Map Size

[GLIMMERMAN]

So I watched the YouTube videos and I know they said the map will be 30x30km but I'm just wondering in terms of time how long would it take to for instance cross the map from border to border in one of the vehicles? We talking like 5 minutes? 10 minutes? something like that or something longer?

[Samael]

Simple Maths can easily answer that.

30km in 5 minutes = 360km/h = So no.

30km in 10 minutes = 180km/h = So no.

A realistic speed would be approx 60.

30km in 30 minutes = 60km/h = Most likely with a margin of error of course.

Anwer = ~30 mins.

And that is in a straight line. Add obstacles to that amount of time.

[solerei]

Actually, it’s not even a whole planet. It’s just a small bit. But it’s still pretty big, 30km2. That means about 5.4x5.4km.

[Nedrith]

Depends all of them are acceptable answers. Trains can easily hit in RL 250 km/h+. So even going in a diagonal across the entire map 5-10 minutes is possible. Fastest train in the world can hit 600 km/h and that's using modern technology, something this game can easily beat by just using futuristic technology. 60 km/h in a vehicle is kinda slow, especially if we can get some relatively flat terrain or terraform to add in roads or atleast flat terrain. At that point realistic would be around 60 100 MPH or 96-160 km/h.


The real question is will there be a reason to go from one side of the map to another. Personally I find if I have to travel over a minute often to get around in a game like this we are approaching the probably should have a better method of travelling. If you make the travelling interesting it can be workable but most games don't.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by Samael:

Simple Maths can easily answer that.

30km in 5 minutes = 360km/h = So no.

30km in 10 minutes = 180km/h = So no.

A realistic speed would be approx 60.

30km in 30 minutes = 60km/h = Most likely with a margin of error of course.

Anwer = ~30 mins.

And that is in a straight line. Add obstacles to that amount of time.

the map is 30km², not 30x30km, if we assume all sides are the exact same size than its ~5,4x5,4km.

Getting from one side to another is possible under 5min if the trains drive ~100kmh

[Samael]

Originally posted by Psycho:

Originally posted by Samael:

Simple Maths can easily answer that.

30km in 5 minutes = 360km/h = So no.

30km in 10 minutes = 180km/h = So no.

A realistic speed would be approx 60.

30km in 30 minutes = 60km/h = Most likely with a margin of error of course.

Anwer = ~30 mins.

And that is in a straight line. Add obstacles to that amount of time.

the map is 30km², not 30x30km, if we assume all sides are the exact same size than its ~5,4x5,4km.

Getting from one side to another is possible under 5min if the trains drive ~100kmh

Right. Totally 5.4x5.4. So yes you are right. I was probably tired when i posted this. :P

I had a 30km by 30km map in my head. 900km2. My bad.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by Samael:

Originally posted by Psycho:

the map is 30km², not 30x30km, if we assume all sides are the exact same size than its ~5,4x5,4km.

Getting from one side to another is possible under 5min if the trains drive ~100kmh

Right. Totally 5.4x5.4. So yes you are right. I was probably tired when i posted this. :P

I had a 30km by 30km map in my head. 900km2. My bad.

900km² would be nice though...but probably way to much to handel for todays high end PC's

[GLIMMERMAN]

Originally posted by Samael:

Originally posted by Psycho:

the map is 30km², not 30x30km, if we assume all sides are the exact same size than its ~5,4x5,4km.

Getting from one side to another is possible under 5min if the trains drive ~100kmh

Right. Totally 5.4x5.4. So yes you are right. I was probably tired when i posted this. :P

I had a 30km by 30km map in my head. 900km2. My bad.

That's initially what I thought the size was too was the 30k x 30k as I know I read that somewhere but then I found out it was 30km 2 and it made a bit more sense to me. I was thinking 30k x 30k would have been a seriously large map and would take an hour to just cross it.

[Ruinsage]

Originally posted by Psycho:

Originally posted by Samael:

Right. Totally 5.4x5.4. So yes you are right. I was probably tired when i posted this. :P

I had a 30km by 30km map in my head. 900km2. My bad.

900km² would be nice though...but probably way to much to handel for todays high end PC's

That's not how it works. You can have huge maps easily because you don't load the entire map. It's a question of optimization, not so much performance.

[piddlefoot]

I dont know about all the math above but heres a trick that works and it only takes about 5 mins to cross entire map, Mk4 conveyor belt transport !

ZOOOOOOM !

Map is a lovely hand made unique gem, but it would be nice if it was 2 to 3 times bigger I recon.
Those hills in the distance, we should be able to get to them also.

Also an actual open-able Map would be damned handy !

[LillyKay]

Originally posted by piddlefoot:

Also an actual open-able Map would be damned handy !

I agree that this would be handy.

[piddlefoot]

Yea they have played Subnautica I think, and have decided the added challenge of having no map is what they want.

I disagree though, because it just makes finding stuff frustrating, and any explorer on a new planet, one of the first things they would do is map the surrounding area.

But we can have Uber 24th century tools and stuff, the ability to build like 3000 workers on steroids in a desert all eating Indian curry on a 40 degree day, but no mappy mappy !

SILENCE I KILL U !

lol