Seeing distance to lighthouses, harbors etc...

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Seeing distance to lighthouses, harbors etc...

Postby Hellzon » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:49 pm

(I searched for this. Was quite surprised that I didn't find anything.)
At current, you can see the direction to other places from a boat. Shouldn't you be able to see how far away they are too? Especially in the case of lighthouses (which I assume can be seen from quite far away).

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Postby nateflory » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:15 am

To temper the suggestion a bit, (no offense implied Hellzon), if not an exact measurement but perhaps a slightly vague distance.

You see SomeLightHouse, quite nearby, at direction 99.
You see SomeOtherLighthouse very far away at direction 23.
You see a man in his thirties going back to hide now....
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Postby Nick » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:13 am

Maybe with a tool or something, you could see the exact distance?

Cantrians need some more navigational tools, other than the handy fact of always knowing which way is north.
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Postby TatteredShoeLace » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:43 am

Sextant and compass.
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Postby Hellzon » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:59 pm

Hmm, approximate distances work too. As long as one can tell if that lighthouse is just outside the map or on the other side of the island.

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Postby Peanut » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:16 pm

TatteredShoeLace wrote:Sextant and compass.
Don't forget the old trusty telescope :lol:
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Postby Jos Elkink » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:00 pm

I like this idea, especially the 'tempered' version. The instruments could be a later addition as well.
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Postby Hellzon » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:35 pm

And it was implemented!? Do you have ProgD locked up in a small room working 24/7 on Cantr or what!? :lol:

/Hellzon - mucho pleased. Now if someone would translate the approximations to unit ranges on the wiki... ;)
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Postby Peanut » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:12 pm

Hellzon wrote:And it was implemented!? Do you have ProgD locked up in a small room working 24/7 on Cantr or what!? :lol:

/Hellzon - mucho pleased. Now if someone would translate the approximations to unit ranges on the wiki... ;)


And he whips us as well :cry:

It's not implemented yet.
As it's not in the implemented forum yet.

Patience :lol:
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Postby WojD » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:33 pm

Moved. Implemented.

<= 20 very close
> 20 <= 60 close
> 60 <= 120 far away
> 120 very far away

Explained :)
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