Cities And Housing Archive
Thread: Bridges
Jagbar
Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:50 pm
#17
on my server there is a city called solica or whatever about 1000m's north of the warren on dant that has a bridge going across the rivier running through their town. i know it's one of those structures that have been on the map since launch but everytime i see it i'm get sooo damm jealous.
Seniorfrito
Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:51 am
#18
A great idea. I'm surprised this wasn't already created come to think of it. Yeah bridges would definitly be nice especially nice ones to have events on or just to meet up and talk to old friends.
GloriousLeader
Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:30 pm
#20
/sign
I also think that if a bridge has an affiliation with a guild, say a city grants the guild permission to place it, then it should be able to be the difficult target of attack in the event of a guild war..
arillus
Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:52 pm
#21
RandAiden wrote:
Yep, placable bridges would be great. Make travel alot more convenient.
Now if the Devs would only add roads between cities too...
Bridges I like. But roads between cities? Thats an Idea I really like. Kudos to you. I never even thought of that but now I like it!
RandAiden
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:23 am
#22
Yep, placable bridges would be great. Make travel alot more convenient.
Now if the Devs would only add roads between cities too...
Jagbar
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:07 pm
#23
thing is.. there were really no roads in star wars anyways.. not like we're driving cars with wheels here.
RandAiden
Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:40 pm
#24
Jagbar wrote:
thing is.. there were really no roads in star wars anyways.. not like we're driving cars with wheels here.
GAH! WHEELS, WHEELS, WHEELS!
Every single time this is brought up someone says, "Well gorsh, our vehicle-thingys ain't got no wheels. Why do we need them road thingamagigs for? Ahuk, ahuck..."
Hmmm...maybe because our "flying-machine vehicle-thingys" DON"T... ACTUALLY... FLY!!!!
Do you people actually enjoy smashing into trees, boulders, and all the other ground clutter every time you go from point A to point B? Do you like sinking into ravines and slowing down over uneven terrain just because you choose to travel by vehicle or *heaven forbid* foot?
Well I sure don't!Roads would clear these obstructions and smooth over the uneven areas making travel faster for everyone. -Don't tell me you have never used rivers in this way - That's what roads and (back to thetopic) bridges would do, make travel faster and easier.
Sheesh!
MeciniaLua
Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:25 am
#25
I agree Bridges as a civic structure would be a very nice addition to the game 
Deddarus
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:27 am
#26
roads is a recurring request
the problem is its not easy to make a player placeable road...
ok say u made a 100m square lump of concrete... placd it on the ground... on uneven terrain... you now have a precariously balanced slice of road resting on the top of a hill
ok.. so u give it a large height like houses have... place a few sections together... you now have steps
a long time ago when i last saw this issue i came up with a valid method that would fit into the SW universe
we've all seen power couplings right.. ok so say u had 2 poles a road width apart.. between them u get a colourfull arcing beam of power like a power coupling
making a kinda H shape..... stick a load of these ina line
H...H....H...H...H...H...H
right so u now have a line of these 'gates' linking 2 cities... put in a little code that says.. when a vehicle passes through this gate give it a 1 second burts of say 200% or 150% speed
the result.. as long as u stay on the 'road' u can travel at 150%/200%/whatever normal speed
additional stuff u could put in:
Gates of different speeds.. maybe u want ppl to slow down a bit to see your pretty gardens or something
Repair gates ... give a nice boost to ppl travelling through your city
Toll gates .. charge a fee for using the road (either create barriers at the side of the road start and stick 1 of these in for a 1-off payment or make the whole road out of em for a per-km payment)
this would provide the functionality of roads, still look and feel starwarsy, tie in with the whole 'wheels' debate and be easy to implement
the problem is its not easy to make a player placeable road...
ok say u made a 100m square lump of concrete... placd it on the ground... on uneven terrain... you now have a precariously balanced slice of road resting on the top of a hill
ok.. so u give it a large height like houses have... place a few sections together... you now have steps
a long time ago when i last saw this issue i came up with a valid method that would fit into the SW universe
we've all seen power couplings right.. ok so say u had 2 poles a road width apart.. between them u get a colourfull arcing beam of power like a power coupling
making a kinda H shape..... stick a load of these ina line
H...H....H...H...H...H...H
right so u now have a line of these 'gates' linking 2 cities... put in a little code that says.. when a vehicle passes through this gate give it a 1 second burts of say 200% or 150% speed
the result.. as long as u stay on the 'road' u can travel at 150%/200%/whatever normal speed
additional stuff u could put in:
Gates of different speeds.. maybe u want ppl to slow down a bit to see your pretty gardens or something
Repair gates ... give a nice boost to ppl travelling through your city
Toll gates .. charge a fee for using the road (either create barriers at the side of the road start and stick 1 of these in for a 1-off payment or make the whole road out of em for a per-km payment)
this would provide the functionality of roads, still look and feel starwarsy, tie in with the whole 'wheels' debate and be easy to implement