Curse

thunderai · Jan 15, 2007, 05:24 PM // 17:24

Hi, i'm new to the forum and the game; however, a quick use of the search feature didnt turn up anything i felt was silular to what i'd like to see.

What I would like to see is the ability for the user to click on the ingame map and enter information such as there is a collector at this location, or this boss is here, or there is such and such at this location. I know there is a 3rd party application outside of the game that can do something like this, but it is very limited in scope.

As an ASP/PHP/MySQL developer I could make a web-based solution to do what i am asking rather quickly, but it wouldn't help much as it would exisit out of the game.

I'd imagien each of your locations could be saved to the local computer so they do not take up any bandwidth with the main anet server. You could also create the icons and share with each other, but only the sightseeing type would show if you haven't explored that area yet. Sort of a way to get people out there exploring.

What do you all think of this idea. Like I said it wouldn't very very hard to implement outside of the game, and i'd be more then willing to assit the developers in getting it to work inside the game.

Mainly because my little clipboard of maps and sightseeing locations is getting messy and an ingame solution would clear things up and help everyone else.

MegaMouse · Jan 15, 2007, 07:30 PM // 19:30

Rather good idea. I mistook it for something else befre I read your post but after reading through it I like it. Maybe instead of clicking on the icon though (town warping might be a problem) when your cursor goes over it then the info should pop-up like on the skill bar.

/SIGNED

Mega Mouse

thunderai · Jan 16, 2007, 01:35 AM // 01:35

Thanks, sorry i may not have made the post title clear, but i think it really is a good idea.

a mouse over effect when you move your mouse over the icon would be good, and all you need is an icon manager similar to the skills template manager.

just click on the map, a window opens and asks you the type of icon you want to add and a field for the information you want in the icon to be about. clicking on the icon opens the ability to delete or edit the icon.

leprendun · Jan 16, 2007, 02:11 AM // 02:11

I'm thinking this is already feasible, and if implemented, would probably operate similar to the mouse-over items already present on the mini-map. Having these items present on the world map would make it a bit easier to find a certain collector or NPC if you're unsure what zone they were in.