So I’m riding along and I see a wild boar running down the road as I come around a bend. Does the guy riding 3 meters behind me see “my boar” (at a different relative position on the road) or does he see “his own” boar that comes around the bend at the same point for him that I saw it for me?
So, are we all riding in one world where things are happening in that world at the same time for everyone or are we riding in separate (effect) worlds where things are happening at times relative to us?
I would guess they do see the same things (at least for the more interesting stuff) to help with the social aspect of the game. If you see the Yeti and mention it to your friend who you’re riding with it would be odd if they didn’t also see the Yeti. Also, if you’re making a comment about the big T-Rex that just walked by you’d want the people nearby to be able to see it as well, maybe it would be a topic of conversation even in a pacer group ride etc.
Yeah, I guess what I’m asking is slightly more subtle than that. If I see the Yeti right as I come around a bend and he is walking by a tree, does the rider who is behind me by five seconds also see him in that same position when HE (the rider) comes around the bend or does the rider see the Yeti five seconds beyond the tree (in the same position as the Yeti is for me now)?
In Watopia, there is a train that rolls through the town. I feel like it always appears at the same time “time” as I go by. If that’s true, it seems to indicate that everyone sees a different train - one that is shown to their avatar at the same relative position to them when they reach a certain point in the road.
I don’t know how game engines work in general and if these effects are related to your avatar or are just part of the singular world and happening independently of your character.
Yes, none of this really matters but at least it’s not another “Racing Score is broken” thread…
It’s an interesting question. I suspect that if you disconnected your internet connection you’d still see the animals/dinosaur/train/etc, so I tend to doubt that your friend slightly up the road sees the dinosaur in the same position as you see it when you get to where he was.
I’m sure this was asked and answered previously. I think the answer was that all those interactive elements have their own activity schedules. So the trains that run nearby might run on a loop or point to point starting every 10 minutes from whatever the start point may be for that area. Therefore whether or not you see it depends on your timing. By extension, other riders see it in its own location relative to time - so if the train is pulling out of the station when you get there, when the rider 5 seconds behind you reaches the same point on the road, the train is 5 seconds up the track and not just pulling out of the station.
Now we just need to figure out the schedule for the yeti and sasquatch. I’ve seen the sasquatch twice now in 60 weeks (first time was on my 2nd zwift ride, didn’t realise how lucky I was) but never the yeti in ±45 ascents and descents down adz
It seems like it has to work that way (there is only one train and everyone sees it wherever it happens to be when they see it) but there is a climb on Makuri that bends around and every time I get to a certain spot, there is a boar (or whatever it is) coming down the hill along the side of the road. It seems too consistent to be just happening in the world at random times and seems to be tied to “me”.
