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Temporary compass

Discussion in 'Wishlist Requests' started by Aldo, Dec 28, 2020.

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  1. Turk Key

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    I wish I could have a temporary marker within a zone that I can set to be able to return to the same location. This would be very useful especially when shopping. Say I am price shopping for an item, searching vendor after vendor. I could set a mark on the lowest price found and continue my search till worn out. There on my compass is the red star marking the last vendor visited with the latest mark. This marker works just for me, only while in the scene.
    Another mode could a temporary marker dynamic which could be used for player quests within a scene. Players could find a marker activator on their quest, click on it and get a temporary mark on the compass to the next location and so on.
    These are two examples of temporary marker use. My mind is full of other uses, but keeping this short.
     
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    That's something Lua could easily do, except for the temporary mark on the compass. Lua could however create a directional indicator that would provide the same end result.

    I may play with that this week
     
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    Sounds great!! Hope something comes of this.
     
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    Got a "proof of concept" for a few "pins" around my house:
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    Needs some polish.
     
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    One problem with this - which I suspected when I started this little project - is that some scenes are rotated differently than others. For example, in Celestis the "X" coordinate is North/South but in Greymark Forest"X" is East/West. That's going to complicate things ... like ... a lot.
     
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