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Title: Invisible rivers
Post by: icepac on June 23, 2011, 11:07:22 AM

Yes, they exist but are "painted as land".

I ran a tank into one after a 2 sector drive last night but somehow was able to back out after firing my gun to rock the tank while I was in reverse.

Yes...I was 1/2 sector from the lake or any marked water.

Ths happened near the bishop HQ last night before the reset where there is a lake beside it with a river heading toward the rear of the map.

Apparently this river also exists headed toward the front but it is  not shown on the clipboard as being a river.

So.....we have rivers that aren't mapped that you cannot ford with a tank yet these same rivers are not navigable by PT boats......which run aground in them.

If a river is deep enough to float a tank or LVT, then it should float a pt boat as well.........it should also show up on the map.

Title: Re: Invisible rivers
Post by: ImADot on June 23, 2011, 12:15:14 PM

Not a bug.  It's the map design.  I'm guessing you don't have "detailed water" enabled in your advanced graphics prefs.  Without that, you see the underlying terrain texture, if the map maker used anything other than "deep ocean" under the river.  Also, if the river is not at 0 altitude, boats cannot navigate them.  And the clipboard map is drawn by the map maker, so any details in it are his doing.

Here's a sample I made to show the differences some of the settings make: (clickable thumbnail)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/ViperDriver/AcesHighII/Terrain%20Samples/th_GraphicDetailResults.jpg) (http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/ViperDriver/AcesHighII/Terrain%20Samples/?action=view&current=GraphicDetailResults.jpg)

Title: Re: Invisible rivers
Post by: badhorse on June 23, 2011, 02:34:40 PM

I understand his point though. I do have detailed water enabled and I can see it, but not always shown on the map.

Title: Re: Invisible rivers
Post by: icepac on June 25, 2011, 11:14:59 AM

It's not fun driving a tank two sectors to find you are blocked from you destination by something not on the map.

Title: Re: Invisible rivers
Post by: ImADot on June 25, 2011, 03:33:25 PM

Quote from: icepac on June 25, 2011, 11:14:59 AM

It's not fun driving a tank two sectors to find you are blocked from you destination by something not on the map.

I'll keep that in mind while working on my current MA map.  :salute

Title: Re: Invisible rivers
Post by: icepac on June 26, 2011, 10:06:15 AM

Dang....that's a pretty big undertaking.

It's good to see you use the forums to incorporate what will eventually be found in your map and hope to fly it one day in the main arena.

That said....."jeep tunnels".