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Title: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: venkat_partha on August 24, 2010, 11:59:12 am
Hello,

This is a request. I have some industries that are located near the map's boundaries next to some water bodies. These water bodies are connected to each other by the sea that surround the map. My request is to enable use of this sea by the water vessels to connect between these water bodies.

Regards,
Venkat
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: Zeno on August 24, 2010, 12:08:40 pm
I guess the sea that surrounds the map isn't navigable... Actually I think it's not sea at all, but non-map tiles that are painted with same graphic than sea tiles, just for aesthetic reasons. Anyway, as long as it's shown as sea, I don't know wheter it should be a 'real' sea...
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: Fabio on August 24, 2010, 01:46:46 pm
I would like it better painted as a black tile, or like something plainly "disabled".
e.g. I like very much the way it is in pak96.comic
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: ӔO on August 24, 2010, 01:53:10 pm
I could see some problems when a ship is caught on land while expanding the map.
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: Zeno on August 24, 2010, 01:56:17 pm
I would like it better painted as a black tile, or like something plainly "disabled".
e.g. I like very much the way it is in pak96.comic
Yes, I agree. It could be better to look like an explicit disabled tile. But there was a discussion about that last week in the chat room, and it's hard to find a design wich looks at least (near) as well as the sea pattern.

I could see some problems when a ship is caught on land while expanding the map.
Well seen AEO. I hadn't thought of that! ;)
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on August 24, 2010, 02:25:48 pm
e.g. I like very much the way it is in pak96.comic

That's the one with the faded brown dirt-like tiles? Yes, I like that as well - it's very clearly "out of bounds".
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: prissi on August 24, 2010, 02:37:33 pm
The main problem with ships there is, that there IS nothing to store a ship. Furthermore way search on an infite map take infinite long ...
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on August 24, 2010, 05:10:49 pm
Well, if this was truly desireable, perhaps a single tile surrounding the map would work - that seems like it wouldn't be infinite anymore... BUT, I strongly disagree with this request, personally. :shrug:
Title: Re: Request: Ships be allowed to move around the edge of the map
Post by: VS on August 24, 2010, 06:11:20 pm
I'd like more map edges that need not be at water level... Talk about conflicting ideas :)