mataeus
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Post by mataeus on Feb 19, 2014 10:28:15 GMT -5
Hi! I'm sure this will have been discussed before, but when getting a job that's, say, ten diagonal blocks away from your current location, I'd love to be able to travel there quickly. Not by Taxi and miss events, but how you can within a sector: Example: I get a job, and see from the red highlight that it's five blocks west. I tap the map which opens that minimap of my current location, and the building list down the right side of the screen that I can tap twice to set off toward one. I hit the "zoom out" or "full map" or whatever button at the top of the screen to bring up the entire map of the NBZ. I check the box for "job" which shows exactly where my target location is. I zoom in on that location by tapping it, and then click the "job" filter above the building list for that sector to see exactly where I'm going to accomplish my task. Now, I just want to double tap that building to set off, just like you can with buildings in the same sector. But I can't! I'm forced to scroll to the edge of my current sector, click on the furthest tile to the edge, wait for the knight to have to walk there and the next sector to appear, scroll all the way across, click on the furthest tile etc. etc..... And carry on ad nauseum until I arrive in the same location as my task. Am I doing something terribly wrong? Have I missed something or is this the way I'm meant to navigate? I've already begrudgingly turned off the walk animation which speeds things up, but I like it when it looks nicer. I love the game, it's great, but using the map to get from building to building is my primary source of navigation and I'd love to use it across multiple sectors of the map.
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Post by fallen on Feb 19, 2014 11:36:20 GMT -5
mataeus - there is no mutli-region navigation feature in the game. I would suggest using the edge arrows at this time. Blue will send you in that direction until you hit an uncrossable barrier or you leave the region. Long-press on a green arrow to navigate to the "smart exit" which can help immensely with complex regions that include walls. I use these arrows and the navi-map to select buildings and generally do 0% "tap the map square" navigation.
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mataeus
Templar
[ Elite & Star Traders 2 Supporter ]
From summer sands, to armageddons reach.
Posts: 820
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Post by mataeus on Feb 19, 2014 11:49:08 GMT -5
Aha! I wasn't aware I could use the arrows. Oh well, I've only put about two dozen hours into it ;-) Thanks Fallen!
Edit: Oh those arrows! The ones I'd turned off in the options menu! THOSE arrows! Now, this is easier. I'm all clued up with the blueness, but I don't see any green ones?
Gee, I'm such a chummer :-P
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Post by fallen on Feb 19, 2014 12:22:27 GMT -5
mataeus - the green ones only appear in certain regions where there is a very clear "best exit". If you wander around areas with walls or water edges (try Dorchester) you'll see what I mean!
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