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Donkey-Shot · 10-04-09, 04:02 PM

Excelent point GoldenRivet!
Any Dev's listening in: please make the earth round!!

This hasen't anything to do with being hard core or not.
The earth simply ís round.

It would be nice touch to have to do great circle courses.
Fore anyone unfamiliar with this, it isn't halve as scary as it sounds.
Actualy, there's a very simple solution: great circle maps.
A straight line on one of those, automatically is an greatcircle course.

They could do it this way, zoom the map out far in enough to have it change to a great cicle map, do your course plotting on that for long distances. And you don't have to do any calculations what so ever. Zoom back in and you'll see the course line start to curve.

GoldenRivet · 10-04-09, 04:07 PM

Donkey... i think you will find good reading here

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=Mercator

The General · 10-04-09, 04:22 PM

I also think this is a great idea, but worry that it maybe to late for The Devs to change or add anything too drastic.

GoldenRivet · 10-04-09, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by The General

I also think this is a great idea, but worry that it maybe to late for The Devs to change or add anything too drastic.

the other worrying thing is that i have heard this will be built on the SH4 engine.

while aesthetically pleasing... the SH4 world was far from *******n' round

Jaeger · 10-04-09, 04:26 PM

second very good point of donkey the devs should read and think about. these marks on map depending on your own accuracy of taken measurements would give a huge amount of immersion i think.

10-04-09, 04:07 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Donkey... i think you will find good reading here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=Mercator __________________

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The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	I also think this is a great idea, but worry that it maybe to late for The Devs to change or add anything too drastic. __________________ *THE GENERAL*

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Jaeger Chief Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 316 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	second very good point of donkey the devs should read and think about. these marks on map depending on your own accuracy of taken measurements would give a huge amount of immersion i think. __________________ Everything comes to him who waits

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10-04-09, 04:02 PM	#1
Donkey-Shot Watch Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Excelent point GoldenRivet! Any Dev's listening in: please make the earth round!! This hasen't anything to do with being hard core or not. The earth simply ís round. It would be nice touch to have to do great circle courses. Fore anyone unfamiliar with this, it isn't halve as scary as it sounds. Actualy, there's a very simple solution: great circle maps. A straight line on one of those, automatically is an greatcircle course. They could do it this way, zoom the map out far in enough to have it change to a great cicle map, do your course plotting on that for long distances. And you don't have to do any calculations what so ever. Zoom back in and you'll see the course line start to curve.