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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: verden on November 25, 2008, 02:37:15 am

Title: Cardinal Directions
Post by: verden on November 25, 2008, 02:37:15 am

Signposts in game now reference cardinal directions. One is right next to the Plaza in Hydlaa. If there are cardinal directions in game, does this mean we can expect lodestones or such in the future? If there are going to be cardinal directions is it appropriate to assume that there exists a magnetic north and that the source of this could be located OUTSIDE of the stalactite?

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: khoridor on November 25, 2008, 03:32:51 am

RL directions are based on geographic poles, not magnetic poles. Those just happen to be close to each other in our current geological period.
In PS, expect something different. For orientation, the most obvious thing to point at would be the Crystal.

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: verden on November 25, 2008, 03:45:11 am

The fact that both magnetic and geographic North are both called North is more the point. And I did expect something different. And the signpost contradicts it. If there is an East, then there is a North. How is it determined?

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: Rizin on November 25, 2008, 05:19:04 am

We do not have cardinal directions. The "East" from Hydlaa is actually named after someone (the answer can be found in game). Any cardinal directions referenced in game, if they still exist, will be phased out and replaced with something new in the future.

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: Siteri Kidachi on November 25, 2008, 06:50:01 am

A good system to use might be the one from D'ni in the game Uru: Ages Beyond Myst- there are three coordinates, Distance (in and out from the center), Elevation (up and down) and Toran (a kind of degrees around the circumference.) Something like that would seem to be the best thing to do for a circular world like Yliakum.

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: zanzibar on November 25, 2008, 07:57:48 am

Quote from: khoridor on November 25, 2008, 03:32:51 am

RL directions are based on geographic poles, not magnetic poles. Those just happen to be close to each other in our current geological period.
In PS, expect something different. For orientation, the most obvious thing to point at would be the Crystal.

Since there is no sunrise in Yliakum...

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: verden on November 26, 2008, 12:58:32 am

Thank you, Rizin.

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: Hrothbert on November 26, 2008, 04:44:25 am

About the sunrise it does get dark and lighter but it is said to always be luminous in some way. Except during an eclipse, which we haven't experienced yet that I am aware of.

Title: Re: Cardinal Directions
Post by: Dajoji on November 26, 2008, 04:47:45 am

There have been a few crystal eclipses actually... :detective: