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The fastest route between SF and NCR
Gargantua:
Has the thought that going in a straight line, means you pass through LESS squares, crossed your mind, when considering which squares to travel in... ?
Do you have an equation? Like a RED square takes 2x as long as a GREEN square, and a YELLOW square is 1.5 times a GREEN Square?
So you could imagine, 10 RED = 20, 10 YELLOW = 15, 10 GREEN = 10, for a total time distance of 45 squares. ?
You then can calculate, is it better to take 5 green squares, or 2 red squares. You reading my mail?
firehand:
--- Quote from: Gargantua on November 23, 2011, 10:43:40 PM ---Has the thought that going in a straight line, means you pass through LESS squares, crossed your mind, when considering which squares to travel in... ?
Do you have an equation? Like a RED square takes 2x as long as a GREEN square, and a YELLOW square is 1.5 times a GREEN Square?
So you could imagine, 10 RED = 20, 10 YELLOW = 15, 10 GREEN = 10, for a total time distance of 45 squares. ?
You then can calculate, is it better to take 5 green squares, or 2 red squares. You reading my mail?
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That's actually the case. The green dots stands for twice as fast speed as the red ones on avarage. And yellows are something in between. The methodology wasn't elaborate ;) ...
To make a test I used character with 105 outdoorsman skill and without any addicional perks that could affect speed of traveling on the map. As long as it was possible I was crossing each of square in the middle in east-west direction, then I was counting the red dots that were made within a square. The classification I made consists of three speeds: green that stands for 5-6 dots, yellow 7-8 and red over 9 - 12 dots. The blue line that shows the fastest route is a result of simplification and approximation but it is definately much faster than a straight route from one city to the other. Also I doubt there's much room for further optimization.
Crazy:
--- Quote from: Surf on November 23, 2011, 06:25:01 PM ---Uhm, all you have to do is to look at the maps terrain on the worldmap. It should be common sense that mountain ranges slow down your path while open plains are faster to travel along..
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Sadly, this is far from being true in certain zone.
Izual:
Interesting and serious report. Thank you. It is actually interesting to know that some flat-desert areas are as slow as mountains.
Jackall:
I always tought that there was a difference between plains and desert. In the desert, sand make harder to walk, and also the hotness forces you to slow your walking speed.
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