Discussion of 'Directions' command

[Morgenes]

Use this thread if you would like to discuss the new Directions command that was added.

[Tenua]

+1

I think this will be a huge help to newbies.

I just want to remind them to not use this as a crutch after you've been playing for a bit. It will make your life much easier if you memorize the route.

[shadeoux]

Not sure if this has been discussed yet, however, since I am not in my hometown to see I will ask here. What of the Tribals and Nomads in Tuluk. Are they taken someplace past the guard where they wouldn't have access to since they wouldn't be true inked citizens? I.E. Would they be given directions to the eastern or southern gates if they asked or would it come back with an alternative such as you don't have the correct social status to go there.

[Patuk]

I approve.

[DustMight]

I think this is an interesting development.
The curmudgeon in me wants me to tell the newbie player to get out some graph paper and sketch their map like we did in the old days, uphill, in the winter.  ;-)

It reminds me of a feature available to rangers on another mud I played.  The ranger could "mark" a location and using a direction-like command would get a list of directions (much like the above command) back to that mark. 

[Morgenes]

Not sure if this has been discussed yet, however, since I am not in my hometown to see I will ask here. What of the Tribals and Nomads in Tuluk. Are they taken someplace past the guard where they wouldn't have access to since they wouldn't be true inked citizens? I.E. Would they be given directions to the eastern or southern gates if they asked or would it come back with an alternative such as you don't have the correct social status to go there.

Right now it is based on where you point to in the Hall of Kings.  And it only works in Tuluk, Allanak, Luir's and Red Storm.  If you pointed to Tuluk as your hometown, it will assume you know how to get to locations around Tuluk.

[RogueGunslinger]

Very cool.

[WithSprinkles]

Thank you so much for this!

[TheWanderer]

Bravo.

[Harmless]

I approve 100%, because I know confidently that it would be extremely useful to newbies from my own past experience, and yet at this stage in my Armageddon career, I know I will -never- need to use it. Hence, it is a perfect addition. Thank you Morg, you're doing very good work!!!

[boog]

This is AMAZING. Great job, guys.

[LittleLady]

First, this is looking really good. It will be a huge aide for the visually impaired players that are out there. Thank you for working on it.

I also have a question about it. Would this work, for example, to guide a player who is a citizen of Allanak/Tuluk from outside their respective city back to a gate/entrance to the city?

[Morgenes]

Not the way it is written currently.  You have to be within your hometown for it to work.  This was done as a concession to keep it from being able to always know where you are.

[James de Monet]

I cannot meme gif from my phone, but if I could, I would be starting the slow clap right now SO HARD.


Awesome addition Morg!  Love it.

[Harmless]

[LittleLady]

Glad to hear that it only works inside the cities. It's a good tool then for new players, and a lot less exploitable! Good work, this is a great addition!

[QuillDipper]

This sounds delicious, especially since the only thing i have memorized is how to get to [bar name]. Will be super useful.

[Yummri]

Thank you for working on this!

This will be incredibly useful for newbies and VI players alike and I'm glad it doesn't work outside the cities. Though travel out there is real hard, its part of the game so I wouldn't of wanted a constantly shifting landscape due to sandstorms and other things to be mapped anyways.

This is really good!

[James de Monet]

Haha, I appreciate the assist, Harmless, but not that one! That's the sarcastic slow clap. I mean the other kind.

The one where one guy starts clapping slowly and more and more people join in until we're all cheering, then form a mob and set fire to the tenements (n;e;e;e;s;s;s;s;e) in our ecstatic glee. Or something like that.

[mansa]

Is there an in game reminder of the command?

Should I put a request to include it in the newbie help file walkthrough?

[Morgenes]

It is in my list of things to do to update the website with it. I looked to see if it for in the newbie zone and couldn't really see a way to demo/talk about it. I updated a couple of help files to include it. If you have ideas on how it can be better advertised, submit a request.

[valeria]

This is one of those things that is both awesome and appropriate.  There's no reason a character born in a city wouldn't know where the various gates are (even if he or she has never been outside them).

[Drone]

I think this is an interesting development.
The curmudgeon in me wants me to tell the newbie player to get out some graph paper and sketch their map like we did in the old days, uphill, in the winter.  ;-)

I'm a newbie player and I've done this for every city I've been in, so far. Using Google Docs, anyway. It's incredibly convenient and helps me visualize the place a lot better.

[Barsook]

I love this idea but I agree with Tenua.

I just want to remind them to not use this as a crutch after you've been playing for a bit. It will make your life much easier if you memorize the route.

Maybe have it only used for the first three hours to day played?

[BleakOne]

I like it. People would reasonably know their way around the place they grew up in.