Make past worlds viewable

[Granger]

originally here: viewtopic.php?p=733674#p733674

Maybe the devs should not wipe the map on a new world but compress it as a download (torrent) with a stripped down client (and assorted resources) that only can display the dataset for viewing...? Could even be uploaded to archive.org...

Freeze everything​ and serialise it in a way so it can be viewed freely, an eternal timeless last moment of the world, a window for the future into a lost past.

[Sevenless]

I don't really view this as a good use of dev time personally. I'd rather see new features worked on than this. Unless it's trivial to implement I guess.

[Granger]

Maybe you don't see it as a good idea now, what will you think in 10, 20 years?
Might be nice to have the ability to go back then, remembering what was...

[viznew]

i whould like to be able to view past worlds but does not seem super important but i sure do miss nice town (my 1st village ever w9) its kinda off putting knowing im building a massive fancy horse racing arena and not long after its done prob reset lol

[DDDsDD999]

Doesn't seem that useful, people usually take pictures of everything they care about by world end or when they're told of it, a ton of shit is usually decayed by world end, maybe someone wants to keep part of their village secret or something. Even with legacy pretty much everyone just logs on once, sees all the decayed shit and leaves. Seems like a waste of dev time and resources, as maps are rather big data-wise.

[Ysh]

Maybe you don't see it as a good idea now, what will you think in 10, 20 years?
Might be nice to have the ability to go back then, remembering what was...

This is joke or serious suggesting?

[Jacobian123]

The only nostalgia I would like to look back on in haven is the old forums, and those are pretty much gone. Worlds can be seen in pictures everywhere.

[Fierce_Deity]

Lots of hating on this idea and I feel like its more because Granger posted it than anything else. Having some way to better view old worlds would be pretty cool imo. No, it shouldn't be focused on the devs any time soon, but it would certainly be nice to view old worlds in a sort spectate mode(ghost mode?) Comparing pictures to this idea is like comparing a flipbook to a movie.
It could be a subbed only feature as well.

[Sevenless]

Lots of hating on this idea and I feel like its more because Granger posted it than anything else.

I've never been anything but cordial with Granger. Dev hours are limited and I don't really feel scrolling around a ghost world of haven is appealing to enough players to make it worth dev effort. You can just play the game 6 months after a world start for nearly the same effect

(actually this world is maintaining a good pop compared to previous, so that comment isn't quite as deserved as it used to be)

[shubla]

horrible idea