-enemy targeting rules, fog shader artifacts such as spokes or seams, mobile ray budgets, lifecycle and menu-state integration, and deterministic fog-of-war tests.
---

# Implement Fog of War

Build fog of war as a shared perception system with a restrained presentation layer.

## Preserve the architecture

Keep these responsibilities separate:

1. Let deterministic CPU perception own ranges, obstacle intersections, and gameplay visibility.
2. Encode the player's angular visible distances into one fixed-size lookup texture.
3. Let one full-screen shader turn that lookup into soft radial and wall-aware fog.
4. Let gameplay consume perception results directly; never infer combat truth from fog pixels.

Read [mechanics.md](references/mechanics.md) before implementing or changing the algorithm. It records the proven obstacle model, shader composition, calibrated values, state rules, enemy behavior, lighting constraints, and telemetry.

## Inspect before editing

- Locate the authoritative player position, camera, obstacles, scene lifecycle, frame loop, targeting, enemy perception, and render layers.
- Confirm the gameplay ground model. The proven corner-unprojection method assumes a locally horizontal plane; use authoritative surface or terrain reconstruction when elevation varies across the visible area.
- Find existing scene fog, post-processing, renderer creation, review modes, menus, captures, transitions, and disposal paths.
- Read the current tests and recent fog/perception commits before changing constants or ownership.
- Confirm whether obstacle state changes at runtime. Reuse the same active obstacle collection used by navigation or collision when its geometry is suitable for sight.
- Check the working tree early and preserve unrelated changes.

## Implement in dependency order

### 1. Define perception truth

- Represent each sight blocker with a stable footprint, vertical span, and active state.
- Intersect a 3D sight segment or ray with both the horizontal footprint and vertical span.
- Ignore inactive blockers and cover below the eye-to-target sight line.
- Expose:
  - point-to-point perception for enemies, targeting, and attacks;
  - a deterministic angular distance fill for the fog lookup.
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