Re: [Freeciv-Dev] (PR#6669) Topology and generators
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Jason Short wrote:
[evyscr - Thu Oct 30 22:58:20 2003]:
Can't poles in N-S wrapped world lay on meridians (in earth terms)
against parallels in E-W?
Yes, but I don't see why you'd want that. You'd end up with a world
where east was up on your monitor. I've often seen "reversed" maps
where south is up, but having east up doesn't really serve a purpose.
You may not see it, but it is a very good idea. There is no reason not
to play a standard earth with vertical wrapping and poles at the left-right
edges. It is a standard map form with the scrolling more in sync with
usual vertical text scrolling.
It's not really a model for a uranus-like world either; this type
shouldn't have poles (that is, the poles aren't any colder than the rest
of the map, on average - though I'm sure the temperature variation and
climate are quite different).
True, it really is for Uranus-like behaviour, but there is no reason to
make it only for Uranus-like behaviour.
Your concept of Uranus is rather limited. Don't assume or force restrictions
when there is really no need to. Let the user decide what they want with at
most defaults set to your limted view as a starter.
In reality, Uranus would likely have a hot-cold pole that migrated around
the world in sync with the yearly orbit and had nothing to do with the
actual diurnal or planet rotational poles. When in the central part it
would probably look like a standard map because the rotation would stop
the (vertical) polar effect, but the angle of incidence of solar radiation
at the edges would mean both rotational poles were colder than the central
part of the planet. Thus the effect would be a migration from hot cold
rotational poles (actually extending well down into the temperate zones)
through a both cool or earth normal scenario to a cold hot state and back.
jason
Cheers,
RossW
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