New sailing "Headwinds" message is backwards.
Feb 25, 2024, 02:33 (UTC)
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Feb 25, 2024, 02:33 (UTC)
# 1
After the last patch there is a new message about folding the sail when there are strong headwinds.
As you can see in the screen shot below, this message appears when you have a TAIL wind and the sail should NOT be folded. It then does not appear when you actually have a HEAD wind and the sail should be folded. In otherwords it is backwards.
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Feb 25, 2024, 05:00 (UTC)
# 2
Literally nobody asked for this tooltip. Just another annoying clutter in the UI.
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Mar 31, 2024, 11:08 (UTC)
# 3
Yes this happens for me too. The tooltip tells me to close the sails even when they should be open. This tooltip has created a lot of confusion for other members of my guild too. Suggestion to be able to disable it. Or make it only show when heading into a strong headwind.
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Mar 31, 2024, 23:32 (UTC)
# 4
There's no need for it at all. It always shows if windspeed >= 250, regardless of direction.
Next they will add a message that tells us to raise our sails. But that will be done wrong too. Then they will "automate" sail handling, and mess that up. After that they will "remove" winds altogether and make sails just cosmetic, but they won't really remove winds, they will just remove the UI. Then they will add "winds" back, but only in specific areas, that always speed up or slow down your ship, regardless of the direction that you are heading in those areas. Which may be how they think sails and wind work now. And thus - the message that no one wanted.
I bet this sounds familiar...
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Apr 3, 2024, 23:06 (UTC)
# 5
Ever since the update on Feb 21, 2024 different people have noticed it.
As have i but i've been too lazy to post XD
here's a cap from feb 26
and another from march 14
It happens in various spots. Next time it happens I'll hide my chat and post full screens so you can see it happens everywhere.
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Jun 15, 2024, 17:48 (UTC)
# 6
would be great if we were able to permanently hide this very helpful message
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Mar 29, 2025, 11:27 (UTC)
# 7
It's not that hard, you know?
More than a year and is still there...
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// Function to check the wind direction
function checkWindDirection(windDirection, userOrientation) { // Convert directions to ranges in degrees
let frontalRangeStart = (userOrientation - 45 + 360) % 360; let frontalRangeEnd = (userOrientation + 45) % 360; let rearRangeStart = (userOrientation + 135) % 360;
let rearRangeEnd = (userOrientation - 135 + 360) % 360; // Helper function to check if a direction is within a range
function isWithinRange(direction, rangeStart, rangeEnd) {
if (rangeStart <= rangeEnd) {
return direction >= rangeStart && direction <= rangeEnd;
} else {
return direction >= rangeStart || direction <= rangeEnd;
}
}
// Check frontal range
if (isWithinRange(windDirection, frontalRangeStart, frontalRangeEnd)) {
// Insert pop-up logic here
}
// Check rear range
if (isWithinRange(windDirection, rearRangeStart, rearRangeEnd)) {
// Hide pop-up logic here
}
} |
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Feb 4, 2026, 14:21 (UTC)
# 8
If the devs would ever try playing their own game, they would notice many annoying things like this. Any complaints and reports regarding these problems go into the void and it's been going on for years
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