This is some sort of running commentary on my 1st sea journey... can't really say much until the whole trip is done.
09/10/12 sunset, winter.
dwi, Jorradith (for a foreign trader noble with no men) embarking to Zenith Coast
A lone noble with 1 scout (don't think scouts are counted....) costs 9 gold and 2 hours to embark
and you get this screen...
You are now embarking ships into the Zenith Coast.
The ships will sail at sunset.
It will take about 4 hours until you reach the open sea. (i guess if you are low on hours, you'll be "stuck" on that screen for another turn... much like land travelling)
clicking on action in left tab says "you are not in a proper location".... i think it's because the left menu isn't immediately refreshed to show the new left tab that you get whilst sailing.. not certain. (ie.. play-action2.php instead of sea_action.php)...
interestingly sea_travel.php has the sea region names (as seen in dynamic map with layer ticked) but the normal embarking screen doesn't. no doubt it's todo. but i still prefer if the sea region names are baked into the basic map, so you can maybe shift them around so they are not centred into the sea region. the sea boundaries could be hard to see? horses for courses no doubt. there's an advantage with the current setup... the font size of the sea region stays the same in the various zoom.. so you could see the names of the sea regions quite clearly and get the general gist of where they are.
ah yes. no command menu. which is a bit of a shame. maybe could just disable the actionable stuff there but leave the info bits? (eg show food stock)
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10/10/12 sunrise
A Day at Sea (43 minutes ago)
personal message
You have reached the open sea of Zenith Coast.
options
sail to:
Dancing Tides (233 miles, ca. 20 hours)
Northern Passage (396 miles, ca. 33 hours)
"Remember that these are ship travel times, independent of your personal hours." <--- um... eh? ... no big round help link yet. right.. a look at the wiki explains it.. 12 hours' sailing a turn. probably easier to explain the 12 hours bit on that page directly. in that sentence even.
how come channel of gelene isn't an option? going to sail to northern passage to see if i can get the option to the channel.
Zenith Coast
You are currently sailing towards Northern Passage.
You will reach your destination in about 26 hours.
... eh? why did it change from 33 to 26?!
land at
Ienith (Iashalur, 70 miles, ca. 6 hours)
Jorradith (Iashalur, 25 miles, ca. 3 hours) <--- where he came from
Zereth (Astrum, 84 miles, ca. 7 hours)
Ygg d'Razhuul (Astrum, 138 miles, ca. 12 hours)
Yggdramir (Astrum, 197 miles, ca. 17 hours)
Valkyrja (Astrum, 199 miles, ca. 17 hours)
hmm.. so if i were to travel from Jorradith to Valkyrja by sea.. that would cost 9 gold, 1 turn for embarking and sailing to open sea. then 2-3 turns to land? (depends on how many hours you have left after embarking... i'm back up to 12 hours upon reaching open sea.. so 2 turns probably)
as opposed to land travelling hours of.. 13+7+10+3... maybe save 1-2 turns. useful.
... um.. the userdata.php says "ok" in status as opposed to "travelling" or "sailing"
