Torches and Campfires

[Starfret]

Hi all!
I was wondering if we will be able in game to have usable and visible torches like Gothic or Ultima online; it would be very cool :cool:
And I saw a screenshot called "campfire". Will we be able to light a campfire during the night? It's so immersive... i.e. I chop some wood from a tree and i make a fire on the grass, then I and my companions sit down on the grass around it and eat something...
wow!!

[Currin_Bloodstorm]

HAJH!!!

[Madsniper]

oooo yes fire the second best tool after weapons

watch out dark side, fire will NOT be your friend when it is being weilded by me and it will just end up on your house anyway

fire one of the best natural scorces of enegry and light.

[Leyanne]

There he goes again. Kill destroy burn. But when we get back from THAT battle how about a nice little campfire, cook some food, enjoy the company of freinds, play music, sing songs, drink and be merry. We were talking in another thread about the idea of being able to play music and dance - like in Anarchy Online. Imagine a night time scene - the glow of a campfire - subtle lighting - starry starry sky - smoke spiralling. A couple of us at a time going to check the surrounding areas 'guarding' the others. I think fire could be a great addition both for the cooking/campfire thing and as means of destruction in battle.

[Sandman]

ROFL!!! I can just imgaine the sight of a single little innocent campfire, turning into a massive lethal forest fire, wiping out whole towns and forests! :)

[Spiralhammy]

Fires would be good. Can already collect wood, so why not burn it :) I dont much like the idea of burning down an entire forest though. Poor critters. Have it hard enough with migration to find food without having their habitat burned up.

[hightyebeets]

Fires would be good. Can already collect wood, so why not burn it :) I dont much like the idea of burning down an entire forest though. Poor critters. Have it hard enough with migration to find food without having their habitat burned up.

mm indeed.

[balgus]

Smokey would be most displeased! :p

[Occultus]

lol then we'd have to have a save the forest foundation or something =P

[Leoceros]

The idea of making mad homo love to my boyfriend by a roaring campfire does intrigue me.

[Craxis]

oooo yes fire the second best tool after weapons

watch out dark side, fire will NOT be your friend when it is being weilded by me and it will just end up on your house anyway

fire one of the best natural scorces of enegry and light.
WOW THAT WAS SO SMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fire isn't a source of energy. The wood or what ever you are burning is. "Their is you're Edjumacation lesson four thuh Dae."

[benafar]

I have only found one reference to this and it doesn't really help answer the question of whether we will be able to make our own camps, but here it is anyway...

Do lamps, fire camps, etc. need some kind of maintenance? No. They light up when the sun goes down, and out when morning comes, it’s automatic. (Source: Stratics DnL FAQ)

Oh, wait. Found another quote:

Question to AD: Will you be able to set up a camp? Like a campfire and/or a tent?
AD: Not from what I know, but I may be wrong. (Source: 08-30-2005 Questions to AD Post)

[lemMuppet]

hey, long time lurker, no time poster here heh

I hope campfires get implemented at some stage, they are a great roleplaying tool, as well as being practical for an explorer to cook some of the meat they've hunted, or as a way to logout safely without having to find a town to do so.
Making campfires was a skill in ultima if i remember correctly (not that this game is ultima) but i thought they were a nice addition.

my 2cents :)

[|NF3RN0]

Oh yeah and while your dancing, drinking, singing around the campfire, a dozen invisible rogues creep up behind every single one of ya to one hit kill yas :) I'm hoping "if" they have a decent type of night time, then it will be near impossible to see far, like only a few meters and make out large objects in distance like mountains or buildings.

[benafar]

Oh yeah and while your dancing, drinking, singing around the campfire, a dozen invisible rogues creep up behind every single one of ya to one hit kill yas :) I'm hoping "if" they have a decent type of night time, then it will be near impossible to see far, like only a few meters and make out large objects in distance like mountains or buildings.

I'm hoping you spend the next 6 months out looking for people around campfires... and keep stumbling into groups of Sabertooths while creeping stealthily through the bushes. :p

[Peckus]

Campfires. Why dont you just start shooting off fireworks and screaming " WE ARE OVER HERE....PLEASE COME KILL US"

Would have the same effect.

[lemMuppet]

..or maybe drop a bag of gold and an axe next to the fire and then hide in the darkness waiting for that unsuspecting invisible rouge to sneak up and take it :P

anyways, it would be sweet seein a small glow through the trees in the distance....friend, or foe? take a wide birth or take a closer look?

[TrinityStar]

Hi all!
I was wondering if we will be able in game to have usable and visible torches like Gothic or Ultima online; it would be very cool :cool:
And I saw a screenshot called "campfire". Will we be able to light a campfire during the night? It's so immersive... i.e. I chop some wood from a tree and i make a fire on the grass, then I and my companions sit down on the grass around it and eat something...
wow!!

Campfires not to sure on but i do know you will be able to hold/use a torch. Just be careful when and where you pull it out, not only will it help you see but will help other see you :shhh:

[benafar]

Yes but the visual distance for characters (and I assume anything they are carrying) is just 500m, so an enemy could be flying over you and if they are more than 500m in the air they would never see you. ;)

[Marenski]

Campfires not to sure on but i do know you will be able to hold/use a torch. Just be careful when and where you pull it out, not only will it help you see but will help other see you :shhh:

Yay for torches, but Boo Boo is giving me nightmares! Look at that demonic little lutian!

Fire is great. In any form. I dream of walking into an enemy city and razing it. But that's just a dream. I imagine all those pictures of campfires are just areas in the game.

You could set up cool campsites in SWG. When we were n00bs we used to go out hunting and sit around in our camps to recover. Most of us had dancing or musician abilities so it was quite "campy". Those were the days.