I may change Civ3's Interface.

[FrostyBoy]

I'm considering changing Civ3's interface entirely. Not to something wild and wacky, but to something more professional.

But before I begin, I wouldn't mind reading some suggestions.

I really don't like the look of some of the multiplayer screens and the espionage screen - for that screen I would like to make it look more professional and also fit the topic (like it kind of is now, just not not so messy looking).

[FrustratedPoet]

Less yellow would be nice.

How about a marble effect? Understated, but still noticable.

[self biased]

yes. marble would be nice.

[FrustratedPoet]

Something like this is what I had in mind:

[FrostyBoy]

yeah, very cool, marble it is then, I'll get on to it tonight possibly.

[kring]

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Marble sounds good. I enjoy your work Snoopy, and look forward to it.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Sn00py
yeah, very cool, marble it is then, I'll get on to it tonight possibly.

[self biased]

take your time sir, we're patient.

[Admiral PJ]

It would also be nice to have a Presidential office look to the screens, to make you feel like your in a 1950's government parliamentary house of commons/white house.

You could have a leather bound book for the city screen, maybe a spies photo for aerial/map screens.
The science screen should be tarted up too, each age should reflect its own style if possible.

It should be possible to design a interface style for each age and culture type, and just reload the new type with a special program when an age changes..

AdmiralPJ - Developer of Mantra, a realtime god game strategy action style experience

[FrustratedPoet]

That's a great idea AdmiralPJ, but is it actually possible to have a different Interface for each age?

[Zylka]

Marble is a lame cliche' trying to be classy. I wouldn't mind a matte colored windows format for all it matters, just stop trying to make it look ornate - it looks tacky

[FrostyBoy]

The thing is Zylka, the Romans used marble a lot, we still use it today for the same reasons as they did. It's the best one to use that demonstrates the image and feel of power and authority.


Admiral, I can do the graphics and would like to, but I am not a programmer, so until someone does that, I won't bother doing all the graphics..