SIMPLE and EASY Ideas for the Patches

[yin26]

Indeed, not having #47 threw me for a loop for a second when I wanted to delete a bunch of saved games.

[magic panda]

Better or Customisable options for showing in game events.

IE: Currently when another Civ build a world wonder its very easy to miss.. A popup/sound would be ideal.

[pauli]

add the ability to create folders from the save screen.

or, better yet, expose all basic file management functionality. it's there. it's just a reskinned windows explorer screen. it's just all turned off for no good reason.

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by pauli
or, better yet, expose all basic file management functionality. it's there. it's just a reskinned windows explorer screen. it's just all turned off for no good reason.

yeah! in civ3 you could set something in the ini-file to use default stuff...

[Tiberius]

Not sure which number to use now

Probably 51?

[51] Add a baloon or status bar (or any other) mouse-over help to the options screen. [/51]

Displaying a short explanatory message while hovering the mouse over an option like "Quick combat" or "Numpad help" would be of great help not only for new players.

[Wildbulldog]

[52] When the city Build Menu pops up saying "The city has just built cool-new-item, what would you like to build now?", I would like to be able to click on cool-new-item in the text to have the city build it again if it is possible.

[53] In the Domestic Advisor screen show the number of turns to completion beside what is being built.

Edit: Sorry about the wrong numbers. Started the post earlier in the day and got sidetracked.

[Nikolai]

Wildbulldog, that should have been [52] and [53].

[SirSebastian]

[54] Allow the player some control over the scrolling (panning) speed/deceleration of the camera. It has been designed to be "smooth" but the player needs more control - esp. those of us with LCDs where the last bit can cause flickering.


On [27], I have found it really enjoyable that if I zoom all the way in near a city that I hear appropriate music, which is different from the normal zoom-level music.

[duodecimal]

On, 54, I'd ask also for a locking option, to prevent that brief hang when your computer's re-rendering the globe when you want to zoom out.

Too many times I back out for a wider picture and then have to inch back in so I can see what I wanted to see... I'd like to be able to disable the global view with a toggle down by the minimap, so I can just whip down the scroll and not worry about it.

[edit] Also... I think the scroll functionality goes by your 'Office' settings -- i.e., 3 levels of zoom per click. Either that, or there really is just a big jump between maximum flat-map distance and minimum global distance. I keep rocking back and forth between the two...

[pauli]

I'd like to be able to disable the global view with a toggle down by the minimap, so I can just whip down the scroll and not worry about it.

++++++

i hate the globe view. it's useless to me, as all it does is permanently decrease my framerate. it always overzooms if i want to go to the farthest usable zoom level, and next thing i know, i've got clouds and 3fps.

i want more traditional zoom levels.

[Fosse]

[55] I'd like to have the Globe view templates available on the normal view.
[56] I'd like to be able to have multiple Globe view templates on at a time.
[57] Fix the event/notification delay!
[58] Add a "Needs" column to the AI lists on the Tech and Resource Diplomacy screens.


55 and 56 are so I can do things like draw lines when zoomed in, or see which resources are in whose territory when zoomed out.

57 is obvious and has been talked about all over these boards.

58 would be great. Each AI has a "Will Trade," "Won't Trade," and "Needs" column, much like the Civ 3 Trade Advisor did.

Thanks for maintaining the list, Yin.

[Fosse]

[59] Space Bar as an option to end turn.

I forgot about that one. LIke SMAC and previous Civs, which let you use enter or space.

[Fosse]

Third times a charm...

[60] Lines and signs vanish when you load a saved game. I hate that. Please let them stay when you reload a saved game.

[duodecimal]

If lines keep with saved games, you'll definitely need a way to efficiently delete them.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Fosse
[59] Space Bar as an option to end turn.

I forgot about that one. LIke SMAC and previous Civs, which let you use enter or space.

This is in. I always end my turns pressing the Space Bar.