Map: too much info going on

ConanBoDk · 2023-04-23T01:52:34.200Z

Oh yes please… This map need some changes.

It would be nice if you could your own layers or just disable types of markers.

What I would love to see is a map you can put markers and text on and draw it on a papyrus scroll and duplicate and share it with other players as an inventory item…

But it defenitly needs to be cleaned up

Xevyr · 2023-04-23T02:08:21.634Z

E.y:

Too much info going on on this map.

Aaaa… it’s only your map thou
Like you seemed to have made a point out of marking every discoverable knowledge teacher on the map and yes your server has a lot of altars…

The standard map with all the POIs thou looks absolutely fine doesn’t seem overly cluttered to me, if anything it shows that you explored a bit.
But yes with all the stuff you have on your map, it does seem a bit too much so maybe try removing some of those personal markers.

However I do think altars should be able to be toggled or something as they’re player-made structures and why would you even remotely care about them on a PvE server for example? Like… the neighbor built an altar… good for him… must have really nice sermons…

ConanBoDk:

What I would love to see is a map you can put markers and text on and draw it on a papyrus scroll and duplicate and share it with other players as an inventory item…

How can I say this without being rude Aerosmith has a nice song for it

jmk1999 · 2023-04-23T03:50:10.097Z

E.y:

show / hide the players’ altars

This would be ideal actually. I get that they mark where large bases are often times (unless it’s mine, which has none lol), but they do get a bit busy on the map.

Also would be nice to only show custom markers or hide custom markers.

E.y · 2023-04-23T09:26:25.997Z

Xevyr:

Like you seemed to have made a point out of marking every discoverable knowledge teacher on the map and yes your server has a lot of altars…

It’s true that I use a lot of markers (I reached the maximum number of markers and cannot add more). I marked the spots I am likely to return to the most, and without them, it would actually be really hard to enjoy playing this game, as I would spend most of the time lost on the map. So even if I use the marker tool to its maxized usefulness, I don’t think it should be considered “normal” to have an overflown map when the markers combine with the peripheral information of the map. An other way to put it: I don’t think I have to lower my number of makers (which is within the limits allowed by the game), just to make this map readable ; it is of my opinion that the map can be improved in that regard.

Sorry for the broken English.
PS: I wrote that answer knowing you do not mean for me to lower my markers, you are just pointing at a fact - I have a lot of markers.

Taemien · 2023-04-23T11:50:10.510Z

I’m still of the opinion the map should go as a UI element and be replaced instead by maps you look at on tables, walls, or an item you can look at. But without markers of any sort except for those you make yourself.

Whereas you figure out how to navigate with the maps by landmarks.

darthphysicist · 2023-04-23T12:01:13.958Z

I was going to do this for IoM but the only reason I added map markers is because the game is currently designed that way. I would prefer a hold up map as well or some more immersive system than an auto populating map.

FreedomOfSpeechRip · 2023-04-23T12:32:09.053Z

I agree but when we are at it what about also disabling that first discovery RED location pop up on middle of screen? Let me disable that - its annoying especially when you know that locations from other servers.

Xochikawuq · 2023-04-23T15:28:24.943Z

I think having a toggle option for each major type of location is a great idea. (Human Settlements, Caves, Altars, Religion Trainers, Obelisks, Merchants, Dungeons, Bed and Bedroll icons, etc., and your own Points of Interest – could all be separately toggled on and off, allowing you to clean up your map depending on the needs of the moment.)

I also think that having a special Clan/Guild marker – that everyone in your Clan gets to see on their own map – would be a great addition as well. It would allow Clan leaders to mark certain destination points for a mission. Or to mark a hidden base for members to be able to find.

rolee9309 · 2023-04-23T16:22:09.460Z

I personally don’t have problems woth POIs marked automatically on the map, but the shrines…why?
But my biggest problem is that this is (was, because now not really…) a survival game, and you start with a complete, fully drawn map right from the cross. It shoud be drawn as you discover areas where you go.

Firalex · 2023-04-23T20:17:33.920Z

too much and too little.

You can only place 50 custom markers.
And no radar in game to sniff out landmarks.

Weasel699 · 2023-04-24T02:45:03.574Z

i pop the map to look where im going. for like my body or to retriver my thralls. sometimes if i learn theres a area to farm things i’ll mark it and then i know but thats about it. also give us a irl game clock lol

E.y · 2023-04-24T10:12:24.394Z

Oh yes, I do that sometimes for the farm too, or to find the animals (like the horses near the mounds of the dead, or the baby white wolves cave).

darthphysicist · 2023-04-24T11:32:02.217Z

Amunets curiosity and exploration is perfect for this, but I wish fog of war was a base game feature for the same reasons.

EduMariano · 2023-04-24T13:33:55.336Z

show/hide are wellcome

rolee9309 · 2023-04-24T17:00:32.754Z

Yes, absoultely. I once suggested FoW too, but I can not remember where.

Croms_Faithful · 2023-04-25T10:26:28.437Z

I am affraid I may become unpopular in saying this, but I would like to see Obelisks also marked on the map in the Exiled Lands. Although with that said, it would be great if we had a filter which would allow us to show/hide certain map markers.

E.y · 2023-04-25T12:47:18.878Z

It’s ok to want to have more markers on the map if they are useful to you (specially something like an Obelisk which enables you to move around). But indeed, being able to show/hide those would be nice.

The ideal would be something close to the online interactive map, simplified (= no need to show the resources, we can add our own markers for that), only showing what we actually discovered while exploring, with the option to show/hide by category.

heaven13 · 2023-04-25T14:35:19.018Z

When I first opened this thread, I immediately thought of the interactive map that has filters that can be turned on/off. As you mentioned, resources wouldn’t be necessary (whether that be regular resources, baby animals, specific thrall types, etc) but POI, settlements/camps, obelisks, dungeons, and so on could be added once discovered.

I especially like fog of war and have added it another game I play because the exploration is a huge fun element for me. Would love it to be a base game feature (though I am definitely going to need to try the mod now that darthphysicist has pointed it out) in the future.

Kapoteeni · 2023-04-26T11:29:00.012Z

I don’t think the current map is too busy (even though I don’t use quite that many personal markers anymore now that I know the map well enough), but I wouldn’t mind toggles to show/hide certain features.

system · 2023-05-03T11:29:39.691Z

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