Ah, those wonderful ships

aylad · #1 09-13-2002, 07:31 AM

I love ships, but they have two major problems that I've found so far...

First, I'd like to see the ships maintain their speed when you change direction. Right now, they drop to a dead stop when you change direction, making it extremely time-consuming to do things like exploring jagged coastlines where you have to steer a lot.

Second, when the captain leaves the wheel, why does the ship stop? I understand you don't want it going full speed when no one is steering, but why not let it coast along at, say, 25% of what your speed was before you left the wheel?

Just a couple of small, easily-done suggestions. Thanks and bless y'all.

Ghost Pirate · #2 09-13-2002, 08:33 AM

I think wind should matter the speed of boats =X
but then again theres no wind on 2k2 =(

Zurkiba · #3 09-13-2002, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by aylad
I love ships, but they have two major problems that I've found so far...

First, I'd like to see the ships maintain their speed when you change direction. Right now, they drop to a dead stop when you change direction, making it extremely time-consuming to do things like exploring jagged coastlines where you have to steer a lot.

Second, when the captain leaves the wheel, why does the ship stop? I understand you don't want it going full speed when no one is steering, but why not let it coast along at, say, 25% of what your speed was before you left the wheel?

Just a couple of small, easily-done suggestions. Thanks and bless y'all.

I'd like to see speed maintainted in boats... only not a sharp turn like it does... you know like a Go-Cart Turn or something

When I leave the wheel it stays the same speed for me O_o

adam · #4 09-13-2002, 07:47 PM

what would really be nice is gradual steering... but it's an awful lot of sprites yes..

can be done.....

jeff335 · #5 09-13-2002, 08:50 PM

I think Sid Meier's Pirates Gold had a great navigation system...wind, eight directions, two speeds...something like that would be nice, even better if they made a 360 degree system, you could probably make it look right with 16-20 sprites.

aylad · #6 09-14-2002, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zurkiba

I'd like to see speed maintainted in boats... only not a sharp turn like it does... you know like a Go-Cart Turn or something

When I leave the wheel it stays the same speed for me O_o

YES and YES, please

but my speed drops to 0 when I leave the wheel