Driving Skills

[Dee]

I know a lot of people hate the fact that we have skills in the game, but I don't, I think it's great. And because of that, I'm suggesting a new skill (it may have been suggested before, I'm too lazy to search).

So, yes, driving skills. I'm sure we all know what this means... If you're not so good at driving... You have an accident!! But this shouldn't happen a lot... Not at all, maybe the percentage would be something like 0.04% or something...

Go ahead, you can call me names now

[tiddy ogg]

The whole concept of accidents is surely new to Cantr. I'd have thought that driving skill might affect the speed at which you go.
One problem that springs to mind: if there are several people in a vehicle, who's driving?
Would you have to nominate one?
All adds to the complexity.

[Dee]

That's a good point! Yes, there defintley should be someone who is driving, and that person should be specified... It could be like a project or something. Yes, a project.

[psymann]

Or just the average of the people in the vehicle, same as for shared projects... a bit unrealistic, but no more so than joint projects...

psymann

[sem]

Or just the average of the people who have a key (if the lock's intact)

[tiddy ogg]

A couple more points. If you have a skilled and an awkward sailor... the boat goes faster when the awkward one is in the cabin. Is that what's wanted?
Also, if this skill also applies to walking, it would give more meaning to events like the sports festival held once upon a time on K-isle.

[Sunni Daez]

1745.7.2 You see Sunni expertly kill a deer using her truck...

[Sicofonte]

If there is a Skill, there should be a project or an action.

I'd suggest:

- Sailing project: something equal or very similar to a resting projet (so no other activities carried on by the helmsman if we want the boat sailing), and only the people participating in that project can change the direction or speed.

OR

- Sailing activity: when someone uses the "Continue" button to change the course and speed, his/her sailing activity is taken as the helmsman skill.

[Jos Elkink]

I like these suggestions ... Car accidents were among the core features of the lego game Cantr is based on ... It's surprisingly easy to accidently make an accident when moving a lego car with your hands ... And that lead to tickets, police intervention, car repairs, etc. I think Sico's main income in the whole game was tickets (a privatised police ...) and my main income was car repairs ...

[Kanon]

I was thinking about car accidents too. I thought it should be based on skill, current vehicle speed, amount of vehicles on the road... Those factors should modify the probability of having an accident.

[new.vogue.nightmare]

That'd probably make more use for radios and people with a high building vehicles skill. Maybe the implementation of vehicles that could tow other vehicles in the event of an accident that left the vehicle undriveable.

[Arlequin]

Sailing already requires player skill, to avoid getting stuck in land and taking the best path.

I wish there were winds, so it was more like in Sid Meier's Pirates. Once the best paths were known it would be easier to find other ships following those winds. Nice thing for pirates.

[Jos Elkink]

Winds would be fun, but imagine the map makers' complaints when it becomes less predictable where your ship is going!

[wichita]

Winds would be fun, but imagine the map makers' complaints when it becomes less predictable where your ship is going!

More motivation to code the sextant.

[Frits]

Sailing already requires player skill, to avoid getting stuck in land and taking the best path.

I wish there were winds, so it was more like in Sid Meier's Pirates. Once the best paths were known it would be easier to find other ships following those winds. Nice thing for pirates.

I think the ideal route is dictated by currents primarily, not winds. Ask a real skipper to make sure and how big a factor the sail (in the old days) or engine is. At any rate the direction of currents is a lot more reliable than the direction of wind.