Lighthouses / Watchtowers

[Flascher]

I hadn't seen any threads on this idea, so I thought, "Why not?" I saw a few posts including the idea of lighthouses, but not an actual thread dedicated to the idea.

Well, it stumbled upon me today in Geometry (yes, all I can think about in Geometry, well and the rest of the day, is coming home to play H&H. ) that the ability to have a lighthouse might be a nice advantage.

Since J&L are planning on taking traveling out, and marching in, (and with that comes a zoomed out view of the world) I suspect it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to implement a lighthouse. Not only does it increase your range of sight because you have a vantage point, but it could also turn around and around at night and supply a large beam of light. Now, don't get me wrong. There's no way that lighthouses would magically spin and spin in circles for hours on end. I've thought of that too. You could possibly supply fuel with branches, logs, bark, etc. And of course, you can't get that beam effect without a mirror can you? It would just be a nice small radius of light. But possibly with mountable mirrors (made possibly of silver and glass?) you could create a beam effect. The only thing I'm not too sure about is the engine's ability to create a non-circular shape of light. Now since the Average Joe may come along and say, "But, I don't even live near water. Wouldn't it look a bit odd to have a lighthouse in the middle of a forest?" While this is true, this is also where I came up with the idea of watchtowers.

A watchtower could replace the cornerpost of any wall (besides branch fences, now that would be an interesting watchtower...) And would also increase the range of sight. Now of course, normally (unless your in a freaking prison) a watchtower isn't quite as tall as a lighthouse, but possibly, with a right-click option you could build the watchtower higher, and with each floor built, the range of sight would increase further. It would also be nice to be able to fire at things out of a watchtower with a bow or sling.

Constructive criticism is always welcome, along with suggestions. Please no, "wao, tihs is sto0pid." posts

[vikingdragon]

i havent seen anything about lighthouses (but im pretty new) but watchtowers and sentry towers have been suggested, and i think they would be awesome! just make a difference between the two, i think. a watchtower should be free-built, provide that sight radius, bonus to ranged attack or defense (it could just be a wooden platform with legs and a ladder). the Sentry Tower is built on top of corner posts, and provides ranged attack and defense bonuses. that is my idea, anyway.

[Flascher]

sounds like a good addition although i think maybe hunting stands could be built freely, while watchtowers are part of a wall. It's not too often you see a watchtower without some kind of wall attached to it.

[KJGJ]

Well, it stumbled upon me today in Geometry (yes, all I can think about in Geometry, well and the rest of the day, is coming home to play H&H. )

Dude, you need a life.


Good idea though.

[Flascher]

Haha well, we were doing a story problem involving a boat a lighthouse and someone spotting the boat. we were given the height of the lighthouse and the angle of depression and we had to figure out how far the boat was. I mean c'mon! Boat, lighthouse, it all works!

[Morgant]

If this gets implemented, I shall start the construction of the largest tower ever.
Building a tower to pierce the heavens.

[vikingdragons]

If this gets implemented, I shall start the construction of the largest tower ever.
Building a tower to pierce the heavens.

until the gods get pissed at you and knock it over wit their big toes.

[Flascher]

If this gets implemented, I shall start the construction of the largest tower ever.
Building a tower to pierce the heavens.

until the gods get pissed at you and knock it over wit their big toes.

Win.
Anyway, aren't there some ideas related to this idea that could help it along? Otherwise if this is something you guys really want we could always MINDFORCE jorb to draw some stuff.