Right Click on a City...

[DarkCloud]

If you right-click on a city in the large map view you should be provided with information such as-
-Population (200,000- 500K)
-Happiness
-Number of Entertainers/Taxcollectors/Scientists
-Trade Routes

This will reduce the amount of looking into cities that is needed and speed up the game and
load times; for you can access more info from the same screen.

By the same token you should be able to right click on a unit in addition to the side bar, or you could elliminate the sidebar and implement only this.
And be provided with
-Morale
-Rating
-Experience
-Status Bar

[Ralf]

quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud on 01-19-2001 07:56 PM If you right-click on a city in the large map view you should be provided with information such as- -Population (200,000- 500K) -Happiness -Number of Entertainers/Taxcollectors/Scientists -Trade Routes

I think that every right-clicking action on the main map should be context-sensitive. Right-clicking on a city should provide you with a menu of options. The topmost of these options can lead to the info you ask for.
However it is important that you get above info in a mini-window that appears automatically by rightclick-and-hold action. Then you release the right-click, both the mini-window and the menu itself should disappear automatically. Everything in order to reduce the amount of mouse-clicking as much as reasonably possible.

quote: By the same token you should be able to right click on a unit in addition to the side bar, or you could elliminate the sidebar and implement only this. And be provided with -Morale -Rating -Experience -Status Bar

I think both Morale and Health can be displayed as status-bars in conjunction with the unit, without having to rightclick. The Experience-factor can be displayed by coloured details on the uniform/unit itself.
With Rating i presume you mean attack/defence-numbers and so on. This can be displayed as a topmost right-click menu alternative; again rightclick-and-hold for automatic info-popups and closeups. Yet another menu-alternative can lead to the Civilopedia for more in-depth background information.

About terrain-tile info:

Again rightclick-and-hold action for automatic info-popups and closups. A secondary menu-alternative can lead to the Civilopedia for more in-depth background information.

[This message has been edited by Ralf (edited January 21, 2001).]

[Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto]

This is a FABULOUS idea, although Ralf is right, some of these things you should be able to see on the main map without having to right-click everywhere.