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MombassaMbomba

Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:47 am

I have been a MR for several months now, and I am determined to stick it out until it is fixed as it was my first elite profession andI like the concept.

I have one issue (apologies if it has been raised before), how does areatrack work? There have been many times where I have been out in the wilderness tracking anything to kill and finding 'no tracks in the ares'. Only to find that when I hop on my bike and more a few meters creatures appear, sometimes I think you can only track creatures that have appeared on your radar or ones that you have passed before?

Also, when trying to track a particular creature, what is the best way to find it? How do people gague how far they have moved since the last track and do they have a method to cover large areas thoroughly?

Droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that."

JBMat

Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:53 am

#2

You can only track what has spawned. Different creatures spawn at different ranges, or at least I think so. Some are semi permanent spawns, meaning they are there regardless if people are around; other lairs only spawn if someone has gone bye. Sorta why there are tons of creatures around populated areas, and few in the boonies.

To gauge distance, cheat a wee bit. Use the waypoint monitors and get em on your screen (control O, misc, you will see em). Waypoint where you were, then take off. It tells you how far you have gone. Not that this is a problem usually, 500m is 25 secs on a swoop. I use the time guesstimate, and turn my radar up.

I was using areatrack exclusively to find peko pekos and gularama last week. Worked fine, to the tune of 500k worth of hides. Just know that being in the mountains messes it up.

JB

MombassaMbomba

Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:56 am

#3

Thanks JB, good answer.

Is there anything in development for tracking?

Droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that."

Calculus_Entropy

Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:36 am

#4

MombassaMbomba wrote:

Thanks JB, good answer.

Is there anything in development for tracking?

We have bugs/changes in the State of the Profession, and there is a section on tracking in the Outdoorsman Proposal. Also, I expect it will be a hot issue in our Top 5 list, once we get one.....It is already an issue on the "Top Issues" thread.

Calculus Entropy
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Garindan used /areatrack to find Han.

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