Reference-list for (undocumented) interface features

[Error404]

Originally posted by TheHateMale
I'm pretty sure the civilopedia shortcut is displayed at the bottom left when you mouse over the button for it.

In the WorldBuilder?

[Robert]

Originally posted by Error404
CyberShy, don't you like my last tip? Or have you missed it?

:P

I like it but I wonder if it's undocumented, it's just F12, as always.
But if everybody wants it to be included, that's fine with me.

[Error404]

Originally posted by CyberShy


I like it but I wonder if it's undocumented, it's just F12, as always.
But if everybody wants it to be included, that's fine with me.

I found it with a deep research and I thought it would have been nice to share it with the community...

ok ok I'll tell the truth: I wanted to take a screenshot of the worldbuilder and pressed "F12" instead of "stamp" ehehe

[Axxaer]

Thanks everyone this is a very useful topic!

[Josquius]

Originally posted by TheHateMale
Quick load is never faster, as far as I've seen. It's only quicker in that it doesn't go through a menu.

It is in some games.Somthing to do with how regular loads load everything you need for the game.
Quick load only loads certain files with the rest already been in place in your session (i.e. doesn't load the entire level)

[khearn]

Originally posted by Jaybe

'W' = wait
It may come back to that unit sooner than you would like, but it works in general.

Just hitting "Enter" will also skip a unit and you'll come back to it later. And as Jaybe noted, it's not at the end of the queue, sometimes you'll keep coming back to it and skipping it several times. I think the next unit to be displayed is based on proximity to the last unit, not on a queue.

[Possibility]

Alt+G+N shows the pings to all players in a multiplayer game.

[Modo44]

Re: Re: Re: Reference-list for (undocumented) interface features

Originally posted by padillah
Clicking the city tile has always set the worked tiles to the computers "best guess". It has done this since Cvi II at least.

It doesn't set them on Auto govern, that's a different button on the city screen.

If you are in the City Screen, and click the city tile (the one in the center), the Governor will be turned on, and will move citizens according to the Governor settings. This does not work as it used to in Civ3 (there, you had to turn the governor on -- with a separate option), hence the counfusion, I think.

If the Governor is active for a city Civ4 will not allow you to change the Specialists. It will, however, allow you to move the population to work different tiles (disabling the Governor at the same time).

[Willem]

With patch 1.52, Alt-s will allow you to place signs on the map.

Great idea for this thread!

[mdbill]

I played a half-dozen games before I realized you could do this:
If one of your other cities owns a plot that overlaps this city, you can switch ownership back to this city by clicking on it. Then click again to work that tile.

[Aro]

Originally posted by Willem
With patch 1.52, Alt-s will allow you to place signs on the map.

Great idea for this thread!

Signs! I was looking for that!
Thanks, Willem! And CyberShy, of course!

[Willem]

Originally posted by Aro

Signs! I was looking for that!
Thanks, Willem! And CyberShy, of course!

Yeah, they're great for city planning. As I discover territory, I mark out possible locations beforehand so when I actually do have a Settler, I just have to point and click. Very handy!

[Last Conformist]

Pressing space bar works like enter for the purpose of ending turns and exiting city screens.

[jerry247]

Originally posted by padillah
* Only one unit can airlift into a city per turn.

Only one unit from a city, one unit into a city without an airport, one unit per city into a city with an airport.

[Robert]

The first post has been updated.
Thanks to all for your input!