Idea: in-game notepad

[Vince278]

Always could just open the Windows notepad and alt-tab.
(Unless you're still getting that directx error )

[Brent]

Yes! a notepad is one of my ideas that I haven't remembered to post about yet! I want the game to remind me of things I wanted to do when things happen. Hovever, there seems to be less need now than in Civ2. A note within the software would be easier to find than on a scrap of paper when you come back to a game you haven't played in a while.

[Vince278]

I'm a micro-managing Emperor at heart who can remember the myriad details of everything that is happening in my current game but I can see the problem if you have to step away for more than a few days. Unfortunately it would be a pain to type the necessary detailed brief on what I'm doing.

[Paddy]

I like the idea of a note pad.

large civs can get a tad untidy when you are also working fulkl time and looking after your child...

[DarkCloud]

I usually just do what vince suggests when I play my games... And it'll save some coding and make the game less unweildly if more people just did that instead of using one in-game

[DrSpike]

I like this idea. It can't be hard to include, and I'm sure it would get used.

[Asmodean]

Championship Manager 4 has something like this. You can attach notes and reminders to the players. I use this feature a lot.

Asmodean

[Spiffor]

An "annotation" feature would be nice indeed. I sure wouldn't use it often, but it can be useful when you want to note down your plans, if you have to leave Civ for some time.

[Panag]

hi ,

definatly something to be looked at by game makers , it would be great to get an automated program for screenshots

now the idea has to be sold , .......

and the main Q is how , ....


have a great day

[MattH]

What would also be interesting is a "future marker" where you can place colored markers or arrows to indicate locations to build a city, roads, mines, and for troop movement. What would make that even cooler is a a way to assign 'future builds' to units and specify a priority rating. Talk about 5-year plans

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by MattH
What would also be interesting is a "future marker" where you can place colored markers or arrows to indicate locations to build a city

Yeah I'd love this, given the amount of times I've spent ages on a pattern of cities then forgot exactly where I decided my cities should be.

[Asmodean]

Hey, Matt: That's actually a great idea. I have, as DrSpike, spent too much time deciding on city locations, then to firget them again. Would be a nice addition to civ games

Asmodean

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Vince278
Always could just open the Windows notepad and alt-tab.
(Unless you're still getting that directx error )

That's what I do, when I feel the need (rarely) to mark something down.

I once used that to name all of my ships, before we were able to rename units

[Torkkeli]

I think it would be very handy for example when saving the game. You would be able to write down your plans for the future.
And when you load up the game, say after some while you are instantly brought back to the game as you can read what you or someone else was doing before saved.

[Nimrod]

Here is the scenario, you take over a PBEM game for some one who has left. Instead of going back and looking through all the related threads, you can open the notepad the previous player started and see that civilization x is not to be trusted because of a land dispute around turn x.