window?

[Sabre2th]

Sorry to hear that Roman. Go play civ2.

[Roman]

Originally posted by Sabre2th
Sorry to hear that Roman. Go play civ2.

Unfortunately there are many features other than graphics that I do like in Civ 3, so I will be stuck with full-screen mode.

[Sabre2th]

If it helps, civ3 is supposed to be VERY alt-tab friendly, so you can still have winamp/email/whatever open at the same time.

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Sabre2th
If it helps, civ3 is supposed to be VERY alt-tab friendly, so you can still have winamp/email/whatever open at the same time.

The feature I'll miss most is the ability to move around the interface windows as I like them, and not as they are placed from the beginning.

[Roman]

Originally posted by Sabre2th
If it helps, civ3 is supposed to be VERY alt-tab friendly, so you can still have winamp/email/whatever open at the same time.

That does indeed help, though, windowed would still be preferable.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Roman


That does indeed help, though, windowed would still be preferable.

Why? If you can Alt+Tab out and multitask anyway, what's the difference?

[Mister Pleasant]

Need windowed mode to switch between work, game, and browser.

If it helps, civ3 is supposed to be VERY alt-tab friendly, so you can still have winamp/email/whatever open at the same time.

The ninth wonder of the world! An alt-tab friendly program!

[dirt]

yay! you guys replied! but, the difference is, say, you're chatting and the little thing flashes on the taskbar, and you know someone is talking to you, and other stuff like that. it's also easier to look like you're doing something else. i suppose in reality it doesn't make any difference, but it seems like it does...
i think that the awful truth is that CivIII is not going to be civII. i never played the original civilization, so i haven't had this happen before! civ II is my very favorite game... and maybe i will have a new favorite game, and maybe i wont. (i know that most of you are probably better than i am, but i'm super excited because i finally beat civII on emperor!)
party on

[HalfLotus]

I like full-screen.
Seeing the taskbar and whatnot kinda takes me out of my Civ utopia.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Mister Pleasant

The ninth wonder of the world! An alt-tab friendly program!

What's so funny about that? I've never had trouble with alt-tab.

[ColdWizard]

i prefer windowed mode as its easier to multitask while playing MP

[Pembleton]

My god, does the whining never stop?

Let's not discuss important thing such as gameplay or game balance, but complain about whether you can play the game in a window or not.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by HalfLotus
I like full-screen.
Seeing the taskbar and whatnot kinda takes me out of my Civ utopia.

Exactly...games is another world...a world that can't be described with windows

[ajbera]

One of the great things about playing a turn-based windowed game is the ability to alternate doing work (or schoolwork, for those still in school) with taking a few turns. Y'know, play a few turns, write a page, repeat.

However, if the game is as Alt-tab friendly as is claimed, this won't be a big deal. Hopefully the game really is stable enough to constantly Alt-tab (if necessary).

[Sabre2th]

I don't know how CtP2 compares to civ3 in terms of alt-tabiness, but it never so much as blinked back when I used to play it *shudder*