Shooting Star Locations

[Aurhora]

Hey,

 

I started a topic in this forum a few months ago, suggesting that some of the locations on the Shooting Star Map be updated, as I felt they were inaccurate. I received a few comments that suggested that shooting star locations vary in the exact spot where they fall.

 

For me, as I am in an active star hunting clan on Runescape, this seemed strange, as I had never before noticed that any of the stars we've hunted to vary in their falling locations whatsoever. I have also asked around in the clan, who hunts at least 1 one star every two hours, whether or not they have noticed that stars can occasionally fall in different places. Everyone I have asked says that they do not believe the stars move.

 

Of course, they may not have noticed small differences in location. Therefore to be sure, I would like to start a project. Every time I hunt a star or am aware of a star being found, I am going to the location to take a screenshot of where the star is located, both in the normal playing screen and on the mini-map. Hopefully, as I gather more and more data, I should be able to find out whether stars move or not. Whether or not they do, hopefully I should be able to find where they fall the majority of the time at each specific location.

 

Here is my question. If I continue with this project, is there a way we can implement this information on the website? I have two suggestions

 

1) Updating the star map to reflect the spots where the stars fall the majority of the time.

 

2) Having small map screenshots such as for evil tree locations where you can click on the specific link for each spot and instead of taking you to the Tip.It page for the mine, etc, it will take you to a small screenshot of where the star falls.

 

Let me know what you think. =)

 

~Aurhora

[SportsGuy]

Hey,

 

I started a topic in this forum a few months ago, suggesting that some of the locations on the Shooting Star Map be updated, as I felt they were inaccurate. I received a few comments that suggested that shooting star locations vary in the exact spot where they fall.

 

For me, as I am in an active star hunting clan on Runescape, this seemed strange, as I had never before noticed that any of the stars we've hunted to vary in their falling locations whatsoever. I have also asked around in the clan, who hunts at least 1 one star every two hours, whether or not they have noticed that stars can occasionally fall in different places. Everyone I have asked says that they do not believe the stars move.

 

Of course, they may not have noticed small differences in location. Therefore to be sure, I would like to start a project. Every time I hunt a star or am aware of a star being found, I am going to the location to take a screenshot of where the star is located, both in the normal playing screen and on the mini-map. Hopefully, as I gather more and more data, I should be able to find out whether stars move or not. Whether or not they do, hopefully I should be able to find where they fall the majority of the time at each specific location.

 

Here is my question. If I continue with this project, is there a way we can implement this information on the website? I have two suggestions

 

1) Updating the star map to reflect the spots where the stars fall the majority of the time.

 

2) Having small map screenshots such as for evil tree locations where you can click on the specific link for each spot and instead of taking you to the Tip.It page for the mine, etc, it will take you to a small screenshot of where the star falls.

 

Let me know what you think. =)

 

~Aurhora

 

It's a neat project, but I can tell you for certain that the stars do not fall every single time on the same square. This of course can or could have already been updated (a hidden update) by Jagex.

[Aurhora]

Thanks for your response, Sportsguy. However, based on the screenshots I have collected so far, I do believe that now, even if they did not always, land in the exact same square the majority, if not all of the time.

 

Instead of direct linking every screenshot I have onto this thread, I have instead created a special Picasa photo album to host all of my images. It can be found here.

 

The screenshots are organized by rough location and then by specific locations. So, for example, the first pictures in the album are all of Asgarnia Stars, and the organized by specific star locations within Asgarnia.

 

I will keep updating the screenshots as I get more. I aim to get multiple screenshots of every single shooting star location.

 

Thanks everyone. =)

 

--- Edit: changed to a Picasa web album instead of Imageshack

[Serpent Eye]

Aurhora,

 

It's great to hear from you again, and I hope the Gnomes are enjoying all of the food you cooked for them while researching Gnome Cuisine rewards with me. :P

 

I've sent you a PM regarding this (Shooting Star) topic, if you'd care to read it and get back to me.

 

Thanks so much, as always, :)

 

- SerpentEye

[Corvus]

Aurhora, thanks for telling us of this issue, while we will not be making use of your images in the guide (they were nice images, its just that they wouldn't really fit anywhere), instead we used them to verify the locations of the shooting star locations, and will be moving the map labels to accurately represent where the stars actually fall. The corrected map should be up on the site in the very near future.