A map

[Xanaroth]

this has probably brought up in one of the map post, but i couldn\'t find it.

I would like to see a map somewhere on the screen, so you can see where you are currently walking and what is near you (lets say covering about 30 by 30 meters) on what you can see players,  buildings, monsters etc, but from a 2d up view. So every player will be show a blue dot, a enemy a red dot, a friend (friend list) green dot and buidlings brown square the size of the building. That way people could orientate themselfs better, and find their way fasters arround towns and dungeons etc.

Dont tell me there aint a good map yet of the town or so that can be used fot this.

[Deddarus]

this has been discussed...

i dont like radar maps.. they are unrealistic.. they rule out skills such as stealth, pickpocketing, espionage etc

there is a cartographer job in the char setup menu... so i assume there will be map items.. made by players... use 1 of these

[DepthBlade]

There needs to be a map but not one that indentifies where characters are just one that does landscape and shows buildings and such.

[Axsyrus]

yay, another thread about maps.. -_-;

go to the bottom of the wishlist forum, type MAP in the search thingie, press SEARCH and you\'ll see that there are 90 threads covering maps...

[DepthBlade]

Guess this makes 91 now

[Xanaroth]

thats why i made this thread, dont want to read 91 topics to get to 1 for this.

And about players, ofcourse only the normal players will be shown, those hid or stealthing will remain invisible.

[Fenrison]

I like the idea of an ingame map, but not a \"radar\" map. If there is one it should show only the buildings, landmarks, trees, etc. personaly i like the paper maps in NWN and morrowind, so i\'ll probably end up printing one out.

[Xanaroth]

those papers maps will work also, but it is better if at least your own location is visible so you know where you are.

[Fenrison]

Of course, an in game map should have your position shown. Just not monsters, other players, and whatnot.

[KwartzTheKran]

he means theres 90 other threads on THE SAME THING!
if you can say anything that hasnt been said before in relation u can have a ruby, but i doubt u can -_-
Your just going to repeat everything thats been said before and noones going to listen.

im gettin to breaking point.
*looks around manically* o_O

[DepthBlade]

Sweet didn\'t know there was a explorers guild, that would be fun

[Karyuu]

... *waves a flag for the Explorers* XD

And being an Explorer, I think maps would just take away from the experience. So there will definitely have to be an option to turn them off completely :P

[Deddarus]

will the xplorers guild be selling map items (ie using the cartography skill)... or will there need to be a sepperate cartographers guild

personally i would like to be able to add yer own text to an in-game map item (onto the gui.. not the lil object in yer inventory)..... could have comments like \'Here there be Beasties!\'

[Karyuu]

Originally posted by Deddarus
will the xplorers guild be selling map items (ie using the cartography skill)... or will there need to be a sepperate cartographers guild

There can always be a cartographers guild, but there will also always be individuals who will make their own maps. I think that for some time the XG will make maps for its own members, and then only to point out whatever significant features we find, since most of us simply tend to rely on our memory to get around the basic world. Not sure if this will remain so in the future as the place expands ;)

[Xanaroth]

hmmm.... you could go by mind if you keep near the same places, but if you travel a lot you would have to remind a load more.