Length of time playing fish

[CB1951]

We need some work on the length of time playing fish. I have just played a 2kg trout for more than 4 hours. There is no 2kg trout in the world that would last that long, it would be dead. Needs to be something like after 1 hour the fish is considered caught.

[Willsy]

I spent 14-16hr fighting a 18kg grass carp! yeah it's crazy!

[Dwight schrute 1942]

Originally posted by freddag2:

We need some work on the length of time playing fish. I have just played a 2kg trout for more than 4 hours. There is no 2kg trout in the world that would last that long, it would be dead. Needs to be something like after 1 hour the fish is considered caught.

are you talking Real time? :D

[CB1951]

No, I am talking game time. I can't imagine game time not being relevant to real time in a fishing simulation. When I am out fishing in the real world, it does not take me four hours to land a 2kg trout. I landed a 35lb salmon on medium trout gear in 50 minutes on the Rakaia River in New Zealand.

[Graubart]

This is only a guess, but I should think the timing for playing a fish is rather related to real time than game time, since we want to experience the 'feeling' of fighting the fish. Otherwise, a panfish, like the average rotauge or whatsoever would only need a split-second to be hauled in here, which is truly not what we want to see.

So the question is: how many real time minutes do 4 hrs game time equal to?

[Symatrix Hill]

1 hour in the game is 2 minute and 30 second real time = 150 sec real time.


1 hour in the game = 150 sec real time x 4 hour in the game split on 60 sec = 10 minute each 4 hour in the game.
4 hour in the game = 10 real time minute.


1 hour in the game = 150 sec real time x 24 hour in the game split on 60 sec = 60 real time minute each 24 hour in the game.
24 hour in the game = 60 real time minute.

[Graubart]

Thx, Symatrix Hill. 10 Minutes for reeling in said trout sounds about right to me?

[Symatrix Hill]

Np mate.

Well it depends on the equipment. Overpower equipment may use 10 second to reel in 2 kilo or 10 kilo fish.

[Symatrix Hill]

Originally posted by Willsy:

I spent 14-16hr fighting a 18kg grass carp! yeah it's crazy!

Even more crazy if you lose the fish after 30 - 40 minute, did that thought strike you lol.