Changing airport symbol after airlift...

[Demerzel]

Would it be possible to have the airport symbol for a city change once that city has performed its outgoing airlift for that turn? Would make things easier than having to remember which of your 15 airport based cities you've used so far in a massive airlift of troops towards the end of the game.

A simple way of knowing which airports can still airlift that is easily viewable when you scroll around your cities on the main map would at least halve the time necessary trying to find a city to use, which would be all important when you are having to micro-manage a heck of a lot of units at end game.

Apologies if this has been asked before, but I couldn't see anything similiar in a quick-search of previous 'airlifts' topics.

[Gangerolf]

good idea. the airport symbol's colour could simply change after an airlift has been performed.

[Carver]

Props out to Demerzel. That would be alot easier than remembering to go from west to east (or something) across my civ trying to make sure I use all the airports without wasting time trying the same ones over and over.

[Dida]

2 thumbs up! A great idea.

[Jaybe]

From a player's standpoint, this would be very useful.
OTOH, I would wager that Firaxis was mainly concerned with trade (as with harbors) when they put the symbol in.

From a military perspective, I would also appreciate a symbol for the Barracks, so I know where to send my troops for repair or upgrade.

[Alex]

I like both the airport idea and the barracks idea. When I'm in the middle of a huge war, I want to know at a glance where I can send my troops for repairs. I hate having to go into the city view to check if the city has a barracks.

[vondrack]

Good ideas, both for airports and barracks. I guess that "greying out" an airport already used would be fine.

[zulu9812]

Thumbs up on this one

[petey]

I like this one a lot. It can get annoying towards the end of the turn when you're shuttling a unit through half the cities on your continent trying to find an unused airport.

The barracks idea would be an added bonus, too.

[phunny_pharmer]

Nice.

How about 'graying out' the airport icon? Currently, it is white...after an airlift, make it dark, but still visible.

Could also tell you if an enemy is making an airlift (should that city be investigated), adding another strategic level...

[ixnay]

Excellent idea, and one that I would think could be added with relative ease.

[Demerzel]

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[Alex]

Originally posted by ixnay37
Excellent idea, and one that I would think could be added with relative ease.

With relative ease, yes, so why not in PTW? Firaxis, take note.

[steven8r]

I like the 'greying-out' idea. It would save some time.

What's really annoying is when you have cities where you have to travel through another civ to get to the airport and discover that you can't use their roads because some unit/worker is sitting there and you use all your movement trying to reach an airport that turns-out to be unreachable on that turn.

[Switch]

Great ideas! I think greying out would work best, or perhaps an "X" accross the symbol.

A barracks symbol could also be useful (but what would happen if you had a harbour, airport, and barracks in a single city?)

That investigating city revealing an airlift idea looks good too. Could perhaps give spying a little more usefulnes....

And the great thing about these ideas is that they are probably all easy to add in in an expansion pack...