Everyone on /tg/station knows that the hairy balls theorem says that you can't have a non-zero constant (or nonzero continuous) north vector field on a cube. But you could have it on a torus:
This would be better than the space something that we have now, where entering in a side and leaving through the same side might take you somewhere you didn't start. A torus allows sane Z-level connections while still connecting all west sides to east sides and north sides to south sides, and you could do it with the current count of 6 z-levels (or any number of z-levels, by arranging a grid and having it wrap).oneechan wrote:I like this idea too, you could even do it with just 6 z-levels:Miauw wrote:yeah. its straightforward and probably not very hard to code. we'd just need some more space z-levels.JackHunt wrote:And loop then together as a space torus?
N-S connections:
1N <=> 2 S
1S <=> 2 N
3N <=> 4 S
3S <=> 4 N
5N <=> 6 S
5S <=> 6 N
E-W connections:
1E <=> 3W
2E <=> 4W
3E <=> 5W
4E <=> 6W
5E <=> 1W
6E <=> 2W
You also can't explore space by drifting in one direction this way, unless that direction is diagonal (and off-center).