Tenderfoot Thahd Smyling Sam Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 Hi All, I recently Purchased Geneforge 1.0.1 at Real Arcade and noticed a rather interesting problem with the map display. If I head tword the top of the screen on player view I should be heading "north" from the player's frame of reference. However the side map show me heading "east" from the maps' frame of reference. As a card caring certified dyslexic this causes some confusion ;> Is this a bug or a feature? If it's a bug, will there be a fix? TIA Sam, Smyling at the pretty blood splats. P.S. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 This is just how isometric views work, I'm afraid. North, south, east and west are defined by the directions the terrain tiles go, not by the borders of the view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Smyling Sam Posted November 7, 2003 Author Share Posted November 7, 2003 Hi Thuryl, Thnaks for your note. I guess the best way to express problem is this: If I move to LEFT (west) on my screen, the dot on map moves Down (south) in the map view. One would expect the dot to move in sync with the main screen and move to the left (west). Thanks! Sam Smyling at the blood splats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Fort Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Have you noticed that the world view is tilted 45 degrees into an isometric view instead of a completely 2d view? The playing world's map is shaped like a diamond while the automap is shaped like a square. The top right is north, I believe and moving straight left would cause you to move northeast. Lower right is south, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Um, Sam, however did you figure out that "Faustus K. Shame, MD" is called Thuryl by everyone on these boards? Been lurking on these boards for some time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 It's possible I was still Thuryl at the time he replied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 You've had this moniker for longer, I thought. But whatever, maybe I was mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Wizard Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Thuryl had the name Thuryl when he answered to Smyling Sam's question; or so I remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Smyling Sam Posted November 9, 2003 Author Share Posted November 9, 2003 Hi All, Quite correct. "Thuryl" changed his/her/it's moniker on me. BTW, I am now clueful. That the world view is diamond shaped and the map is a square does make a sort of Euclidean sense. It also goes a long way in explaining the background coordinate system used by the game. At least the designers did not see fit to project the map onto polar space or something like that ;>= Sam, Smyling nervously at the gibbering minions hiding in the terrible angles. P.S. This is one cool game! I do think I'll buy Geneforge II when I'm finished with Geneforge I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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