Baccalarium
05-12-2008, 06:42 AM
I've heard the reason we can't fly accross a zone in one sokobar post click is that the menu at a post is sized to only allows three destinations at a post.What if each item in the sokobar post menu had an extra button added to it, that would pop up the sokobar post menu at that destination. My example how I would think this could work:You click on sokobar post in Fens at kylong plains entrance.The menu for that post comes upYou see sathir span as an option and hit its "forward" button.This brings up the menu for the sathir span post.You see the western pens option and hit its "forward" button.This brings up the menu for the western pens post.You see the eastern pens option and select it.You hit the ok button for the menu.You now fly from kylong plains to western pens, to eastern pens without further player interaction.I'm not sure what to call this "forward" button: look ahead, schedule flight etc.Each time a post menu comes up it can run the same checks as if the player was at standing at that post. So the validity checking of the flight path is still easily done by leg rather than deducing a path from the destination. Probably make a limit of 3 or 4 flights that can be joined like this.You could add a "back" button (unschedule) to undo hitting the forward button, but it anyone that made a mistake in selecting a hop could just close the entire panel, and reclick the post infront of them too.