Which type of docking sim do you prefer/use most?

Stephen Wilson

just out of interest...which type of docking sim do you prefer/use most?

corne_mo · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:28 am Post subject:

In PoC XXL, I use the 2D harbours. And I like they way they are now. Except that you have to sail to the most strange places to berth.
To get a more Arcade-feeling, it would be nice to move the start- (when berthing) and endpoint (when sailing out the harbour) closer to the harbour entrance though.
I use Sim3D only as a stand-alone game, never in combination with PoC XXL.
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Olle P · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject:

I think the 2D sim is generally okay as is, but it needs a) time compression to allow faster movement across the screen at lower ship speeds (you don't enter ports at 25+ kts!) and b) a pause function for the game, when I need to get away from the computer in a hurry.

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Trynnn · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

I prefer the 3dsim v1, becasuse its simpler to use than the v2. V2 is too graphic heavy too, I think.

I really miss more ships and so on v1 instead.

Nerby · PoC Veteran Gold Licensee Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 75

I think you forgot an option ... for people who don't use any docking sim at all, which is my case.

Regards,

Nerby

ANR · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject:

You are right Nerby, and tha is the reason, why why i´ve not voted
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StickyMonk · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:45 am Post subject:

I like the new harbours, if your going to dock by hand might as well look better.

I do sometimes turn off the sim though, just depends on if I feel like it, I would use it more often if I could turn off the reefs/icebergs/shallows.......
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Bearsie · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:28 am Post subject:

Olle P · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject:

I normally run the game in sim-mode, but let the tugs take my ships in and out of port whenever possible, unless I feel like steering myself for a cha(lle)nge.

Cheers
Olle

catfish · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject:

in the beginning, i like the handmade-docking to make stats points for better and bigger ships later in the game i press the "N" key and pay for tugs
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