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Posted by
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2008-11-21 16:49:13 - Day/Night Changes
This is completely crazy ... it is really hard on my eyes and no longer comfortable to play.

If you are trying to mimic real racing then it will not work for the following reasons ...

- On the water you would not see the lights of the other boats so why represent it that way.

- You would be following the weather and positions on the nav screen, and that would not be in night and day format?

This is a weather routing game, as if you were sat at a boats nav station. If it was supposed to be a fully realistic game it would be in 3D, and you would only see the boats close to you! Plus you would then have a nav console like on a real boats ... oh, isn't that what we have before?

Please be really careful you do not take away from the simple format that makes SailOnline fun for everyone.

Thanks.

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2008-11-21 19:28:05 - Re: Day/Night Changes
I agree, can't see wind, boat, shrore. In real world you have the sound that help alot to anderstand in the dark. The black backgroud is terribly wrong, It's just after lunch in montreal.
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2008-11-21 19:30:57 - Re: Day/Night Changes
I forgot to say that green visible numbers, ws, twa,...,should stay. Keep it clear, it's best desing
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2008-11-21 23:09:30 - Re: Day/Night Changes
please make the night colours optional - I hate them. The port and starboard lights look like an old CRT monitor which is failing
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2008-11-22 06:55:11 - Re: Day/Night Changes
It needs to be based upon WHERE the boats are sailing, NOT on the settings of each individuals PC, for local time zones.

Cuttently I'm at 62E is 4 x 15 degrees E of Long0.00 degtees = GMT/UTC => 4 hours before.
UTC shows 06:27 so local time is 10:27 mid morning for my boat.

BUT my screen is black -> it is wrong. Should be mid morning.

By Contrast:
If it is my computer clock, it is most strange as the sun has not even set yet UTC+13 here in NZ.

It is almost 1 month before our longest day and the "night" in only about 8 hours long, but need to check my almanac for exact time. I hope my SoL night is NOT a European 14 hours long!!!!



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2008-11-22 07:04:19 - Re: Day/Night Changes
LIGHTS at night.

The red & green do look "pretty" and well done, but that is not what you would see IRL. All boats on my port (left) will be GREEN STARBOARD sidelights, whilst those on my starboard (right) will be seen only as RED PORT sidelights and the ones ahead, I should only see their WHITE STERNLIGHTS.

So if that is to happen, will the International Collision Prevention Rules apply?

There may need to be a safety zone around each boat and a performance drop for collisons.

Otherwise it's all just "pretty" but VERY clever lights.

Going for IMPACT???? BANG, What a colision; both down to 50%?? Performance.

might have to have a COLLISION FREE 24 HOURS after starts of these offshore races for practical purposes.



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2008-11-22 08:03:09 - Re: Day/Night Changes
Hi, I think the Night Zone is just great, and adds to the fun factor of the game.

But you could easily have it as an option (that I would choose to have on :-).
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2008-11-22 08:32:16 - Re: Day/Night Changes
Yes happy with the "fun" factor, especially with a race around the world.

However if it was only Swedish or European races, sailing always with a night-time black screen for us Kiwis (NZL UTC +13) would get boring and would be unfair!

See RRS Rule 2!!! I rest my case!
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2008-11-22 08:37:44 - Re: Day/Night Changes
Actually, I would think the day/night feature should absolutely follow the boat position sun azimuth, not the computer clock!
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2008-11-22 08:51:48 - Re: Day/Night Changes
..maybe we should have fog on the screen too... and snow and rain. ;-)
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