Most of the open world is never visited: how far do players really roam from their base?

A huge map is wasted if everyone lives near their home. This entry shows how to find the distance within which players spend nearly all their time, without letting idle minutes or several bases skew the answer.

Why this works

Time spent says more about interest than visits do, and the distance that matters is the one to the nearest home, since players with several camps would otherwise look like long-distance travellers. A limit on idle time keeps waiting from deciding the answer.

When not to use it

Skip it when players have no home to return to, or when the game is about a journey in one direction. Then measure how far they get along the route instead, and how many reach each stage.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 35 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Most of the open world is never visited: how far do players really roam from their base?" (read_entry survival-how-far-from-home-players-roam) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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